get an D3X with 70-200 2.8f , if can get 14-24 2.8f and also 24-70 2.8f , worth ur money . guarantee . buy all with UV B+W filter and also 4 sb-910 , if u have some money to spare get 1 or 2 studio light

The built in motor of tokina fast or not? meaning ring type or micromotor? Slow like Tamrons (before PZD)?

Hair blended into the background...

If you still want the light to be subtle.. you should put a reflector on her other side to give that rim light or use a flash/strobe with very low power so that she doesn't blend completely into the background and make the subject stand out as needed rather than blend in alltogether

if no extra light, then no need rim light la.
just lighten the background 

use a white background, so u can control how dark u want it to go depending on the distance the model is from it and of cos the light.
can make it high key, make it go grey or even totally black.

Awww... I is feeling sad for my 18-105mm liao man haha 
The zooming is more suitable with sunlight... under dim conditions, its pretty bad when paired with the D90 

I guess primes are a bit more harder to learn for beginners? 
Still, after kitlens, the next one would most probably be primes for enthusiasts~
I've really learnt a lot by using the 50mm 1.8 which has basically replaced my kitlens now lol  

I dont know which tamron 1750 you bought.. But the 2nd version was the worst among all three versions of tamron 1750... It was damn slow, it's slower than the nikon 1855 & 18-105... I wrote a mini review of all three versions a couple of years ago.. The 1st one being the fastest on motorized body even lower end motorized body like d90 (non motor version), the 2nd one with motor but slowwww..1855 was way faster... The 3rd version was the one with VC..faster motor but still not really that fast. Making me regret spending the extra money on it and later buying myself an 18-105...

Aperture wise ..yes the tamron wins but at 2.8 its soft.. The kind of soft you dont want..

I would tell anybody... I improved my photography skills & knowledge more using kit lenses like the 1855 and 18105 because then i have to force myself coping, understanding and adapting to the limits of my gear and know what is aperture, what is DoF, what is bokeh etc..learning photography as I go.. When i upgraded to better lenses, i could utilize it much better and use it to its limits than some of my friends who started off photography with all those highend gears... Give them a kit lens and a d60 and they'll probably suffer to get a decent pic.

Real photographers - give them any tool to take images and they'll give wonderful images

Posers - give them the best tools to take images and they'll take images... If it's not good, they'll give you excuses

The 18-105mm, though I do not understand how it works, gives good bokeh at 105mm right? 

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nice one!

  so true

i think Agito666 is a true hipster..
before hipster exist he oredy shoot like dat..

nowadays also like dat, lots of n00b when got their new SLR sure will tayang2 with shoot like dat...

if i m model, i feel rich ~ 

  why wouldnt it be bro! xD