I’ve had a Nikon D7000 that I bought it when it just got released many many years ago and I’ve always dabbled in taking pictures of the horses and dogs and pets but never seriously and never with any training behind me.

I’m finding myself not working right now and wanting to make a go with taking pet photos for a bit of cash and because I really like it. I was going to start off really cheap and have them pay for the photo shoot and then digital prints if they want them at an entry-level price ($100 for the shoot etc). Do I completely stink and no one would pay for these photos? Are these good enough so I can make a start?

SIDE STORY: I won a photo shoot 2 years ago when our puppy was a baby, the shoot was free but normally $800, and you just paid for your prints. I still spent a small fortune on some digitals but I honestly felt that the photos weren’t stupidly good for the price of the prints let alone if I’d had to also have paid for the shoot as well….. her base package (after paying the shoot fee) was $800!!!

I’ll post some of my latest photos with a friends dog that I took when we caught up last in the comments…

It's just a 10x10 poly white from amazon, I bought 2 so I can curtain style it. It's a grad photoshoot but also bringing a printer to make it a photobooth hybrid too.

I anticipate the lighting to be good, but I'm suspecting my client wanting the photos to have a complete white background/backdrop like in the year book, I did specifically say that I'm only going to do a curtain style since I don't have the $ for a pillow style backdrop. These poly backdrops always come in with a lot of creases even after ironing them.

If I'm using a flash should I just use continuous? I feel like I can use a 2nd white bulb at or behind the white curtain style backdrop to maybe illuminate the white more. I'm just concerned it'll look like shit or like if they were just in their living room behind a white curtain... Making a pure white is impossible but can I get away with this method?

i cant make up my mind about it , I always assume the sharper the better for a landscape shot

Which file type should I export it as after I'm done editing? Jpg? Png? Or any other one? And also which do you recommend if i want to upload to facebook? Thanks for your help

First time I’ll use a grey card. I’ll shoot FlatLay Clothings for Professional Use.

I watched some tutorials on YouTube.

I write the steps to see if I get It correctly and ask a question then.

Steps

Step 1) Put the grey card on the place of the object you’ll shoot.

Step 2) Shoot the grey card with the Automatic Mode.

Step 3) Take notes of the Au

tomatic Mode shot settings of  photo.

Question 1) At the Step 2

They sey you have to fill the view with the grey card. No other colors.

So I have to zoom the grey card???

But then the settings of the camera change???

Question 2) Do I get It right?

Question 3) Other suggestions etc.

First and foremost. This was NOT a paid job. No contracts. It was a family wedding, so no disappointed or angry clients. Definitely the most IDEAL situation to make this mistake, if I had to make it...

I am 100% a hobbyist photographer, mostly landscapes or wildlife, occasionally street, rarely portraits. Thanks to a busy work schedule, I haven't shot ANYTHING at all in over 8 months... Haven't even picked my camera up.

My nephew got married today, and I didn't even consider being the photographer. Never crossed my mind.

A few days ago my sister (his mom) asked if I was bringing my camera, and I said "I hadn't planned on it, no..."

I found out they didn't have a photographer hired and were just going to hand out disposable cameras for everyone to use... But they had no one to get the big moments... The veil, the vows, the kiss, the ring exchange, the cake, etc...

So I brought my camera. I shot, and shot, and shot... I got all the big moments, all the post ceremony group photos, all the casual candid shots during the reception... There are a LOT of good pictures in there.

Then when I was going through the photos at the end of the night, my heart dropped.

I don't know when or how it happened, but my camera was set to high quality JPEG....

800+ photos. All in jpeg instead of RAW.

I got some great compositions, but the lighting wasn't ideal and I was banking on fixing it in post...

There's still some salvageable pictures in there, and I know they'll be happy because they weren't going to have ANY pictures...

But damn. I'm just kicking myself because all of these GOOD photos could have been great.

Don't be like me. Check your file type before big events.

Hello, I'm a photographer, and I want to get better at Photo editing with GIMP. I mostly do swim team photography. Between team photos, portraits, and action shots. I want to get better at editing all of those. I'm just having a hard time finding a tutorial on swimming specifically. Most of the sport editing I find is specific to that sport. They highlight certain areas that wouldn't work for swimming.

I hope you can help. Just point me in the right direction, please.

TIA

The problem is that taking the same shots in a shorter or longer time interval (a few seconds - a few minutes - it doesn't matter), each photo has slightly different lighting - one is slightly darker on the subject, another is slightly brighter, the third whole is a few percent lighter or darker. Although it seems to me that each successive photo in a second interval is brighter than the previous one, but also not always. The problem applies to a series of several photos without manually changing the parameters of the photo, lighting or the position of the camera or the subject.

https://imgur.com/a/HBW1gKx

The set I use to take the pictures is:

• 3x Godox Gemini GS400II

• Godox X2T-N on the Nikon D80 hotshoe

I take photos with the camera settings:

• aperture f11 (the example photos were just for the test at f25)

• shutter speed 1/200

What things I tried in order to try to eliminate the problem:

• changing the channels between the trigger and the lamps

• changing the arrangement of the lamps

• test on triggering the lamps with TTL from the camera

• changing aperture, shutter speed

• changing the power of the lamps

• changing the white balance in the camera from automatic to a predefined one

• disabling automatic noise reduction in the camera

I'm a beginner photographer and I'm training in packshot, so I'm depending on equal shots to learn how to play with light, especially flash light. The described problem does not help at all in learning. Could it be a matter of an old camera, a worn-out sensor? Or not triggering all the flashes equally in a session?

Love shooting (photography) - especially when I’m away but find learning really hard/boring?

HELpPPP, so I originally got into photography I’d say around 5 years ago (I’m talking iPhone photography at this stage).

I was traveling a lot and with that I started taking photos on my phone, spending a lot of time editing them (on my phone), getting compliments and so on. I never decided to lean more into it because I feel like I’ve been branding myself as the “non-creative” type. I mean I’ve always been into sports and the less academic stuff, but I feel like a fraud if I say I’m creative because I’m not the museum, artsy type or whatever the stereotype may be.

Anyway, in 2023 I decided to buy a proper camera (Fujifilm xt-5) and this year in particular I’ve really been trying to fight the doubts and go for it as long story short I’d love to have my own photography business or at least creating visuals for brands, people etc. I’m trying really hard to fight the doubts in my head that are telling me I shouldn’t pursue this as I’m not good enough or ‘creative’ enough for this, despite everyone telling me how good of an eye I have or that I should be a creative.

ANYWAY!! My issue is. I am now in the beginning stages of trying to actually learn the manual settings. I spend endless time online watching/learning things but I know the key is to get out and PRACTICE.

However, I can’t lie - I find going out to ‘practice’ kind of frustrating and demotivating.

I end up making so many excuses in my head. I’m based in Sydney (from London) and find myself getting frustrated by:

• the heat and the sun - makes it uncomfortable to walk around all the time/see the screen • I just find the locations… kinda boring? Idk the photo walks just feel a bit meh.

Yet when I’m overseas I’m snapping away all the time, constantly seeing things I want to take photos of. Is this because it’s a new area? Is this because I don’t have to THINK (because it’s all new and interesting). Is this just part of the learning process because I’m overthinking/trying to get a good shot?

Anyway, I am after ANY advice: • did anyone else have this issue when learning, how did they overcome it? • any advice on how to learn instead of just going on random walks and trying to shoot things? • is this normal to not find joy in taking photos of anything lol? • how do I overcome it? am I overthinking too much and that’s why I’m not enjoying it?

My self doubt kicks in when I struggle with these walks as I worry this is because I’m trying to force something (photography) that’s not for me. But I genuinely get so much joy in it in when I’m in locations/situations I love, or when editing, or watching it online.

♥️ thanks in advance for listening to me ramble

If I aim a camera or phone at the sun, is it safe to see the image that appears on the camera's viewfinder (or phone's screen) ?

Today I had a shoot for industrial coolers, but kept running into trouble with reflections of the floor and walls showing up on the aluminum. I tried using a CPL filter to cut down on the glare, but it didn't really help. I've attached a photo to show what we were going for.

Images: https://imgur.com/a/BAmqjIL

I edit photos in lightroom. For the most part i'm loving how they're turning out. However, when I save them and send them to clients as jpeg they seem to lose a little bit of the edits I made. Any suggestions? It feels disappointing to me when I work hard to get the edits i want and then they seem to diminish once I send them off. Any tips/suggestions are appreciated

hi i’ve been using my camera for a few days and i realise when i take pics outside it’s overexposed or have many lines. i’ve tried changing the settings many times but it still has the lines . any recommendations on settings or tips?

Hey guys I recently just bought a Sony rx100 V on eBay it’s used but it’s in really good condition I bought it because I’m traveling soon and I want really good pics but for the life of me when taking test pics the flash won’t turn on when I take pictures I’ve tried nearly every setting and nothing happens just a red light when I put my finger over the button maybe I’m just too dumb idk lol this is my first digital camera. Not sure if anyone can help me out with this because I’m kinda scared I got sold a defect

My preferred lighting technique is Butterfly Lighting, where the cheekbones are accentuated. A characteristic feature of this technique is the small shadow under the nose, resembling the shape of a butterfly. While browsing through Discogs, I came across a record cover of the singer Sandie Shaw where the cheekbones are apparently emphasized in the same way, but the shadow under the nose is missing. I have been wondering how to achieve this lighting. I assume that a spotlight was placed above her to create those shadows under the cheekbones, and a spotlight in front of her to eliminate the shadow under the nose. But wouldn't this spotlight also remove the shadows on the cheeks?

Here is the link to the cover on Discogs:

https://i.discogs.com/4t6L89t0LfwWnlUly2HEW0Lx1SPTeROx1a\_eNSpJM9Y/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI2MjQ2/NjQtMTI5MzgxODgx/Ni5qcGVn.jpeg

Hello,
I'm wondering if it's possible to add grain to a photo when shooting.
I know that increasing the ISO sensitivity generally adds grain to the photo when it's dark. However, let's say today is a very sunny day, if I set my shutter speed very low like 1/4000 and increase my ISO to over 3000, will I be able to add grain to the photo, even if it's bright outside.
Or is this something that can only be done in post-processing?
I'll try this today...

A friend of mine asked me to take photos of her yoga class tonight. Everyone is on board but I’ve never really shot in an indoor environment like a yoga studio. I have a 24-70mm sigma 2.8 lens and a 55mm zeiss 1.8 prime lens to choose from. My camera body is a Sony a7c.

My questions is which lens should I use and what would be the best camera settings to avoid banding and the tough los light conditions. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks! 🙏🏽

I don't own an iPad. I only have a Legion tablet and a windows desktop. Any recommended Workflow for photo editing and organization using these devices?

Do you recommend investing in an iPad pro?

Hi,

I've recently developed an interest in photography and have just bought the Canon EOS2000D DSLR with EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS II Lens.

It was the cheapest 'decent' beginner level camera and it was cheaper if I got it with this particular lens. However, I want to take (pretty much only) very low light, night time pictures of various things and places.

I am aware that the lower the f-stop value the better for low light photography, so ideally I would want to get an f-1.4 or something. However, I'd rather not spend another couple of hundred quid on one if I can help it.

So my question is: can I get a similar outcome if I simply use the f-3.5 aperture and just use a tripod and a much longer exposure (e.g. 10 seconds), or is my night-time photography going to be significantly limited with such a moderate aperture lens?

My main concern is that a moderate aperture lens - as far as I understand it - has only a moderate depth of field, and I will primarily be taking night-time landscape shots and therefore I'd like as good depth of field as possible.

Thanks for any advice!

Hi all,

This is my first post here in this group.

I am looking for some suggestions I've been looking online to try and find some physical posing cards that I can take and use during shoots so I have the cards in my hand and not scrolling on a phone or tablet.

What I'm looking to do is set up some shoots and have the examples of some poses that I can use with people that are not comfortable posing or being in front of the camera.

So far I've found a new born and a Boudoir on Amazon for the physical cards.

Then the rest of what I've found online is all digital bundles. I'm based in Ireland.

Have any of you come across the physical cards or any ideas as to where I can get them I would very much appreciate any help in this situation.

I recently wanted to get into photography. I purchased a used canon rebel t-3 as it was affordable and a photographer friend recommended it to me. It also came with a lens bundled together for around $150 so it was a really good deal. The only problem is the lens (which is supposed to have the range of 18 - 55mm) only goes down to around 37. It seems like it is jammed. Unfortunately the lens is “retired” by canons standards so I’m not sure what to do. I don’t currently have the money to buy a new one and I’m not sure about repairing it. For anyone interested the model is EF-S 18-55MM F/3.5-5.6 IS II. Any ideas?

I’ve been doing architecture photography on a Fujifilm FinePix S1 for a bit over a year, and I’ve been looking to expand a bit.

I have a beautiful 55g planted aquarium at home with some stunning fish, shrimp, and snails. I’ve tried to photograph it a million times, but autofocus refuses to cooperate, and the manual focus on my camera never seems to be able to capture them in full resolution.

Has anyone had any experience with this? Any other tips at shooting through glass appreciated.

Hello everyone! Hope someone here can help me. I am trying to print several photos.

I need a3 or a3+ print paper. But I don’t know anything about materials and also where to get this kind of paper. I don’t live in the US, but I can purchase online and get it shipped from there. However I’m stuck with the material and size and how to export them.

I have all my edited photos on Lightroom. Are there any specific settings I should be aware of??

Any tips where I can get those sizes? And if you can recommend me the kind of paper (I’m printing landscape photos to be framed).

Hey y’all, I’ve been recently experimenting with an ilford sprite 35mm. I just had my first roll developed and was a bit bummed to find a good amount of the photos have a thick grey fogish filter to them. Does anybody have any insight into why this is happening? I feel that when winding up it sometimes slips and catches and I’m thinking it might be because the film isn’t flush to the viewport when being exposed but I don’t know. Any tips would be great, thanks in advance!

I'm trying to manage a large portfolio of photos.
I'm trying to use keywords and tags and folder structure to make them easier to peruse for selection.
My PROBLEM is I'm getting overwhelmed by 1) the sheer number of photos and 2) the multitude of options.
My QUESTION is... does anyone have tips/philosophy for how to organize in a way that is USEFUL but not so...I'm not sure the right word..obsessive, that you just get into a never ending hole of sub-categories and tags?
Like I have broad categories of people, vehicles, locations, animals, objects....but like I'm looking for tips to break those down into some useful next level so they're managable, not no SO broken down, I have hundreds of subs, and I'm always organizing rather than just doing?
(I hope I explained the spiral I'm in ok).

Good morning! I’ve always been interested in photography but i was typically on the other side of the camera. I am completely New at this and want to learn properly.

I understand that the camera that i bought is “junk” or “cheap” for you experienced photographers, but i didn’t want ti spend hundreds on my first camera. I want to learn and understand photography before investing so i can invest properly.

I recently purchased the low cost Amazon G anica. I literally have NO clue what I’m doing.

I can read what the symbols do. But because it’s a cheap Amazon camera, there is not much help online. Only reviews of happy newbies. But can someone help me a little more in depth please? Or direct me ti the Best site or app?

Also what editing app/ apps should i look into?

Thanks so much in advance

I’ve been reading through this book that I found at Barnes and Noble. So far, it seems pretty good. Has anyone read it that would like to share opinions on it? The book is called “Complete Photography: The beginner’s guide to taking great photos” by Chris Gatcum.

Does anyone have tips for settings to use for taking pictures of wildlife with the Nikon D7000 camera with a Tokina 500mm f8 manual focus mirror lens?

• Aperture is always 8 (Because of lens)
• Currently the camera is using automatic ISO setting
• Currently set to ~1/500th second shutter speed to match the 500mm lens
• Camera is set on a decent tripod (Benro travel angel)
• I am pressing the picture button on the camera with no shutter delay

I am thinking about buying the Nikon MC-DC2 Remote Release Cord (1 Meter) to take the pictures without having to touch the camera at all after setting the tripod

I have a few images where I can get a squirrel in focus well but not much luck with birds yet they are small birds and it ends up focusing on a different part of the image

I was going through my blurry images and was about to delete this picture of a squirrel before I realized it's a pretty cool picture even though it's blurry :) https://imgur.com/a/LPrHrve

For example:

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Is there something wrong with the white balance when shooting? Or does these cannons really have green muzzle flash?