I recently did some concert photography, the venue is horrible there's no way to get close the artists, the stage floor was on the top floor of the venue and in the middle of the stage floor there was no floor just a big hole and a big balcony in front of the stage limiting the visual of the artists performing, the only space there was, was on the sides even that had a short fence. The light was very mundane as well, either there was white light blowing up in their faces or barely any light at all. I tried my best and squeezed myself in many places and tried to get shots of each person in the band but I ended up with some shots which I find unsatisfactory, was I a lazy photographer or I was heavily limited by the infrastructure? Of course I've could've done things differently but I believe that venue had affected my ability to perform as a photographer.

I am thinking about getting a mini printer for myself and for casual use and for traveling (I only take pictures with my iPhone). One reason is that I ike my instax camera that instantly prints small pictures but unfortunately if you mess up you immediately lose one picture and with a mini printer I could choose the good pictures. But on the other hand I could also just wait to print the good pictures in a shop I guess. What are your experiences with it? Is it worth it for traveling or/and casual use? What do you use it for?

Recently I took photos for a friend's interior-design portfolio. He informed me that the owners of the building would like to purchase my photos.

I have heard stories of photographers being taken advantage of, so I wanted some professional clarity on the difference between selling/transferring ownership of the images, and licensing the images.

I tried to find results with some basic searches, but to no avail. Maybe it's because selling/licensing images aren't as distinct and separate as I thought?

If anyone has any specifics/advice/stories about best practices, that would be very useful both for now and for future ventures.

Where I'm from, they're popular for portraits mostly and people like to stick them on their bedroom walls as memories. Why would someone buy a Polaroid now gen 2 over an instax mini which is almost half the price.

I'm thinking of getting a Polaroid but I don't know how much use I would get out of it and if I will bother buying film all the time to use it regularly. Most people here don't seem to care for the quality but I'm starting to think there is more to it than just cheap photos that can be used as memories.

I'm asking different hobby subreddits how much they spend on their hobby so that I can make a chart comparing the cost of hobbies.

I am a hobbyist trying to get into couples photography and just recently discovering how hard it is to give posing direction. To me this seems like it would only make the process simpler? I have even done this but only for friends and people I know. Is it awkward/unprofessional to show sample photos to help people pose?

Hello there everyone, I wanted to get some advice on how to shoot with my speedlite as a slave to my internal flash.

I have the Canon R10, which has an internal flash that can trigger my Godox TT350 Speedlite, so I don't need to buy a 100$ transmitter to use it off-camera. The catch is, that the internal flash has to fire as well and will be visible on the picture. I set it to minimum intensity already, but it's still visible on the scene.

My question, is there maybe some kind of foil that I can stick over my internal flash, that can block most of the light coming from it but let through enough/let through the infrared signal for my speedlite to fire in slave mode?

Any help or thoughts are apprexiated :) Thanks!

Hi everyone, first time poster! I'm a commercial photographer based on the East coast.

I got hired by an event production company to shoot video and photography for a big market event with a ton of vendors. Initially the producer gave me a heads up that they would need copyright rights for the images so they could "distribute them to their vendors without restrictions" which I assumed meant they just sent the vendors images along with their participation in the market.

I countered with a contract that gives them unlimited usage but I still retain the copyright. Now I am learning that they actually charge the vendors a fee to download the images, so they will be monetizing them. I definitely am not charging enough for a complete copyright buyout and they are not offering to give me any revenue from the photo downloads.

We're still negotiating the contract, so I'm wondering if I should counter and ask for a cut of the sales or just up my licensing fee? Is there a standard percentage for something like that? Has anyone encountered something similar? Any advice would be appreciated.

Hey everyone, im currently in London (staying in Kensington), and i was wondering if theres a large risk of theft while shooting photos alone around town. Ive only been to england once before so i really have no idea. I also feel slightly awkward and touristy shooting here but thats a whole other issue. Thoughs from my english people? Also any other advice/recommendations would be great! Sorry if i sound a bit dumb.

Today, March 26th, Sony released a new firmware update for the A7RV (ILCE-7RM5).

Version 2.02

You can download it and read about it here:

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/e-mount-body-ilce-7-series/ilce-7rm5/software/00292267

Curious what other hobbyists think of this conversation. I’m 24, have been shooting all types of stuff for 10 years, mostly landscapes, Astro and recently birding.

I’m very far from pro, it’s a hobby, but I’ve gotten some shots I’m proud of once in a blue moon. I find the conversation of family/friends telling me to sell work so tiresome. The reality of selling work is way more time and effort than they believe it is. Especially nowadays where it’s so saturated. Who could possibly need another picture of a mountain? I’m pretty anti social, so that rules out most photography as a service styles for me. If I seriously wanted to make money in this world (that is the world of landscape, astro and wildlife), I feel like it’s just more about marketing yourself on social media, influencing, and selling presets vs the actual photography.

This is a semi rant, but I’m curious what other hobbyists think whenever this conversation comes up.

So normally I shoot landscape and cycling, but I’ve been asked by my day job if we could do some 80’s style Glamour shots for our walls, newsletters and such.

I have never done head shots before let alone a certain style. What are some tips that you might be able to give me about poses, lighting, etc. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated and welcome.

Hi I have been trying to find some good quality (high fidelity reflection, not just reflective; non-folded) Mylar foil on a roll for my portrait photography

So far I can only find reflective Mylar that's used by grow-houses and some specifically state they are not the reflection-kind - I don't actually know if that is a huge difference though.

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction to get a bigger roll from somewhere?

thanks

Been doing some headshot here and there for schools. A company has asked me to do around 50 headshots, I have no Idea how much I should charge.

Does anyone have experience with this repair or even have a service manual for the Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD?

What do you guys do with your old digital camera?

Ive got a pretty well used D3200 with misaligned OVF (the knob for adjustment doesnt work any more and it is stuck in the wrong position), so i think it basically has no resell value. Not to mention it is an old entry level camera.

Currently, I'm using it as my "carry it with me and i dont care if it breaks/stolen" camera. Use only the centre AF point, point and shoot, if im on the street or just use LV for landscape image. The sensor is perfectly fine and im more than happy with the images it produced. The lens it generally pair with is the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8.

I'm just wondering what else I am able to do with this camera? I do consider to use it for timelapes, but I really can't justify it wth buying an external remote with such function, considering my other cameras already have the ability built in. I do have the wifi adapter, but it cause fast battery drain.

Any suggestions? What do you guys do with your old cameras? Really want to get the most out of it instead of turning it into E-waste.

Hello, I'm not sure if this comes under photo journalism to be totally honest, the lines between the different categories seems to have blurred over the years, but anyway... maybe someone can tell me if these ideas are photojournalistic or not?

Right so currently I'm a hobbyist photographer. I'd like to make it my job, but I'm realistic about things and realise that there's virtually no chance of that happening. I also enjoy writing and I'm in the process of starting a blog/photoblog.

Given the rare of change that we're likely to see over the next few decades, I'm seriously considering going out and journalling different aspects of day to day life that we all take for granted at the moment. To be clear, the photos and stories that I would collect would be absolutely boring and uninteresting to anyone reading them today, but in twenty or thirty years, they may well be a huge talking point.

So as an example, I might decide to self-publish a photobook about truck drivers and the haulage industry. There would be photos inside of trucks, drivers and written content on their stories, maybe an interview with a haulage company director where I ask them where they see things going in the future or whatever.

As I say, totally mundane and boring today, but it may end up being pretty significant in future. Like, it would have been brilliant to read these stories today from loom workers or steam train drivers from the 1930s or something.

My issue is that I have no portfolio and no industry contacts. I know I can just throw emails out and see what happens but even if I do get a few positive responses I'm going to suffer some serious imposter syndrome.

Has anyone got any advice on how to approach potential subjects without looking like a total dickhead when I have no former experience or work portfolio to show them?

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I'm really curious what was the flash setup in this shot. It's from a festival so it's probably external flash on camera. From the looks of the light it seems like the flash was pointed to the front, but when I shoot with flash pointing directly on people, I get ugly looking overblown highlights.

https://pasteboard.co/vXlO1QvIdUcm.jpg

Looking to do portraits. Thank you.

I want to plan a road trip 7-8 days starting in north jersey. Looking for awesome shots and new places to visit. Bringing my Nikon Z6ii, 35 mm film camera, 120 medium formal trl, 4x5 land camera, and my drone. What’s a good road trip to plan. Any ideas welcomed as I haven’t traveled much.

As for digital lenses I’ve got 85mm f1.8, 18-105mm, 70-300 f5.6 Should I think about getting any other lenses that might be useful during this trip?

Without props or complex wrapping etc., I just can’t seem to get something I’m happy with of a kid just laying on their back. There was a good angle down the long axis and offset of the top 2/3 while swaddled that was cool, but everything comes out looking like “dead baby” and it’s getting annoying. I fee like a crime scene photographer. Halp!

I’m launching a personal project to document farms and ranches of rural Texas, and I realized I don’t have a real 35+85 combo but just zooms that cover them.

I haven’t had a lot of experience with either the 100 or 85 but I have stumbled upon a 100 macro deal that I couldn’t pass up on, so it’s on the way here.

I’m pretty dead set on

1. not doing anything wider than 35 and
2. nothing in between the zoom range
3. no more than 2 lenses

since I found myself been relying on zooms and the results are rather cheesy and lacked consistency in retrospect.

I wonder what’s y’all insights and experiences on journalism/documentary work with these focal lengths. Some analogies would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for reading and looking forward to learning from y’all, TIA.

How do you get started? I've been meaning to find a gig somewhere but have no idea where to start.

I have done 2 class and individual photoshoots for their senior year but that's about it.

Looking to start doing some pet photography on the side. I was wondering what services people would recommend for selling prints through an online shop. I’d like something that can offer a variety of media and sizes (paper prints, canvas, etc).

Bonus if anyone has any starting advice for pet/animal photography or starting prices having not done paid photography work before starting. I have done a bit of volunteer work for nonprofits, and I’ve been photographing my own animals for years.

Thank you!

A week ago I posted on this subreddit begging for help with festival photography because I was photographing my first music festival and felt really unprepared. I ended up getting a bunch of really helpful and thoughtful advice on here. I just wanted to say thank you to those of you that commented because I survived!! And I ended up getting a lot of good feedback on the photos. I’m proud of how it came out especially because I was so nervous going into it but I couldn’t have done it without you guys!! Thanks!!!

Hi, all!

I'm an hobbyist/semi-pro photographer, but that's not the point of this current post.

My main job is a science teacher (5th grade). Currently I am teaching about the senses, and I usually finish up the section about eyes by building pinhole cameras/cameras obscura with my students, and we have a discussion about how eyes and cameras are the same or different. We should be getting up to the building cameras project next week.

My question is this. Is there any sort of film or paper I can put inside a pinhole camera that would let the students actually "take" a picture? We don't have any sort of darkroom, but we can probably order/rig together a box (or something) to put the paper/film into the cameras.

Thanks in advance!

I have been considering this camera for quite some time now and for the life of me can not find raw files i can look at in LR.

Is there anyone with this camera that would share some raw files (day night ... various scenarious) just for me to get a grip on what are files like and what camera is capable of.

I am thinking of getting it with 20mm 1.7 lens as its smallest and most pocketable of lenses i have considered.

I would also be grateful on any insight on what this camera is like.

Does anyone use a blue filter with black and white film photography, or use a similar blue filtration when monochrome-converting color images? Most especially in landscapes?

This turns blue skies white and foliage black, leading to contrasty images, but are there cases where this is particularly effective?

Old glass plate emulsions were typically only blue sensitive, so it seems that this technique may have an antique effect.