Photography

Tomorrow, I am going to Hong Kong and plan to spend a lot of time taking pictures on the streets. For me it's as big of an attraction as the tourist sites. I may shop for some vintage glass while I'm there as well. I'll bring a fujifilm X-S10 with a 16-80mm for most things, and a Helios 44-2 for fun. I have been watching YouTube videos and noting locations, but I am wondering if any of you have some tips or locations that are magical.

My camera is [Canon EOS M50](https://asia.canon/en/consumer/eos-m50-body/product) The lens is [CANON EF-M 55-200MM F/4.5-6.3 IS STM](https://www.canon.co.uk/lenses/ef-m-55-200mm-f-4-5-6-3-is-stm-lens/) It makes a whining sound when I try to focus/auto focus. It tries to focus but it does not work. How should I go on about fixing it? I don't know much about cameras so I came here looking for help

Hello, as the titles says i will go on a little 5 day trip in slovakia and my lens for traveling just broke. I have a canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM that is stuck on the wide apertures . At 28, stuck at f/3.5 and at 300 stuck at f/5.6 . If i try to change those i will get error 01. The IS is working , the autofocus is working. My question is , in your personal experience, how hard is to go on use this lens for landscape at open apertures? I do not have time and budget to fix the lens now so i will probably go along with it. Any tips to do better in this conditions? Any help is welcomed. Thank you all !

I have tens of thousands of photos in my Dropbox and the prospect of organizing them into Lightroom makes me nauseous. Does anyone know of a service that may take my photos and do this for me? Thanks, I’m overworked and under motivated.

I saw old chat about banding lines, i wonder if these days are there any options to remove lines, i forgot while shooting that silent shutter does that, and now i have a bunch of images with yellow lines over. Is there any precise way to remove it in PS?

Bonjour, Je suis novice en photographie, mon boîtier me permet de prendre des photos avec une grande plage dynamique, lorsque je visualise les photos sur mon mac les photos sont biens dans leur format d’origine mais dès que je veux l’exporter en format jpeg ou png la plage dynamique se réduit (logique j’imagine) et le blanc devient gris, le noir moins noir logique … existe il un moyen propre de convertir exporter de l’hdr dans un format plus conventionnel mais en trichant sur la plage dynamique pour garder les blancs blancs, noirs noirs ?

I shoot in full manual mode and adjust everything myself. I always intentionally keep my ISO as low as possible at 100 or 200 as anything higher than 400 on my camera makes them totally grainy. I have a canon m50 Mark ii. So it makes beautiful photos, but not when the ISO is so high. I have googled why the ISO keeps randomly jumping up (I reviewed my photos today and it jumped to 1250 and up to 800 and 600, without me pressing it). I found an article that this is called exposure compensation with ISO Auto, so it is compensating the exposure by auto bumping the ISO when I am checking the exposure index (the little bar where the exposure should be centred). I sometimes use the dial to help make sure my exposure is in the middle and I'm not taking photos too bright or dark. How do I use this feature without it accidentally bumping my ISO into the thousands and ruining potentially great photos? Does anyone disable this Auto ISO compensation or do you just not use the exposure dial to help you adjust brightness? I found the reference [Here](https://cam.start.canon/en/C007/manual/html/UG-03_CustomShooting_0050.html) I thought it was super handy but, not when it bumps my ISO out of the park. Thanks!!

I've entered the semi-pro photography world recently and I got offered to photoshoot for a christmas event. I do make pretty good photos because im already shooting with my camera for a while. My question is how should I price myself for those events, in this instance I have a christmas party that will be 2 hours long on a non holiday. I'm debating about 400€ but I have no guide on anything. Can anybody give me some advice? (I'm in Croatia)

Hi All! Im working on a photography project, and for that i will need to wash something off my paper. it doesnt necessarily need to be exposed first, but definitely undeveloped. i plan on putting blackout tape (PLEASE GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY) on film paper, and need to remove the tape for the exposure process using enlargers. anyt advice helps so much. thank you!

My mom had this book probably released in the 90s with sort of ethereal, cottage core, Victorian inspired scenes of children and kittens in gardens, carrying baskets of flowers and wearing big hats and that sort of thing. Can’t find anything online but a name would help!

Good books for editing photos. Hello. First of all, excuse my English, it is not my native language. I am interested in a book that can explain to me some editing tricks, a book to teach me how to edit professional-looking pictures that I would be proud to display. I don't want a book that tells me about gear, the art of photography just the editing part. I have found some good resources online, on YouTube, and e-books, but a physical book would help me more to learn some basic techniques. I take photos as a hobby and my favorite software is Lightroom. Do you have any recommendations?

Hello, Being a beginner, I look up to Dan Winters and I to figure out how his photos are done. Yesterday he posted two photos of Zack Snyder on Instagram. I think he used natural light and not much editing. My question is: what lens and what iso/aperture/shutter speed would you use if you tried to recreate these photos? [https://www.instagram.com/p/C0U8S\_AuFRo/](https://www.instagram.com/p/C0U8S_AuFRo/)

Since we are all putting only the best shots into portfolio, have anyone ever had a client whose expectations were not met? I am amateur myself and if I put only a handful of selected photos, it would not tell my real level as a photographer, because some of those shots are just lucky snaps on right moment and I 100% could not deliver same kind of quality, every time. How do you deal with this, or do you deal with it at all?

Hey all, I am going out to Scotland for New Years, and I am excited to take my camera to and take pictures. I currently am primarily a street photographer, and I live in the 35mm range, so I am pretty covered with the shooting in Edinburgh and Glasgow, but I will also be heading out into the Highlands and into the Isle of Sky and how almost no experience with out door/landscape, so I was just wondering what focal length ranges I should be looking at? Thanks

Hi there, budding wildlife photographer here. I’ve been into animals all my life and love photographing them and have recently really been trying to up my game. I came across this picture and it literally took my breath away for so many reasons and I was curious to see if anyone could explain how this shot was made to look as amazing as it does. Obviously it wasn’t done in a studio so how did the photographer get that style of sharpness, shadows, etc? Was it all done in editing, if so, where, how? Or is it just technique within the camera itself (specific settings)? A picture is definitely worth a thousand words and now I have some clear goals in my journey lol. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

I would say I’m an amateur/intermediate photographer, and I’ve been using Google Drive as a means to share photos with clients after I’m done editing. I’ve had no issues sharing photos this way, however, I’ve seen more professional photographers use a better method such as Pass Gallery (used to share my cousin’s wedding photography). Looking at that, I realized that it felt more professional to share photos this way. Are there other programs I can use to share photos more professionally?

What is the good aspect ratio for portrait and landscape if you want to look it cinematic?

Hey everyone, I have recently opened up a printing store on my website because a few of my friends have been dying to get their hands on them. Am I able to sell photos of public areas? I know that I can't if there is a minor involved or people that are distinguishable are in the photos but what if it is of a public university? I had a few alumni that would be interested in some photos of the campus we all went to university. There is no people involved in the pictures but there is one place that has the universities logo in it. Just curious. Or should I just reach out to the university itself? ​ Thanks, R

So I’ve made almost 20,000 dollars this year taking portraits and shooting events. I’m happy with the outcome for the year considering I have a 9-5 and am only shooting on the weekends but I want to keep the momentum up going into the new year. Is it unrealistic to think that I can continue to generate revenue and business from local strangers just looking for family portraits? What are some suggestions to upscale my business? How do I go from 20k to 40k and on? Would love some insight.

Hello! I was participating in a music festival recently. They asked me and wanted to use my photos, so I gladly took and shared them saying please credit me for the photos and if I could share these on media. They alwasys sent me emails within one day after I email them to the updates of editing the photos, and in the reply to my email with shared drive link, they mentioned they could access the photos, and wished for my successes and happiness along with very nice and warm words, but nothing about crediting me for the photos. I felt unsure, so sent another email saying, please do credit me for the photos as I mentioned in the previous email, and I haven't received a reply... I do know they are working on rebranding their website, and are thinking of using my photos, but I would not like them to do so if they are not crediting me for my work :( And if they do use my photos without crediting me, what kind of actions can I take? Currently, their website hasn't renovated yet, and the drive folder I shared is still open as I assume they already downloaded them. Any advice would be appreciated, please!

I was in a touristy (or at least tourist friendly) part of *irrelevant* a few weeks ago and a stranger started photographing me as I was eating street food. After a few shots I winked at him to let him know it was fine but it got me thinking: What is the etiquette for photographing strangers on public? Is it acceptable to photograph random people without permission? Is it okay if you’re photographing enough people in one picture? Does being a professional change the ethics? Does it depend on where you are? Would love to know ow your thoughts.

I'm new to the hobby and I thought this would be an interesting discussion question. Greatness is subjective, of course, so I'm not talking greatness in terms of being ranked against all photos taken in the world (unless that's personally the benchmark you choose to rate yourself on). What I'm really asking is how often do you personally feel fulfilled with your photography? Whether you go out daily on photography walks, take your camera everywhere all the time, or just do a ton of professional gigs, what I want to know is how often do you think "Wow, I got a great shot there. I'm really proud of this one."? Do you have several every time do take photographs, maybe one a day, or is it few and far between for you? How do you feel about coming home from a photo session and feeling that you didn't really get anything good? For those that do professional client work, how do you feel if you finish a pro gig and don't feel like you got anything all that special (even though it may be good enough to warrant your professional standards)? On a second note, if you do professional gigs like weddings and such, do you ever aim to get something unique and original or are you more focused on making sure you get everything on your standard checklist of photos your clients expect to have?

Hey there! I'm looking for more places to read about photographers and their work. I'm interested in thoughtful writing about well-known or up-and-coming photographers. This could be interviews, discussions or essays, and it could be by the photographers themselves or by someone else. I already enjoy American Suburb X and Nowhere Diary, and I'm looking for more in this vein. I'd appreciate any links or suggestions :-) Thanks!

Hello, I started photography during thanksgiving with a Canon EOS R10 with a RF-S18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM kit lens. I tried to shoot some photos during the night but all my pictures came back extremely dark and grainy. I've read that the R10 is a crop sensor camera, which is not the best for low light photography when compared to a full frame camera, but I also read that there really isn't much of a difference these days anyways. How can I improve my night time photography pics to make them brighter and less grainy? Is there a big difference in night photography performance when compared to a Full Frame camera?

Hi everyone, trying to find the specific name for this type of photography but can't get an exact result, the type of holding a photo up to a place to capture a then and now. Closest thing I found was "Re Photography" but it's not exactly what I'm after as its a digital then and now not one with a photo. Thanks ! https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfEWnsij_khqB2k2YBS90_F59dm4ZZkLRf22fj1b_hS93zLQIu8gBplhZB6ICBXsqpKJY&usqp=CAU

So i have a new display that supports image p3 and 86% adobe rgb. I have always shot and edited in srgb, but the new display, when calibrated to their respective color spaces, looks more vibrant in adobe rgb. i can see more color (who whould've guessed). not more saturated, i just feel in the greens there is more detail. Now i am wondering, if i should set my camera to shoot adobe rgb. Most of my work is posted online, or kept digitally for the most part. Occasionally i do print. On my macbook i set the integrated screen to dci p3 and did not notice a difference between how the images on instagram looked on my macbook or my phone. Adobe rgb does have some advantages but i dont know if i should use it. could there be color differences between how i see the image on my adobe rgb screen and someones srgb screen? does instagram convert adobe rgb images into srgb automatically and how does adobe rgb affect websites and people viewing images on that website? I just have so many questions but can't seem to find answers. thanks in advance

For personal photos, what do you all do with the originals (i.e. unedited) and imperfect photos? In the summer I took a course on photography so I'm very new. My primary goal is to take pictures of my family. Currently, I edit using Google Photos and I store all my pictures there, and the edits are stored as copies. I typically organise the edits into albums. However, I'm left with the decision of what to do with the originals of the ones I did edit, and the ones I didn't - because there was something minor wrong with them (no eye contact, some slight blur, something or someone weird in the background or whatever.) I can't bring myself to delete any of them, the voice in my head is "even if they're not perfect, who cares? you'll want to look at all of these anyway when you're old".. but if I don't come up with a plan or decide what to do with them soon, I know I'll create a big task later down the line of pruning through thousands, and likely paying for more cloud storage anyway. I know if I store these locally (i.e. not the cloud) I can mitigate the factor of cost, but unless I store them all on a NAS with some reasonable RAID config and then a backup to the cloud, I won't feel comfortable doing it any other way. Storing them all on one external HDD is asking for trouble. At this point, "mitigating the cost" is out the window as I would have paid up front for a lot hardware, new disks over time as they die, and cloud storage (again) for backup. As I type this, I'm starting to realise this is in fact the actual cost of photography. I guess I need to draw a line somewhere; if I don't want local hardware, then suck it up and only keep "the good ones" in Google Photos.

Hello everyone, I am a hobbyist photographer and have been given an opportunity to do a photo shoot (pro bono) at a charity school with students ranging from kindergarten to high-school. The "client" would like to have photos of the students at different moment of the day, in the classroom, at recess, at the canteen, etc... as well as some portraits. It's basically a journalistic/documenting photo shoots, and the first assignment I ever got. I was wondering what kind of lenses you would pick for this type of job. Would you go with primes only, zoom only or a combination of prime+zoom? I have a fuji xt5 with the xf 16mm f/2.8, xf 35mm f/1.4 and the xf 18-55mm kit lens. I also have some manual lense in 35mm and 50mm which I use on my "I don't care" days only. I have been considering for a longtime getting the xf 56mm f/1.2 WR, but I'm afraid of the double redundancy of that focal length in my set. Thank you for your input!

Hello photographers! I am a private horse trainer and part of what I have been training the horses to do is specific things for photo shoots such as training them to look a certain direction on command. We expect to have people who know NOTHING about horses or how to control them to book photoshoots so I’m trying to dummy proof everything so I can control the horse from out of shot. Things have been going well but one of the things I will be training next is to use an object as a marker and train the horse to go to where it is on command. This will make things easier however whatever object I use will be in the shot and need to be edited out afterwards. What object and color would be easy to edit out? Some examples of what people generally use are cones, cut and colored cardboard, a square of carpet, a piece of interlocking foam flooring, etc. I would need to use a color other than green and brown/tan as the horse may not be able to see the marker if the ground is the same color. Suggestions appreciated!

Hi there. I posted in a group about a possible career transition and a photographer reached out to me about needing an assistant. I made sure they were legit. I posted that I have experience in customer services, office services, education services, childcare services, etc. And that I have a bachelor's degree in Child Development. They commented about working in a studio w/ newborns, children, families, and various types of different photoshoots w/ props and settings. I told them I have no experience in photography however I did love supporting creative jobs such as these and that I used to love backstage when I did theatre such as props, makeups, costumes, and stage settings. So that being said if everything goes right and I get the job offer I'm curious what it's like working as an assistant to a photographer w/ their own mini studio.

I’m looking for a cheap way to develop and scan 35mm film rolls. Is there anywhere that will do this for cheap (preferably under $10 a roll) and does not have to send back the negatives?

I don't get who wants them. Is it for magazines or something?

I attended a photography class and the teacher said photos must be shot with intention, what is the message we are trying to convey, what story are you telling? The class is taught by a former photo-journalist. But sometimes I just want to make a nice picture? I don't have a story I want to tell. Or I just want to record something nice I saw while traveling. I can't imagine myself being creative enough to think of a narrative when I'm out taking photos on the street. Do I need to take his advice and try my hardest to think of the intent behind every photo or is that too exhausting?

I always only include the best shots from every session, event and shoot. I always make this clear. I recently shot a small 1-2 hour event and there were a few group shots that didn’t make the cut and were not included. I had no way of knowing who was most important and this never came up during the event or email discussing the event and expectations either. We never explicitly determined through the booking process that all the group shots have to be included, just that the best shots from the event are to be included. I sent off the gallery and now she wants a full refund to make up for the few group shots she didn’t get. I offered a partial refund to cover the shots I may have missed or weren’t included since it’s been three weeks since the gallery had been sent and I no longer have the session on my drive to send her any extras. I don’t think a full refund would be fair since I still completed the gallery where she received over 133 edited images half of which are group shots and I still covered the event, helped prepare her by sending her a checklist, made sure expectations were clear through email and I even showed her those screenshots to remind her what the agreement was and she downloaded the photos already however she is still demanding a full refund despite my efforts to make the situation right. I’m a pretty experienced photographer and she mentioned that she really liked the photos and enjoyed working with me so I don’t think this is a quality and service issue although she did go on to say I was unprofessional when I didn’t give her exactly what she wanted in the end but offered other solutions that I felt would be fair for the both of us which was still being paid and compensated for my time but also compensating her for the photos that she didn’t receive if it meant a happy vs unhappy client since that was her only concern. How would you handle this or move forward? I’m not sure if this is a genuine complaint or she’s a scammer type client picking on a smaller business and trying to intimidate me into getting free work. * more context: she also booked me again for maternity photos after the event and seeing the gallery. If the overall experience and quality was that awful I doubt she would have wanted to work with me again! I’m not sure how to proceed or if this client is worth the hassle and business if I were to give in to her demand.

Faulty 24-70 from eBay Hi folks, I’ve just bought (yesterday) a Nikon z6ii with a 24-70 f/4 kit Lens form eBay for just over £1200. They both arrived yesterday in great cosmetic condition and the body only has around 12k clicks on the shutter. I attached the lens to find out that it does not auto-focus (no such issue stated on the eBay listing). Just arrived home after taking it to my local camera shop to find that the Lens is at fault (not the body). I’ve messaged the eBay seller who seems to be willing to work with me on this issue. I don’t particularly want to send the entire kit back as the body is a steal for the price I got it but do I ask for a partial refund of the cost of a second hand Lens and offer to ship the Len’s back to the seller? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Good day folks. I’m doing modelling occasionally and I’ve won a few small beauty contests. I used to do tfp with people I’ve met at events, so it’s established safe people to work with. I’m being contacted by lots of random people they wanted to shoot tfp. If they looked and sound dodgy, I would just ignore. Example they’d say they would buy me clothes (barely a clothing) to use for the shoot. I wouldn’t talk to those people anymore. There are times where there are professional photographers who wanted to shoot with me and I was fine with this. With a modelling fee. They absolutely don’t like that. They list a long list of reason why they’re to be trusted etc. how do I tell this people to move along without hurting them and maybe a chance to work with them in the future? Since modelling world is quite small. Someone knows someone from your circle etc. work in the future means in modelling events etc, of course I’d like to still be in good terms with people. But I wouldn’t like to shoot outside , one to one, if it’s not a proper contract, specially with a stranger. Thanks