This is the place to ask any questions you may have about photography. No question is too small, nor too stupid.

How do you shoot street how do you shoot people. You interact and you lose that authenticity in the picture.

i am an e-commerce product photographer. for such little products, i use such big lights like godox vl300. its so strong to the point i couldn’t even see what i am photographing anymore and my vision dances with green/black spots.

I bought the wrong camera a few years ago (canon m200) because I'm very limited, my country is going through a rough time so I'm trying to take a few jobs, including photography in events and nightclubs. Sadly this camera don't include a mount for an external flash, so what should I do? I still want to get the external flash, but how can I shoot (as a solo photographer) in events without having it attached to the camera?

I’d like to travel a couple of hours away to photograph a mountain, but I can’t see if from where I’m located, and I also want to be sure it’s visible during the evening when I arrive.

What weather patterns would you look for to ensure the mountain will be visible? Would you look at visibility, low cloud cover, other? I have windy and clear outside apps, but just want to be sure I’m looking at the right metrics.

Hello, friends

Please be honest with me. I currently live in Brazil (a country with VERY EXPENSIVE photographic equipment).

I dream of being able to take macro photos of insects, capturing their eyes and details. With the camera and lens set below, using some specific software, would I be able to do it?

• Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7i camera.
• Lens: EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM.
• Tripod.

I know I need to buy a flash and diffuser.

If it's possible, witch software you guys recommend? If not, what changes you recommends?

Okay everyone, I'm in desperate need of some help from someone who knows more about these strobes than I do.

I have an Einstein strobe that I bought off another photographer several years back that I've used for 2+ years without any problems. One day, it started clicking when I fire, but not flashing. When I take the umbrella off I can see it do a super super dim flash when I fire a shot? So I know it's getting the transition from the remote. I found at first, that if I restarted it, sometimes a couple times, I could usually get it flashing again like normal. Flashforward, restarting it is no longer working. I've replaced both bulbs. Replaced batteries in the remote(just in case). Unplugged it long periods of time. Adjusted every setting combination you can think of. Nothing. I have no idea what else to do or why the heck this is happening. Please help!!! I cannot afford to replace it right now! Is it toast??

I have a spare XT-3 I'm considering converting to be IR sensitive - but all of the example photos I see online are landscapes and I am having a hard time finding examples of what skintones look like...

Excuse me, Every heard of this brand? How is this lens brand performing under high resolution images?

I am going through my photos on my iPhone. Most of my older photos are high efficiency and not most compatible. I am assuming I am out of luck I am SOL on converting format type to a higher quality. Are their specialist that do that. Thanks in advance.

SD cards seem pretty simple, doubling capacity for the next size up (64GB > 128GB > 256GB etc...)

I've seen CFexpress Type B cards in all sorts of capiacities and I can't seem to find any reason or rhyme to how these things are sized.

There's 80GB, 330GB, 325GB, 165GB, 960GB, 660GB, 400GB, 480GB...

Does anyone know why there's such a wild range of capacities for CFexpress compared to SD cards?

A potential client wants to do a sunrise/sunset beach shoot. I’m a couple states away and was curious as to what’s the best approach to getting some or all of this covered? I know that travel would be put up in the contract but I’ve never traveled for a shoot so I just want to cover all my bases. Thanks in advance for your feedback.

So I do a fair bit of traveling and when I am out I use my Fujifilm X100Vi and absolutely love it for shooting on the fly and a little bit of landscape. At the moment I carry an iPad Air M2 which does not fit in my sling so often have to leave it hidden in the rental car or left at the hotel/air B&B.

At home I do mostly landscape photography and use a the new Mac Studio M4 which is an absolute beast for editing images used with the Canon R5ii, so I am covered when back at base.

The question is my wife wants an iPad and I have considered switching to the iPad mini to edit my Fujifilm photos and being able to chuck it in my sling, thus giving her the Air M2. Is this a good idea or would I be suffering with the Mini for any reason? I definitely do not need a MacBook nor an iPad Pro.

Cheers all!

Hello!

I have a master's thesis topic "The Evolution of Portrait Photography from 1945 to the Present". Can you recommend me some books about the history of photography (or more specifically that of portrait photography), other books, studies, etc. that relate to my work

And if you have any recommendations on what direction I could go with the thesis, I will be grateful

I typically use WeTransfer, but they’re now only allowing 3 GB per month. What other transferring services (preferably free haha) do you use?

I am a hobby photographer, and I'm looking for a nice way to organize some of my photos primarily for myself, but also to share with friends and family. I would like a basic interface with the following features:

• Ability to tag photos with three things
  • Type of film
  • Year/season (for example, summer 2024)
  • Subject (mountains, portraiture, actions, etc)
  • Perhaps a caption option for each photo, though not a must
• Ability to filter by one or more tags, for example you can select a type of film and all those images with that type will show, or anything tagged both "summer 2025" and "portraits" will display

I am very new to all things website, and I've been looking around at a few options but what I find is either too complicated or not flexible enough for these needs. I'm hoping this is simple enough, but perhaps not - any and all advice is welcome! Thanks in advance!

Do you sign up for photo contests? Is it worth it? I found one here (https://worlddeer.org/animal-sightings/) and wondered if it's worth the while or to just focus on my primary business

Hello! I am very familiar printing photos from B&W negatives, but my uncle recently passed away and a color Davidson slide was left to me. Any chance you folks could help me in understanding how to generate a print manually?

I recently purchased an old Velbon VGB-3C from goodwill and it came really complete, the only thing missing is the screw that locks the orientation of the camera (i.e. portrait or landscape). I have confidence I can fix it but I just don't know how the mechanism works, is it just a bolt that goes into a nut or what? Any help with this would be greatly appreciate.

I feel so embarrassed taking pictures, if I ever do I just delete them from my camera roll after because I’m just embarrassed to have me and my friend on my camera roll I don’t know how to explain it but I just feel akward, cringe and irritated so I just delete it. I want to make memories with people and I want to look back at them and I’m jealous of all the other people who take loads of pictures with their friends while I just have screenshots in my camera roll. but I can’t help this feeling I really want it to go away so I can start making memories

Hello! As a mother of young children, I realize that I have been accumulating digital photos for years.

I've printed hundreds of photos, but I still haven't figured out how to organize them. I'm pretty rigid in what I'm looking for and I feel like what I want doesn't exist anymore today.

My mother had ring-bound albums into which she could insert new pages. Each page had pockets in which she inserted the photos 4x6.

I'm looking for similar albums. Ring-bound or riveted, and I can add/remove pages. I would like to have an album for every year. I went to stores and looked on Internet and the only thing I found were albums where I had to stick the 4 corners of my photos manually. I find it really aesthetics, but I don't have that time.

Do you have any recommendations for sellers who ship to Canada?

Thank you

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I will be going to Katmai National Park in early July and will be looking to view the bears from about 10am-4pm. I’ve never been so I’m not sure what to expect. Also not sure what to do with my camera bag while I’m on the main platform as there are limits for people, I assume there’s limits on equipment or baggage as well.

I am considering the following: Canon R6ii + 3 batteries

RF 15-35mm - for landscapes and flying in and out of the location.

RF 100-500mm - for most of the bear and wildlife shots from platforms.

RF 200-800mm - closeups and to help fill the frame as the 500mm may limit this given the distance to the bears and given I don’t have the MP for much cropping.

Lenses I own but not bringing: 35mm F1.8, 24-105 F4, 100mm macro F2.8, 100-400mm

Tripod with monopod leg (monopod required for main platform)

Gimbal

Neewer rolling backpack https://a.co/d/6VxofEE

All of this fits snugly in the pack and weighs in around 28lbs. I wouldn’t normally consider this for a day trip but there seems plenty of opportunity to roll the bag but also carry on my back as needed.

What have you brought and why? Please share your experiences if you’ve been to Brooks Falls and help give me an idea of what to expect and what I should bring.

Thanks in advance.

Hello, Im looking for an autofocus medium format camera. I already have a Mamiya 645 but I struggle with manual focus and 1/2 my photos come back blurry. I was thinking of selling mine and starting again. I really love that creamy medium format look! I’m tossing up between the Mamiya 645AF and the Pentax 645nii. The Pentax is significantly cheaper but is there one better than the other? Any help would be really appreciated! I’m going around in circles a bit! I am a fashion photographer but I’m self taught so I always feel quite unconfident! Xx

I am so conflicted about how to properly go about this. I've been asking consent for people in portraits if they're okay with it.

But what about large crowd shots? It's also a lot harder for me to shoot in a more candid manner, with many moments missed because I'm trying to avoid getting somebody's face in the shot.

I'm just really conflicted overall. I don't want to put people in harm but I also want to create powerful images that help bring in more people to movement that I believe in.

The media is there, thousands of cameras, livestreamers all around. Yesterday's match was massive and I imagine that everyone is already in one shot or another.

But even then, I'm still part of the problem potentially, right?

I'm not a photojournalist as much as I feel I am in this weird limbo between activist and documentarian.

I'm obsessing constantly over where to draw my line and I'm considering that maybe I just need to leave the camera behind, because maybe I'm just doing more harm than good ultimately while driving myself crazy each time over this question.