The worst part of photography school is paying for the fees, but the facilities and tutors are really good where I am. I might drop out after I get what I want out of it. It forced me to learn how to photograph and meter properly, use composition, understand lighting, and edit in post-production—all things that amateurs struggle with because they can’t ask a professional for tips.
>>4482865What about you post pictures instead of bitching about /p/ and being a loser?
>>4482891I want to have a career instead of being a hobbyfag like you
>>4482893>I'm doing it for my mental health because I have paranoid schizophrenia and need art therapy.>I want to have a career instead of being a hobbyfag like youpretentious lying fag still haven't posted any pics of your catalog. Something tells me that it'll be some street shit
>>4482904Here. Critique it all you want. I am trying to get better.Wanting a career and doing it for therapy aren't mutually exclusive but I guess I have cognitive dissonance over what I want to do. I just want to get good at photography, and that is it.
>>4482908Meh it's ok honestly, the top left is too empty, you could've shopped the cloud to put it up so you would have a symmetry of the cloud around the cross-pigeon axis. The position of the pigeon is nice you can clearly tell it's taking off from the cross and gives a sensation of leaving the frame. Of course there's the angel symbolism but that's overdone and the bird is a pigeon. For the colour grading it's not bad but the eye and feet of the bird are almost purple and orange. The grains help a lot to give this religious style, I'm sure a smooth version would not be pleasant to watch. Honestly good picture just not that interesting / deep.
Okay so in short, I'm part of a horticultural society that has a yearly photo contest. The voting for the contest recently ended a couple of days ago but the winners won't be announced for a while. I want your opinion on the entrants to the contest. I'm not going to tell you which are mine, because I don't want your bias to taint your analysis. I will tell you that 6 of the 34 pictures are mine, so feel free to guess which are mine. I do have a fairly consistent style. Here's the images: https://www.ahsregion4.org/photos/PhotoContest/2025/2025_R4-Cat_1-Single_and_Multiple_Blooms-no_names.pdf
>>4477397Are the winners announced yet?
>>4477399No, they'll be announced in the next Region 4 newsletter.
>>4477406When will that be?
>>4477343I like the 18th one the most.
What is everyone's least favorite picture from those 34? I wanna see something.
#1post ur clouds edition
>>4482722This shits me so much.>Wow this looks like a good photo better get the camera out>BUT it isn't good enough to stop the car and spend an extra 120 seconds of my day to make it look actually decent
>>4482741>IMG23058 — Pentax K-1, HD PENTAX-D FA* 70-200mm F2.8 ED DC AW @ 180.0mm f16.0 1_500s, ISO 250.jpgit's internal zoomI almost certainly just left the rear cap off while I vacuumed or something at some point recently, first time I've seen dust there
>>4464658This picture would be golden if there was only a tree line instead of a house on the right side.
>>4465726Enjoying this one.
>>4466687This pic is fire
How do you sell a photo for over a million dollars?
>>4482685>>4482683>just go be a politicianThe thing is people don't have to listen to your impotent crying. Muh beauty is something different to everyone until a set of shared values aka ideology lends it objective weight.
>>4482698Faggot go on a hike.
>>4482708You can't build anything on primordial force, if so then top predator animals would have kingdoms, and they do not
>>4482708>implying "go on a hike" is an insultkek
>>4482727As if kingdoms were built by fags like you and not warriors. Even if it was true what's your point ? Are you happier than cats or owls ?>>4482839Based retard, read between the lines you've missed the point
Do you develop and scan your own film or send it off to someone else? AT what point doe it become worth it to develop your own rolls rather than sending it to someone else?
I send my film to a local shop, they charge me only $1.5 (Colour)/$4 (B/W) and $6 for scanning (36 exp.) or $0.2 (colour)/$0.4 (B/W) for each print. I want to try to self develop my own film but the consumables are sometimes a bit difficult to get or quite expensiven in my country.
>$35 AUD to dev and scan one (1) roll of black and white film>Colour film cheaper to dev and scan (@ $29 per roll) but is counteracted by the fact colour film costs the difference so it's not any cheaper actually>a set of 6x4 prints is an extra $8 (wow le poverty size prints woo)>doesn't offer larger prints>they're just fucking digital prints of the scan>Okay it's like $8-12 a roll for black and white film if you buy in lots of 5/10. That's alright>Oh look there's these black and white films designed specifically to use C41 developement so you can use the cheaper colour printing we offer!>C41 black and white film is $25 a rollAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>4482738>$35 AUDWhat city?Go somewhere else or learn how to do it yourself. $35 is a scam
>>4482740>What city?Sydney. Granted I've only spoken to two shops, so my data might be skewed.>Go somewhere else or learn how to do it yourself. $35 is a scamYes I am >>4482315 anon and am in the process of DIY.
>>4482743I am in Melbounre, irohas photo are quick and cheap, scans the same day ikigai film lab do better scans but you pay more for it (you also can't pick up the negs, post only) , and the bloke is a bit of nutcase on ig
Buffalo EditionPlease post film photos, talk about film photography, film gear like cameras, film stocks, news, and tips/tricks in this thread.old thread: >>4457140Thread Question: How important is the use of a darkroom to your film photography?
>>4482190>>4482196or you can just develop the same, in which case it's called rating, not pushing/pullingmore common with color film which gets color shifts if you change development times
>>4482196If he is going -1 it is pulling the film, but you are correct about everything else.>>4482199It would be underexposing the film, but then you can compensate for that with extended development time, which is why you get more grain and increased contrast. Most films are just fine with going a stop up or down in exposure with standard dev time although not all. Cheap films like fomapan are already rated about 1 stop higher than they technically should be.
>>4482190If you want to mess with pushing and pulling film I would recommend trying ilford hp5+. It looks really good shot anywhere from like 12 iso all the way up to 1600 or higher. You just need to develop it correctly.
>>4482196> and you should shoot the entire roll at this pushed speed.Not to overcomplicate things for the guy that asked, but with black and white technically you can compensate variable iso on the same roll if you use a super dilute stand development, something like one to 100 rodinal or something like that. You get crushed contrast on everything but at least it’s usable. Not that I’d recommend anyone do it intentionally, but if you make that mistake that we all make at some point to change mid roll, then it is recoverable at least.
PeruAnon here, Feel kinda stuck latelyI did some more studio shooting and some nudes (can't share because reasons) but I feel like documentary work is still my way to goHowever, I feel like I'm on the verge of getting better but can't see where I need to improve in my photography for this to happenAnyone here, who has seen my work over time, with some advice?
If it's wrong, why is it so good?
>>4473816>>4473212>>4473207Who are these retards that don’t put a maximum on iso, I shoot P and it’s great every time , when things are fast put it on S, manual mode is for dorks who want to make things harder for themselves for no reason other than ‘I’m a pro now’. P does better than you
>>4473212Retard if you're gonna post Yoshitoshi ABe on /p/ you have to post the drawings with the SMEGMA>FOVEON WON
>>4478172Eletronic viewfinder.He's trying to say he's better than you cause he uses a small lens to focus.
For me, it's gotta be Snap Distance Priority Mode. Ricoh Chads rise up!
>>4482474Real Ricoh chads use af-s with the shutter set to snap on full press, rather than dedicated snap mode, for the best of both worlds
Have any of you working/professional anons had any luck becoming a "high end" photographer/videographer? By which I mean, the kind of person who only works with more discerning, high-paying clients?I run a business that does sound and video recording for classical and jazz musicians (there's some photography in there too) and whilst my skills are pretty good, I've realised that I will never make good money or work make truly great recordings until I get better quality clients. It's not just about money, but rather the willingness and ability of these clients to work under the conditions needed to make a good product, whilst also respecting my work enough to actually cooperate.I've realised half of the issue is just price. Doubling prices has helped get rid of the bad clients however the issue with "high-end" clients is that they are usually rich people who do not live in my shitty area and therefore don't know me. I know full well that a facebook ad will not fix this.I haven't been here in a while so pardon me if this is a faggish question to answer, but last time I was here there was a decent number of current or former professionals.
>>4482233Bump
Is anyone else noticing a big drop in engagement on flickr over the last year or 2?I know its dropped alot since its peak, but it feels like its significantly dropped again over the last year or so.
>>4479479>>4481604This sums it up pretty much. The only channels still alive are the ones of influencers who get free shit to review and market their lightroom presets. I think humanity is steering to a new trend of less media intake. Truning off phone notifications, no X, no insta. I believe at some point fine art, laid back galleries, craftmanship gonna thrive again. Not in the sense of getting thousands likes but to showcase you as a person to few selected people that care. Not commercialized, not for the money but out of love and passion. In the end for everyone it's much more fullfilling. It's natural and it's human unlike social media like used in the last decade.
We need to cause some kind of an offline revolution desu. Or a campaign against smartphones at the very least. Make the internet a physical location you visit again.Fuck the Thielites and the megacorpos and what theyre doing to humanity. At this rate we'll be some Eloi pet in a generation or two.
>>4482293IMO*. No idea why is autocorrected to Desu.
>>4482294/p/ has a couple of autocorrects like s o y > based
>>4481603>people abusing groups for a certain lens/camera model/topicYep, like when I wanted to look at the K-3 III group’s photos and got blasted with hundreds of pics from some F1 race day or when I looked at the gallery for some PowerShot and it was, literally, all bus pics from some autist in England somewhere. Please learn to share the gallery space.
no coloreds allowed
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>>4457537Looks like the map from Battlefield 1
>>4481737Eerie. Love it. Did you use a tripod?
>>4457537>>4457538>>4457539>>4457540>>4457541>>4457544>>4457549>>4457743>>4457826Love these. They're so moody and nostalgic.
Let's have a thread on Greg GirardYeah I am thinking he is kino.
>>4474477I thought you were talking about the Herzog railroad company
>>4472540I like the style of these photos, but it seems to me like he also took a whole bunch of not so good ones that he also published for whatever reason so the photos presented here are not representative for his "style" so to speak.. at least that is the impression I've got after I looked at his instagram, but these are cool photos nonetheless and I believe he does something that many contemporary shooters gets wrong and that is to always go for perfect shooting conditions, meaning to never venture outside with a camera once it is either cold, rainy, dark etc.
>>4481714if you were born and raised in kowloon city you'd think that wasnt interesting too. it is your fault.
In a just world he'd be equally as famous but for his documentary panache and not just because bugmen see neon lights and their eyes pop out of their skull
>>4482128I dunno, lots of photographers who grew up in NYC or LA manage to be inspired by their surroundings into adulthood and produce great work there, so I don't think familiarity kills inspiration. When I've travelled to either of those cities I also come back with quality photos. This is the typical street scene in my part of the country. Sure I could do a Todd Hido "homes at night" type of thing but that's really not the direction I'm trying to go in.
incredible photos here. this guy obviously has taste. there’s no way the photos are his, though. they’re too consistently good, too frequently posted, and the style is not consistent. i’d love to know who some of these artists are so that i can see more of their work. i would buy photobooks based on some of these. tineye is usually returning 0 results. interesting. i don’t see any evidence of AI being used. it does not look like AI to me. but i’m also a dummy? i want to know who some of these artists are.
>>4481988Instagram’s low resolution hides AI artifacts. Intentionally.
>>4481988Yeah uh, this is AI mixed with stolen and edited pics and photos of his feet for veracityLook the city, the cats, top left. If your photos aren’t at least 24mp with full color RAW files available as proof you do not do photography. You write prompts. This is the reality of 2025.
>>4481991AI ass fuck
its like if theres 3 personalitiesthe super grainy cliche black and whitesthen the "modern" flash color photosand then theres some random shit street snaps interspersed
>>4481997>snap ladies often.yes
So newest NX Studio is out - with the Film Grain effect added. This will come to the Zf with the next firmware update.What do you think? Picrelated is OOC JPG with Large Grain @ Intensity 3 applied in NX StudioI love it
>>4475281I loved my Zf's and cant wait to get another one. I also shoot with an FA and love the shit out of that like a german shisse fetishist. However I seriosly dislike taking a work that was created in one medium and trying to hide it by making it look like it was made in another medium. If I sold someone a bronze of a sculpture I made but was like, "well actually it's plastic, isn't it amazing though, they got the plastic to look just like bronze!" Everyone would rightly be pissed and I'd be sued & out of a reputation.That said, there are effects we lazily attribute to film such as blurriness of old lenses, poor diffraction halation, light leaks, uncoated lens effects & aging film effects. There is also shooting in fog, gold/blue hour effects, gloomy days, weird light during storms, etc, that could all also be achieved natively by a digital camera with greater or lesser effectiveness, and ideally in proportion to the needs of the image, not the needs of the image to look like it came from another kind of camera. The work of the pictorialists for instance, images like less literally defined and more suggestive, evocative as hell, more like a painting of a mood or hazy memory than a photojournalists need of harsh clarity and grating sharpness. All these effects and more can be accomplished digitally, we have the tools, all the tools, and more tools than anyone could ever have imagined. So why are we led to the photojournalist & documentarians approach to photography? Because it makes us by sharper and sharper lenses? For what? Use the grain effect if you want to. But don't stop there.
>>4476666It's spelled "Scheiße" or "Scheisse", if you lack the Eszett. But why buy two identical bodies? Never understood that
>>4476677>why buy two identical bodies????Oh, bc I said Zf's? Didn't buy them at the same time. Bought one through work, quit, sold it back to company, turned around & bought another, then a while later found out the ZFII wasn't yet coming but a Silver model was, so sold it & am looking fwd to buying that. I hate HATE black gear, and the ZF being black pissed me off from day 1. It was either this or I was going to strip & polish a black one myself eventually, fucking nightmare scenrario that it is.
>>4475319Not one person I've ever sold a picture to cared if it was film or digital...
>>4476534actual pseud detected lmao I own a DF and it feels chintzy as hell expecially compared to dx00 seriesgreat image quality though
I took this photo when i was walking in the streets, after finishing an internship at my university. I think it seems like a liminal space.
>>4482095What is a “liminal space”
>>4482096a space between spaces. a space used to get from one space to another. strictly speaking I think OPs photo qualities. however the meaning of liminal spaces now has been more or less broadened to be a certain style of photography that involves taking slightly unsettling pictures of places normally full of life (strictly defined liminal spaces are often full of life, imagine people passing through a corridor often) that are devoid of any signs of human activity. I like looking at photos with that type of tag as they stir a certain uneasiness and oddly placed nostalgia in me.
Hello /p/, I want to take photos like picrel but have no experience in photography and no camera, I'm willing to spend up to around €1,000 but would rather cheaper as I am not wealthy, anything in the 400-500 range is a nice amount for me. What camera/specs do I need? Any lenses? I know photography terminology as I've experience with 3dcg and they seem to use the same terms there, as well as a bit of experience in just using the pro mode of my phone camera.
>>4474415The Butlerian Jihad will be developed in caffenol, mark my words AI
>>4461548You need a high red camera like the Sony A7CR, paired with a sharp GM lens. If your subject is trees, leaves, or anything green in general, Sony is the natural choice because of their propensity for beautiful green hues in their jpgs.
>>4474264you need to stay in better hotels nona
>>4474338I'm a Nikon Z (luv me fool frame look) and M43 (luv me portability) shooter myself but you need to take your meds, holy shit
>>4474350because autistically focusing on the mechanism and technique allows you to distract yourself from the fact that you're just not that into her
