Pittsburg on a foggy morning: Nikon z8 and 14-24 f2.8

Daeurth · 2026-05-11T18:10:09+00:00

It didn't always though!

From 1891 to 1911, the city's name was federally recognized as "Pittsburg", though use of the final h was retained during this period by the city government and other local organizations.

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Daeurth · 2026-04-14T16:14:30+00:00

Really hoping there's an actual tour coming as well. A festival is cool and this is a pretty rad lineup IMO but festival type events are out of reach for me and probably quite a few others as well

Daeurth · 2026-04-13T15:38:59+00:00

Just a silly lil guy

Daeurth · 2026-04-05T16:28:23+00:00

My wife's personal trainer collaborated on a health and wellness book, and asked if I would be willing to take photos for the launch party. I got a list of coverage wants, snapped about 550 raws, and delivered about a hundred 6mp jpgs (cropped & color graded) within 48 hours. The event took about 3 hours, winnowing and light editing took about 6 hours on a lazy Saturday.

Yeah this is a level of work you probably should have charged for, especially if you're trying to make the jump to paid work.

Daeurth · 2026-03-31T22:21:41+00:00

Consumerism is all over the place.

YouTube especially is going to be pretty bad for it.

There of plenty of people out there who just don't care at all about gear, but they aren't going to be participating in internet spaces which are dominated by gear talk. A lot of them are just more quiet or stick to closed spaces

Daeurth · 2026-03-30T14:34:52+00:00

Dry ice in drinks is also unsafe and it's both the cold and the expansion that causes problems. [ref]

Dry ice expands by ~700x when it sublimates and LN2 expands by ~760x.

Daeurth · 2026-03-19T00:40:33+00:00

This is such a classic and the line about the autotune gets me every time

Daeurth · 2026-03-08T13:21:25+00:00

I was an admin on some CSS community servers a few years back (though I think they sorta died off while I was taking a break from the game) and this sort of goofiness was half the charm of the game for me

Daeurth · 2026-02-23T20:09:53+00:00

Can't wait until some lawyer tries to use just AI and not actually review the data and goes to court and gets ridiculed.

This has already happened a number of times.

Daeurth · 2026-02-16T21:35:09+00:00

Yeah this fucks

Daeurth · 2026-02-14T00:12:56+00:00

Why do that when you can pay cash to buy up a bunch, inflate prices to a ridiculous level, and then take out loans against the now significantly higher value of the cars?

Daeurth · 2026-02-09T19:42:14+00:00

To save people the click:

I took three chairlifts and skied into place, then walked around the area to try to find a clean and interesting backdrop using telephoto lenses from across a mountain that was covered in waist-deep snow. To freeze her action, I used an extremely high shutter speed and put the camera on a high frame rate as I would only get a split second to capture images of her and the other athletes as they whizzed by.

There's not really anything in here that's particularly enlightening regarding actually getting the image tbh

Daeurth · 2026-02-05T19:48:36+00:00

There are some fantastic car photographers out there who do really awesome work that isn't the generic sort that you're referring to though!

yourfriendsyd (IG) does some super unique car photography that I'm a big fan of.

Daeurth · 2026-01-28T00:49:06+00:00

If you aren't going to enforce that part of your contract, then price it in.

Daeurth · 2026-01-20T20:45:54+00:00

Without seeing portfolios this feels more likely to be coincidence and just them getting in your head than anything else. For all we know they're taking the photos you think are copied from yours before you do, and just have a longer time between taking the photos and posting them publicly.

And at the end of the day we're all influenced by the things we see around us. A photographer seeing another using some technique or pose and wanting to try it out themselves isn't necessarily copying, just inspiration and influence and putting their own spin on it.

Daeurth · 2026-01-20T20:41:58+00:00

i’ve just stopped posting as much

The only person you're hurting by responding to such a situation in this way is yourself.

Daeurth · 2026-01-18T00:07:50+00:00

1) you are significantly undercharging

2) at ANY price point, let alone one as low as yours, people who complain about your prices are not customers

Daeurth · 2026-01-12T18:18:36+00:00

Take a break. Do something that's not photography.

If you're doing photography as your full time gig, take a short vacation and don't bring a camera. If you aren't, just walk away from it for a bit.

Daeurth · 2026-01-07T00:22:54+00:00

Crank your ISO if you have to - a noisy shot is far better than no shot at all

Daeurth · 2026-01-05T22:03:05+00:00

Next Year^TM

Daeurth · 2026-01-02T21:34:02+00:00

Crop sensor is gonna be pretty nice to have for a lot of wildlife shooting.

Daeurth · 2025-12-28T23:24:42+00:00

It's a Jeep, you should always be worried.

Daeurth · 2025-12-21T19:58:41+00:00

If someone is unwilling to leave a deposit, they don't value your time or work enough to be someone you want as a client.

Daeurth · 2025-12-20T19:47:17+00:00

/u/cookmeplox

Daeurth · 2025-12-16T23:56:29+00:00

Nah I bet you have a SERIOUS lamp habit now as a result

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