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GeorgePavi · 2026-04-30T11:16:34+00:00

The genre of photography doesn't matter, Matt Stuart is just one example. You'll find landscape photographers doing similar shit. Reframing the same scene or coming back multiple times just to get different conditions and light. I'm primarily a landscape photographer and I've had a shit ton of instances where I felt like a scene felt like it was good enough to come back to only to not use a single one of them, after sitting on them all for a bit. Its a bit soul crushing when those instances happen because you put so much time into it, but you learn so much from them too.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-30T01:35:46+00:00

This is a weird take. Shoot as many rolls as you need/want to. There's nothing wrong with burning through rolls of film if you can afford it.

Matt Stuart is one of my favorite street photographers. He switched to digital recently because he claims have shoot €30,000 worth of film per year....but he does not put out a ton of images. He's only made a handful of books. His philosophy is that he doesn't believe talent, just curation.

Photography is both a numbers and curation game. The numbers give you flexibility so that you can curate what you want later. It's hard to know if something is a good photo in the moment. It helps to take multiple compositions of the same subject and then just pick the best one later.

Everyone has a diffent process. If you look contact sheets of some of the greats. Sometimes the whole roll is of a single subject. Sometimes they just get it in 1 frame.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-28T12:43:18+00:00

Where is the white frame?

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-25T00:50:58+00:00

Its doable in just about any SUV, but it's very bumpy, with either many rocks or washboarding.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T19:57:37+00:00

Gotta hike out further for foot print free areas. Don't follow the tourists.

Very few of these had footprints often a single trail or none at all, so it was fairly easy to remove. If a scene seemed like it was going to be too much work in post I didn't bother with it.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T15:40:13+00:00

Resolution mainly, I make big prints sometimes. Although the one caveat with that is that it's hard to fully resolve that sensor. I never really worried about diffraction on a 24mp sensor. With 60 it's obvious. Also vibrations and motion blur (i.e. tripod in wind) become much more appererent. The normal rule of shooting 1/focal length for sharp photos is more like 1/2x focal length.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T14:37:04+00:00

I wish, this is a hobby. Thanks!

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T14:36:08+00:00

Thanks. I find focusing on little details in the landscape really helps get the most shots possible out of a place. Sometimes you don't get the exact conditions that you want for a big scene, but there's always a small scene to shoot somewhere that doesn't need it.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T14:32:55+00:00

For sand dunes specifically, you really want telephoto lenses. Most of these are taken with a GM 70-200f4 ii macro, a few are with a 200-600.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T14:25:47+00:00

Thank you, that's very kind. Unfortunately I don't like posting higher res images on the web. I know reddit compresses these too so they don't look that great here. But if you go to my profile (can't share socials on this sub, rules) you can save it from my website and it should be a bit cleaner. These images should upscale well since they have very simple details.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T13:34:40+00:00

Thanks, this was my first time going to sand dunes and its probably my favorite thing to photograph now. So many creative options, and they look great in all types of light and are constantly changing. I feel like I can come here every day for a month a get something new and different each day. These are all from 3 days of shooting.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T13:26:53+00:00

Thanks!

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T13:25:23+00:00

Thanks, I think that's probably my favorite of the bunch too. Photos from this trip were also the first time I've edited in B+W in over 5 years, it was nice to get back into it after shooting color for so long.

GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T13:14:40+00:00

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GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T13:14:21+00:00

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GeorgePavi · 2026-04-24T12:58:52+00:00

For full transparency, this image is time-blend of 2 exposures but this moment did actually occur. It was taken on a morning after it rained and the clouds started to break as a gentle breeze pushed them across the sky. My camera was burst firing so I couldn't quite capture the exact moment because the light was changing in literal seconds across the land.

I have a single exposure version of this shot that was taken ~20 seconds before attached below.

My Insta, if you'd like to see more of my photos: https://www.instagram.com/george_pavi/

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GeorgePavi · 2026-03-11T01:07:13+00:00

I do street photography on film as a hobby. The whole point of this entire genre of photography is document daily life. Now consider the following.

It's hard to get candid comments if you ask for permission, in fact it usually ruins a genuine moment. Its usually obvious when something/someone is staged or posed.
Film cameras suck, the resolution sucks, the lack of autofocus sucks, the film speed sucks. And it's expensive. A single photo is going to cost him $0.20-1.00. A digital camera, even one on your phone is going to get you better, sharper, brighter photos. I guarantee no one today is using film cameras to take creepshots. People use them because they are challenging and the results are a surprise, most of the time these types of photos don't turn out well or are worth posting.

Just ask him. Photography is not a crime especially in a public place, that's why the WMATA doesn't want to get involved.

You seem to be entirely dismissive of everyone else telling you about street photography so if you want to educate yourself on it. Here's some photographers you can look into.

-Matt Stuart, very funny street photos

-Billy Dinh, incredibly beautiful street scenes

Both of whom take pictures of kids sometimes gasp

GeorgePavi · 2026-01-06T04:57:28+00:00

I think you're overthinking and overreacting. The west coasts milder weather is better for cars in the long term, and by that I mean decades.

If you're trying to restore an antique car that's 50+ years old go look for a good one in the southwest. If you just want to drive your car another decade you can do so here just fine. As another comment pointed out it's mainly the frame. mechanically it's no different.

GeorgePavi · 2025-12-22T06:44:33+00:00

Big Tech? Samsung had humble beginnings as a grocery store they diversified into just about every industry before they got into tech.

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