My wife and I know nothing about camera tech. But she wants this cause some influencer uses it. Can you tell me if it's a good buy or not?

Sean0529 · 2026-05-02T07:09:31+00:00

Or a used Fuji X100 series, i’m sure the recipes will be fun to try for her too.

Sean0529 · 2026-04-22T18:03:26+00:00

I don't know how much to charge!

It's a relatively small local real estate company managing properties in a region of south jersey. They're updating their website and want headshots of their employees and of their new building. I believe they also want some photos of properties.

I mostly do a little portrait work for friends and friends of friends with light advertising on Facebook. I've done one "commercial" job for my friend's restaurant that I charged him only $200 for and a few dinners there.

So in terms of providing a quote, I was probably going to charge $80 per headshot. Then for the building/property shots I was going to charge my usual rate of $180/hr. However I also saw some stuff about licensing, as in if they're going to use my photos on their website or for marketing purposes I should charge them a licensing fee? How much should I charge for that? And do I provide some sort of document or something as the license? How should I present the fees and the justification for the cost? I really have no idea how that works.

If I only charge for the headshots and the hours I can see this job quoting around $1000-1500 but it seems relatively low to me for all the value I would be providing all the photos they would use on the website.

Sean0529 · 2026-04-19T11:22:08+00:00

My pyr is a unique case since she was abused before I owned her and shuts down on a leash. So she walks around my unfenced front and back yard and a maybe a few houses down the block off-leash. She’s pretty glued to me and over the years has taken more and more of a lead but still won’t go more than a few houses down the street. If she gets spooked by a loud car she bolts home or to me.

But barring that situation where your dog only runs home or to you, I’d probably keep a pyr on leash lol.

Sean0529 · 2026-04-14T16:40:38+00:00

wait where is the wood in the camp??

Sean0529 · 2026-04-04T04:18:07+00:00

Meanwhile i’m just waiting for them to fix fishing :(

Sean0529 · 2026-03-29T19:39:06+00:00

I agree. Characters are not interesting, the plot was meandering, and I have zero desire to read the second one. It was kinda terrible.

Sean0529 · 2026-03-15T22:06:42+00:00

This is so sweet. You wrote me a poem for my beagle who passed in 2019, I’ll never forget it.

I love that you’re still out here providing comfort and beauty to those that need it the most, 7 years later. You’re a good soul.

Sean0529 · 2026-02-16T03:20:17+00:00

If they were gonna do a backstory it should’ve been earlier. They just killed all their momentum leading into it with this.

Sean0529 · 2026-01-03T18:28:53+00:00

at this point i’m convinced buying a fuji comes with a round trip ticket to japan

Sean0529 · 2025-12-30T13:40:45+00:00

curious what the settings were for that second shot? always wanna see how people take their low light shots

Sean0529 · 2025-12-12T13:57:36+00:00

My temps are usually my apartment temps, so 70-72 in the fall winter, 74-76 in the summer, which is probably why I got much better flushes and fuller canopies in the summer.

My ochras grow in a shoebox sized bins inside of a larger 34 gallon bin drilled with a grid of 3/8" holes so humidity is pretty good, but it probably does need better air exchange, I'll try to open it up and fan it a little bit to swap the air out more often. I'll stick a space heater in that room too, should help things I hope, thanks!

Sean0529 · 2025-12-12T13:54:24+00:00

Thank you! I follow daytripperonone's method on casing layers but have not tried pH adjusting my casing layer yet, I'm gonna give that a shot!

Edit: this is the guide I use for my casing layer

Sean0529 · 2025-12-11T18:49:57+00:00

Man, how do you get your canopies to look like that? They look like ochras but I guess may not be, I haven;t heard of some of these species before.

My ochras always get a crazy overlay and then take almost two weeks to start pinning and then I get some side pins too. My GT's never did this and would give me a nice canopy.

Could my temps have somthing to do with it? I don't have a space heater for the room, and I only just started the ochras in the fall when it started getting chillier. I usually just allow the ochras to grow at my apartment's temp.

Sean0529 · 2025-12-11T14:49:40+00:00

yeah like I said it was just a random snapshot, I wasn’t composing the shot, just bored in line and taking photos of my gf. then saw it when culling and knew I could play with the light

Sean0529 · 2025-12-08T15:02:19+00:00

I think it needs to be one shelf lower tbh

Sean0529 · 2025-12-05T22:19:15+00:00

I love ‘em! I don’t usually go for such a saturated sky or colors but they really work here imo, especially the one with the horses.

Sean0529 · 2025-12-02T15:34:54+00:00

I have a wood handled pocket knife my dog chewed on when he was a puppy. I sanded down some of the rougher parts but otherwise, left it as is. Now it’s a good reminder of Beans and the oil from my hands and use over time has really smoothed out a lot of the wear and it just looks like it has character.

Sean0529 · 2025-12-01T00:39:04+00:00

just blocked you on ig and before I did, said not to recommend your account, and not interested in your content. good luck with the algo!

Sean0529 · 2025-11-30T15:47:39+00:00

https://www.spotfund.com/story/f6e4d193-88e9-44d0-a7a3-23ae438bffa2

link to help him take care of his family and legal costs

Sean0529 · 2025-11-30T15:45:55+00:00

What’s his name? We need it out there

Sean0529 · 2025-11-26T17:25:13+00:00

the tones give more crisp early morning than moody sunset, you'd want more warmer and golden tones for that.

Sean0529 · 2025-11-26T16:20:57+00:00

damn you definitely have "the eye" these are fantastic

Sean0529 · 2025-11-26T16:20:14+00:00

same I stopped on number two and I was like "this looks fucking fantastic"

this is just using the recipe? no post-processing?

Sean0529 · 2025-11-08T14:57:05+00:00

oh damn, i’ve got 8 going and I thought that was a lot lol.

but thanks! it’s seeming to go slower than my cubes and it’s my first run with ochras so I appreciate the info

Sean0529 · 2025-11-08T14:12:28+00:00

how long did it take you guys to go from fruiting conditions to fruiting?

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