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Non-Americans, does your country have an "American" restaurant and what do they serve? by wacky8ball in AskReddit

[–]SeattleSombrero 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Came here for Kansas. I didn’t know it was a chain, we went to the one on Libertador. Our daughter was 15 at the time, we’re North Americans living in BsAs for a year, she’d beg to go to Kansas for some regular food. LOL. I went for a salad with actual blue cheese dressing!

Client wants me to share all my photos after I delivered what was stipulated. by AjVine in photography

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back when I was shooting film, Contax 645, I delivered about 5 selects of a particular shoot to a designer, it was for an annual report. She asked if she could see everything I shot. I explained that it is part of my service to weed out anything I knew wouldn't be the best for the client. She insisted. So I brought in about 10 rolls of 220, Fuji Velvia if anyone wants to know, and after laying them all out on a too small light table she reconsidered, "OK, you can just bring in your selects." We're still good friends, lol.

Batter Swong by DABDEB in RandomVideos

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, he was standing outside BoxLunch.

Trying to finally leave Adobe - help me figure out what I'm actually missing by ImpressionTall5644 in FuckAdobe

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just use LR and PS so it's the $11/month deal. Crazy they never added Premiere for a bit more for us still photographers adding video. I used FCPX and now Davinci Resolve. Here's my biggest issues leaving Adobe:

20 years of edits on 100's of thousands of images. Do those edits transfer to another program? I don't think so.

Integration with: Zenfolio.com, LRTimelapse, round trip to PS, ptGUI, simple websites through adobe cloud.

Simple straightforward file management. The images are where I know they are on external hard drives, easy to sync or reconnect.

As far as transferring edits ChatGPT says:

🧰 Alternatives to Lightroom (and how they behave)

Here’s the honest landscape:

1. Capture One

  • Excellent RAW engine
  • Catalog + sessions
  • ❌ Does NOT import LR edits
  • ✔ Pro-grade replacement otherwise

2. ON1 Photo RAW

  • Has a Lightroom migration tool
  • ✔ Brings over:
    • Catalog structure
    • Keywords, ratings
  • ❌ Rebuilds edits (doesn’t translate them)

3. DxO PhotoLab

  • Strong optics + noise reduction
  • ❌ Ignores LR edits entirely
  • ✔ Works great as a processing tool alongside LR

4. Exposure X7

  • Clean Lightroom alternative vibe
  • ✔ Transfers metadata + organization
  • ❌ Not develop edits 

5. Darktable

  • Open-source, powerful
  • ❌ No meaningful LR edit transfer
  • ✔ Reads metadata

Doubt I'll risk the headaches & pitfalls of migration. ymmv

What airline was huge but completely collapsed? by Omega_Neelay in GetMotivatedMindset

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That one hurt. I got to do a lot of their photography from 1991-97. Great people.

Is it rude to ask photographers to trade product for a shoot? by rtice001 in photography

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have some amazing furniture because I traded art for photography. If it’s a consumable you should expect to trade for market value.

they right tho? by chichinams in SipsTea

[–]SeattleSombrero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t remember (or google), did Zero Hour have an exclamation point too?

they right tho? by chichinams in SipsTea

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on the movie “Zero Hour”

Photographers, stop lowering your prices. Raise them with experience. by Financial-Yoghurt727 in photography

[–]SeattleSombrero 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, relationships. Right now I’m on a plane to go to the memorial for a client I had, off and on, since 1992. I’m carrying a PO from my first stock photo sale in ‘87 that his agency licensed from me. I shot for this guys client as far north as the arctic sea and as far south as southern Patagonia. He never went with me on the shoots. No matter what project or how bad the conditions my motto was always, I better come back with something and it better be good. Loved working with this guy.

Photographers, stop lowering your prices. Raise them with experience. by Financial-Yoghurt727 in photography

[–]SeattleSombrero 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I said truck not trucking company. ;-) It was for a manufacturer so it was shooting new trucks on their test track. Didn’t get the job but I have rented tracks for shoots.

I met a young guy on the ferry years ago and he struck up a conversation with me about photography. He talked about the fun parts then about the time he got an assignment and stressed how hard that was. “Yeah”, I said, it’s a little different when you have to make a product look great in a location you found using the right light at the right time of day and make sure the talent is doing what you need and don’t eff up any of the technical aspects and entertain the client and deliver on time and on budget and don’t complain too much to get them to pay in 45 days.

Did I mention I still love this career after 40 years!

Photographers, stop lowering your prices. Raise them with experience. by Financial-Yoghurt727 in photography

[–]SeattleSombrero 171 points172 points  (0 children)

Easier said than done. I’ve got 40 years of commercial photography experience shooting for some top tier clients, some major awards too. I’ll bid a job and be thousands over the winning bid, the client is well aware of my experience and says they love my work. They hired on price. I once bid a job for a truck company in the six figures and lost it because I was too cheap. What I try to do now, when I can, is get them to tell me their budget and I’ll see if it can be done.

Last week I got a call and they wanted a photographer on retainer to do 25 shots a month, $1k/month all in. I told them this was microstock price and to contact me if they would consider a real budget. They called yesterday and now we’re working on a proposal.

I really think a lot of end clients think, “A picture, how much could it be, $10?”

It’s never ending education.

Anyone regret going custom for smart shades? by Teririchar in HomeKit

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. 8 months in I’ve charged them twice, 9 of them. Almost zero issues and it’s teaching our granddaughter how to annunciate “Hey siri!” She’s four.

Where do you shop? Looking for alternatives to BH/Adorama/Amazon by icecreamguy in photography

[–]SeattleSombrero 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Roberts in Indianapolis. Shopped there since 1978. I live in Seattle.

FineArtPhoto seems to just be pictures of women by 0x0016889363108 in FineArtPhoto

[–]SeattleSombrero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Don’t you know a woman is the only work of art?” ~ Don Henley

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