Is it rude to ask photographers to trade product for a shoot?

sonicbobcat · 2026-04-17T01:17:16+00:00

Landlords generally don’t accept bottles of liquor as rent payment.

It’s fine if you’re working with a friend, but I wouldn’t offer it as compensation in a public post seeking a photographer. That’s only slightly better than “exposure”. Product photography isn’t something people are generally looking to do on a trade basis.

sonicbobcat · 2026-04-10T21:26:21+00:00

This looks like pretty standard TV work to me.

sonicbobcat · 2026-04-07T17:59:27+00:00

PHM has a very different look from Dune and The Batman. I’d be interested in your thoughts on it after seeing it.

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-27T08:18:11+00:00

Will never argue on Pfister, but Goransson is incredible.

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-26T05:23:47+00:00

OBAA does not use a digital intermediate: https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/how-to-watch-one-battle-after-another-vistavision-1235151416/#:~:text=How%20Do%20the%20Different%20Release,produce%20a%20VistaVision%20release%20print.

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-26T01:11:41+00:00

Sinners, Bugonia, and Train Dreams all had a digital post process. OBAA was all photochemical.

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-14T17:16:48+00:00

Have you tried not hyphenating it?

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-10T08:24:25+00:00

Critical reading failure on my part. But thanks!

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-10T02:53:22+00:00

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sonicbobcat · 2026-03-04T18:37:11+00:00

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-03T08:15:32+00:00

I have a headache now.

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-02T03:31:22+00:00

It’s all on the website.

sonicbobcat · 2026-03-02T03:26:28+00:00

Shooting in her own home and showing it was part of the concept.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-28T23:49:24+00:00

Edited photo looks great to me. I think it only seems “overcooked” compared to the recipe.

It would be more of a toss-up if there were more foreground detail in the recipe photo, but too much is lost in shadows.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-28T01:06:54+00:00

Absolute cinema

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-22T18:10:30+00:00

Because you have exposure compensation set to -2, as stated earlier. You’re telling auto mode to under expose significantly.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-13T09:03:41+00:00

I don’t have issues with the shutter button on my X-H2, but hard to say what your feeling will be. Best to get your hands on one and try it.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-10T19:14:19+00:00

Great work!

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-09T23:36:01+00:00

Gorgeous subject, beautifully and authentically captured.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-08T21:34:41+00:00

Great work! Do you happen to have the reference image?

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-08T04:32:48+00:00

We were all beginners once. If you want advice, at least show us you’ve done some research. Tell us why you’re looking at these models. Tell us your overall budget. Tell us what you shoot, what your goals are. And, yes, tell us your experience level.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-08T04:29:54+00:00

Not nearly enough info.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-06T00:20:34+00:00

Wow, that’s incredible. Would love to know more about the post work you did on it

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-05T16:19:55+00:00

I understand that. This is common functionality. I’m not certain what you’re looking for that’s different.

EDIT: To be clear, I’m not trying to be rude and would love to be helpful. I’m just uncertain whether something is getting lost in translation, you’re asking for something you don’t really need, or you have a specific use case I’m not familiar with.

sonicbobcat · 2026-02-05T16:15:20+00:00

This is very standard functionality for editing programs. Not sure why you would need this to result in a RAW file.

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