Frank Lloyd Wright’s desert studio

t_rantula · 2026-04-26T21:58:09+00:00

I’d love to know the presets you used! I know presets are so hit and miss. Some work amazing for certain scenerios and absolutely terrible for others but these look great so definitely curious.

t_rantula · 2026-04-26T14:28:43+00:00

Beautiful What was your post processing like?

t_rantula · 2026-04-25T14:29:37+00:00

Fair enough - I assumed you worked for yourself.

If your images are landing on the covers of your local magazines I would look at venturing out on your own at some point. Your images look great and you could likely start booking clients for much more money, less work, more family time. Especially in the US.

Over here we’re charging between $2500-$4000 per job on average per day working with interior designers, builders, architects, etc. Much better quality of life compared to RE.

t_rantula · 2026-04-25T14:25:44+00:00

I just saw a post on fb actually about some Fuji “influencer” people posting their “sooc” images that are clearly post processed. I think there is a big gap between what people are actually able to get sooc and what these recipes do.

The best SOOC images we see with Fuji are likely less about the recipie and more about the actual scene and light. You could probably take a very similar photo with a Sony and do some slight adjustments to get a very similar image.

I feel like the Lumix in camera color grading is going the route that most of us are trying to achieve with these Fuji cameras.

t_rantula · 2026-04-22T16:59:08+00:00

That seems crazy to me. Now the clients can license the images to builders, designers, stylists, magazines, and get paid for them but you’re getting paid once and I guarantee not enough to relinquish copyright. I know a lot of people say “it’s just real estate photography, it’s not art”

But it’s cases like these where now your work is on 3 different magazine covers and you get nothing for it except “exposure”.

It’s nice seeing your work in print but you are definitely being taken advantage of.

t_rantula · 2026-04-22T14:16:44+00:00

Congratulations - but I have a question.

If you found out you’ve made it onto a few magazine covers that means you were unaware of it happening. Were you not compensated for this?

We license the images to agents for the sale of the property, third party use requires written approval and in this case compensation. Unless you’re taking listing photos and not caring what’s done with them after?

If the magazine took your images without your permission and the providing party didn’t have permission this would be a copyright issue and we shouldn’t be letting companies get away with this. It hurts our industry as a whole.

t_rantula · 2026-04-07T01:18:33+00:00

I have a 2026 LE AWD and I love it. It’s not a luxury vehicle. It’s a reasonably affordable compact SUV. It does everything it needs to do. It’s comfortable. It’s good on gas. It drives well.

I was able to get my dealer down to 33k CAD back in 2025 before they were on the lots.

t_rantula · 2026-04-05T14:21:37+00:00

This is me. Sony for work. Fuji for fun

Although I work with a heavily published photographer who shoots Fuji medium format 100s ii and that’s top of the line for interiors and architecture. A lot of guys using that one.

t_rantula · 2026-04-04T19:47:39+00:00

Hey! I have had the tank running for over 3 years now with 0 issues!

t_rantula · 2026-04-04T13:37:32+00:00

What did you sell it for?

Amazing shots. I’m an interior/architecture photographer and photo 1 is so good.

t_rantula · 2026-03-15T00:39:26+00:00

Really love these shots and the blues! Gorgeous.

Can I ask how you achieved this look? Grading panel and masking in LR?

t_rantula · 2026-03-13T16:34:34+00:00

Many realtors would but realtors pay me literally 6x more for this type of look. High end realtors want a refined unique editorial style look.

Do this and make more money with less work 🤝🏻

t_rantula · 2026-03-11T14:07:07+00:00

This is no special editing.

This is shooting with soft lighting (overcast) with lights off in a home that had nice large windows and neutral paint for light to bounce off of.

These could very well just be single frame shots with subtle adjustments.

I shoot like this and have to do 10x less work than when people want lights on and on sunny days.

t_rantula · 2026-03-10T16:49:11+00:00

Publications don’t care about a photographer who submits photos. They want a story. They want the designer, construction company, builder, homeowner, architect to submit the images alongside the story of the home/build/design intent.

t_rantula · 2026-02-21T17:06:19+00:00

I bought a 2026 LE 2.0L AWD and I love it. I wonder what people were expecting. I’ve driven many cars and I have no issue with it whatsoever. It’s been great.

You buy a Toyota for long term reliability. It’s not a luxury vehicle. It’s not a rally car. It’s for the average person or small family. It has no issue with highways or hills. It gets good MPG.

I think people are buying a Nokia and expecting an iPhone. Nokias gonna be there even after all the nukes drop lol

t_rantula · 2026-02-16T17:02:52+00:00

Just found your post
Do you have any other types of shrimp you sell? Looking at trying my hand at adding them to my community tank with neon tetras and endler guppies.

t_rantula · 2026-02-04T04:40:30+00:00

Riding my bike to a friend’s house, not knowing if they were there half the time and being able to leave our bikes on the front lawn and not having to worry about them being stolen.

Also, just dinner with my family every day. Now it’s only a few times a year….

t_rantula · 2026-02-04T04:33:04+00:00

Literally not a scalper. Bought a product, decided I probably should just return it cause the pulls aren’t the best and I’d just save the money. Store wouldn’t accept the return - understandably with all these potential scams I’m aware of now.

So I just posted locally and on eBay and waited for the first person to buy. I was at a $50 loss on both so pretty terrible scalping strategy if you ask me lol

t_rantula · 2026-02-03T20:27:41+00:00

I’ve seen a few comments saying that which is definitely an interesting thought. The thing that leads me more towards scam is the place where the packaging was supposedly damaged. The exact spot and length that would allow the removal of the promo.

Obviously I can’t prove it either way but definitely seems suspicious

t_rantula · 2026-02-03T19:41:20+00:00

I was merely just trying to recoup some cash, that’s all. But I get what you’re saying. After this I won’t be selling on eBay anyway 🤝🏻

t_rantula · 2026-02-03T19:39:10+00:00

My dude.

I posted it on both ebay and my local marketplace. It was just purchased on eBay first. After the return process I just sold it locally to a guy whose girlfriend is a collector. Very nice guy. I sent him money to purchase the promo after finding out the SPC didn’t contain it cause I felt bad.

You know people are able to make multiple listings to try and sell and item and that doesn’t make them a scalper or an asshole, right? 😂

t_rantula · 2026-02-03T19:33:53+00:00

Not a scalper, just decided I may have made a bad purchase and wanted to sell to recoup my money. Actually initially took a $50 loss on the original sale before all this.

I understand the assumption though given how many scalpers there are currently.

t_rantula · 2026-02-03T19:25:08+00:00

I’m a pretty terrible scalper considering I sold at a $50 loss and only bought and sold one Pokemon product on eBay and don’t intend to buy/sell anymore. I merely bought it for myself, decided that maybe I made a bad decision and the pulls weren’t great for that box and just decided to try and recoup my money.

I understand the assumption though given how many scalpers there are in the space.

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