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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Is this weird or just me? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by CaptainGetRad@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I was interacting in a discussion on the threads all and asks the question of what lenses they decided to shoot a certain photo with, they responded that they only divulge that information for a specific tier of this Patreon. Is it just more or is they really weird and gatekeepy? Hell, if anyone asked me what glass I was shooting on I’d happily let them know the lenses and anything else they wanted to know, just seems hella weird to me.

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[–] VivaLaDio@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

whoever that photog is , he/she is smart AF

they're capitalizing on a certain category of people who want all their information pasted into their brain.

whoever wants can find almost infinite amount of information on any lens , a ton of material to find how a specific lens looks.

Asking what lens did you use in this shot, puts you into that category

As a photographer it's up to you to chose the lens that fits your vision , asking another photographer WHY he/she chose a lens is much better than WHAT lens

my 2 cents

[–] axelomg@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Kinda have to agree… and not only because I am doing the same thing.

[–] sjgbfs@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Dunno that I agree. Sounds like trashy gatekeeping for less than beer money.

Not everyone has the experience to recognize a lens (especially the more obscure ones), or even to have a vision for their shot. We all started by looking at other photos, asking around how they were achieved, just general photography conversation, trying to copy those shots, keep some techniques, leave others, adapt. That's how we all develop our own styles.

Dunno. I dislike the idea of monetizing conversation about topics I'm passionate about. I prefer to discuss openly and with mutual curiousity. I still cherish road trips with photog friends,hours in the car "oh I shot this like that, I kinda like that effect", "did you see so and so, using that stuff there? I used this other, have you tried so and so". Learned so much. Expanded my passion tenfold. Made life long friends. I can't even fathom passing that over for a few pennies, how sad. Both for the experienced and noobs.

[–] CaptainGetRad@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It was more of just a passing comment, I was praising her work and just thought I’d ask the question, I had no intention of trying to replicate the shot, I’ve got my own style and gear I use for specific looks. Had just never seen anyone paywall technical info although I see the business model side now after reading more comments that if she’s already set up that mode she can’t give anything out for free as it would make her model fall apart