vicvinegarii

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how does wildlife photographers get enough in their pics ? in c/photography@viewfinder.pro
[–] vicvinegarii@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

They fill their memory cards with thousands of pics and cull down to the best ~10%

People don't see the other 900 throwaways, they just see the good ones. So they think wildlife photographers go out there and click a few perfect pics and then go home.

Are people perverts or is this a market gap? in c/photography@viewfinder.pro
[–] vicvinegarii@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

The more people you interact with on a daily basis, the more chance you'll have at meeting creepers and weirdos.

Instagram is the most popular site for photos, so your chances of meeting undesirables is higher there.

And the undesirables are more brave than the normies, so they're more likely to talk to people about their weird shit.

When do you use manual focus? in c/photography@viewfinder.pro
Business event photographers - client asking to relinquish copyright - is this normal? in c/photography@viewfinder.pro
[–] vicvinegarii@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I think of it this way. If it's headshots that idgaf about and I don't care about not having on my computer and that I'll never touch again, I just sign them away.

I have enough of a portfolio that I don't care about not having these there

Am I a horrible person for posting my people photography on my insta? in c/photography@viewfinder.pro
[–] vicvinegarii@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I say if they're the main subject and they're just trying to live their life, then don't. If they're in the background, fine. If they're like some street performer, fine. If they're a person with a megaphone at a rally, fine.

But if you're just taking a photo of someone on a bench eating a sandwich then no. Or if the person sees you and asks you not to do it, then respect their wishes.

If they can be easily identified then it's tricky.

My 2 cents.

Please be wary about spending a lot of money on coaching and marketing in c/photography@viewfinder.pro
[–] vicvinegarii@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I tried to upload it but it wouldn't let me so I just linked the site instead.

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Please be wary about spending a lot of money on coaching and marketing (alien.top)
 

I'm not allowed to post pictures, so I posted a link to the site that triggered this post.

I have shared this on Facebook and on my blog. I feel like I have a duty to warn fellow photographers about a trend I see. If this is against the rules, I apologize. I'm just tired of seeing people getting taken for a ride. This screenshot below is just 1 example that I've seen most recently.

https://www.elevateyourphotography.com/coaching

I see many things advertised recently in the photography space from marketing hustlers offering marketing coaching for exorbitant prices, like for $1000 an hour. The guy who runs this always has clients booking with him.

Just to let you know where I'm coming from, I did my master's work on teaching young autistic people skills using YouTube. I designed studies around self-directed learning using YouTube for future researchers to pursue, and I've given presentations on the potential for YouTube in learning art, specifically photography because that's how I did it.

I promise you, there is nothing, absolutely nothing substantial that you can learn in ONE HOUR on any topic. Much less worth $1000 an hour. For the money you're spending here, you can sign up for a community college class on marketing. They're out there. They have perfectly qualified and credentialed teachers.

The people running these coaching programs aren't credentialed in business in any way. Their entire schtick is, "Learn how I became really successful and you can be successful too."

That's doesn't help anyone. There are many reasons why someone can become successful, and those reasons may be useless to anyone else.

I see this in wedding photography too. Marketing hustlers telling you how to book 3 clients a month with their programs. I've seen fellow photographers talk about "once I get into this marketing program I should be fine." NO! You won't be fine just because you gave money to some coach.

Any thoughts?

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Your favorite low stakes online competitions? (alien.top)
 

I'm looking for low stakes online competitions I can enter from home. I do mostly fine-art portraiture, landscape, and macro

I've never submitted to a competition but a lot of my photographer and model friends keep encouraging me to try, so I figure just to appease them I'll do something lol.

Thank you.