Sony photo walk guides
These photo walk guides on Sony's Alpha Universe site are pretty cool; they're nicely organized guides to good photo opportunities in several major cities. Attaching one example; check em out!
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Workflow Hangups
Love going out and shooting. Hate having to cull photos.Love editing. Hate editing *all* of the images I've flagged (I don't actually edit them all, but do hate the feeling that I should, eventually one day)Love posting. Hate editing the metadata. T...
Visual Voice: What kind of energy does your work convey?
Hi, everyone! I love to help people find their visual voice and style. It is hard to find yourself when we are bombarded with so much beauty everyday! It is easy to get lost in the shuffle of photography trends and fads too.One of my favorite tricks ...
Always have a camera ready...
Sony A7RV + 70-200mm MK2 GMIf there's one thing that I have nightmares about it's not having a camera nearby when I want to photograph something -- thankfully that wasn't the case for this photograph! We rarely get any snow in northern Virginia so wh...
Is your camera ISO invariant?
A discussion about noise at indoor sporting venue lead to the question: "is your camera ISO invariant?".Definition: shooting initially at lower ISO and then boosting the exposure in post will result in the same noise as if the image was originally sh...
professional studio portraits with 50mm 1.8? it is possible?
hello everyone this is my first post here. I hope you may be interested.I often see photographers changing lenses without understanding the pontentiality they already have. the 50mm 1.8 was my first purchase with my old sony a6000 (Now i work with my...
Street stories unfolded
Hello Sony community, my name is Mohamed Osam and I am a documentary photographer and filmmaker, based in Cairo, Egypt. With a passion for capturing the raw and candid moments of everyday life through my lens. As a street photographer, I am constantl...
Give yourself a project
When I was starting out in photography I would go brave the cold of an icy winter to get a fun photo in the snow, I would read blogs about photography daily and go to strobist meetups to practice my off-camera lighting. I would take my camera everywh...
Resolved! If photography is art, why is there so much hate?
Though I'm not new to taking pictures, I'm new in my journey to becoming a photographer. Over the last few months, I've joined reddit groups, searched the internet for tips and techniques to make my workflow more efficient. I've even had the opport...
Resolved! Best Practices for Photography Workflow
I feel like my current workflow is inefficient, chaotic, and messy. Do you all have any best practices that you use for your workflow?Currently my workflow consists of:Take pictures with cameraTransfer pictures onto multiple external SSDs (had to sta...
Prime Lenses
Lately as a discipline I have been working as much as possible with Prime Lenses. Working with primes forces you to develop a style and look to your images. I love the 24mm 1.4 Gmaster and the 135mm 1.8 Gmaster, and I know it is quit a stretch from 2...
Grain, hate it or embrace it!
This is a discussion I've had with some of my staff photographers. I always find it fun to hear the arguments of such divisive topic.The question that I've asked them was: Would you capture a soft image to avoid grain, of embrace the grain and get a ...
Bird Photographers Start Here! 🦅
Hi everyone! Matt Kloskowski (from MattK.com) here and if you love Bird Photography this is a great place to start. Bird and wildlife photography is one of the most challenging areas, but also one of the most rewarding. There’s nothing like that feel...
SFX Photography
Hey everyone, New to this forum. I began dabbling with self portrait photography for my SFX/cosplay work and I’m still new to the world of photography. It’s proven to be something I love doing so far. Now it’s just a matter of learning and growing. F...
Keeping your sensor clean
We all know that horrible feeling when you get home after a long trip and start going through your images, only to find that each one of them has a big dust spot on it. In the field I carry a rubber blower to try to keep the sensor clean, and at time...
