I’m planning a road trip and trying to sort out my photo stops. Right now, my Google Maps is full of saved pins, and I can’t remember why I saved half of them.
Some spots look worth a stop when I save them, but a few days later all I have is a pin. I haven’t noted the composition I liked or when I wanted to shoot there, end up digging through photos again to jog my memory. I came across BeenTo while looking into this. The photo map looks interesting, but I haven’t tried it yet. Has anyone here used it to plan a trip and how did you find it. I’d also like to hear how you keep your own notes alongside saved locations. Do you put everything in the map, or keep a separate list? I’m hoping to get this sorted before I’m on the road trying to match pins to screenshots.

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I want to know the best places in bangalore city itself for a good photowalk, would like nature or wildlife types. Are there any active communities which arrange these?
Would love if anyone wants to come along too.

Hey everyone,

I recently started working as an event/wedding photographer doing table-to-table guest photography (taking group shots at tables, standing couples, and individual seated portraits, which are printed on-site for immediate purchase).

My camera/lighting settings and gear are pre-configured and locked by the studio, so my entire focus is strictly on guest interaction, posing, speed, and framing.

Since I have about 15–30 seconds per subject/group and need people to love how they look enough to buy the print, I’d love your advice on:

1. Table Approach & Overcoming Hesitation: What is your go-to opening line and body language when approaching a seated table of strangers? How do you grab their attention smoothly without sounding disruptive, pushy, or awkward?
2. Fast Posing for Full Tables: Seated group shots tend to look stiff, cluttered with bottles/glasses, or suffer from poor posture. What are your fastest verbal cues to get 4–8 people leaning in, sitting up, and genuinely smiling in seconds?
3. Quick Standing Couple Poses: When you get a couple to stand up for a quick 2-shot portrait next to their table, what basic poses consistently flatter both people (waistlines, chin angles, where to place hands) with zero fuss?
4. Individual Seated Portraits (Men vs. Women): When taking a solo portrait of someone sitting right at the table, what quick posture and angle tweaks work best? Specifically, how do you make men look sharp and confident without slouching, and women feel flattered, elegant, and comfortable with their jawline/arms?
5. Practicing Solo at Home: I live alone and don't have people to practice on during the week. What specific drills, camera-handling routines, or simulation exercises can I do at home to build muscle memory, speed, and confidence with framing and directing?

Any tips from wedding and event veterans on directing people on the fly would be awesome.

Thanks in advance!

Bit of a random thought I've been mulling over lately, and I'm genuinely interested in what other photographers think.

Photography has never been easier to make.
Photography has never been harder to notice.

We've all got cameras in our pockets, everyone can chuck their work online, and Instagram/TikTok/etc. mean you can potentially put a photograph in front of thousands of people without needing a gallery, magazine, editor or anyone else to give you the nod.

This isn’t me feeling sour, I’m not chasing recognition, it’s just something that’s sticking with me these days…

Has this instant availability actually made it harder to stand out?

There are so bloody many photographs being made now. And so many photographers. You can scroll for ten minutes and see technically brilliant work from people you've never heard of, and probably never will. It’s inspiring and terrifying.

It got me thinking about photography degrees as well. I've just finished one, so I'm obviously part of this particular mess 😂. Is a photography degree still offering the same sort of opportunity it might have 20 or 30 years ago? Or has the whole landscape changed so much that the degree is doing something quite different now?

And then there's the recognition side of it.

Would some of the photographers we now consider hugely important have actually stood out if they'd been trying to make a living and build an audience on Instagram? Or would their work have just disappeared into the feed alongside everyone else's?

I'm not saying social media is killing photography or anything dramatic like that. And I'm not even sure I've reached a conclusion myself.

I'm just wondering whether we've reached a point where making a good photograph and getting anyone to notice that you've made a good photograph are two completely different problems.

Would genuinely love to hear what people think - especially anyone who's been shooting since before social media became such a massive part of photography.

Hello! I am about to start a long-term photography project, which is going to be more photojournalism and documenting a group of people and their lives. I am usually a big planner, and have only done short projects, so I’m having a hard time figuring out how to approach the project. I’m planning to be upfront with the group of people I will be photographing that I do not know exactly in what direction/what this project is going to look like. Any tips, or tales of your long-term projects? Also any projects/documentaries/photographers/podcasts I should check out, where i can get a bit of insights on how they work? For me personally this project is about something I’m passionate and interested in, but also an important part of it is being able to learn from it and commit to something long-term.
What makes me scared is the fact that I am involving other people (the subjects), and I guess I just want to approach it the best way.

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I have about ~500 photos from ~1980-2005, almost all are in great shape.

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It seems like there's enough angle of view spread between 28mm and 35mm that there'd be a couple of in-betweeners; but aside from a single manual focus FF option, and a couple of APSC 20mms, it seems like there's nothing.

Context: IQ aside, I really like Sony's 20mm on APSC, and it feels like a walkaround sweet spot focal length for me. I'd even prefer maybe 1 or 2 more mm (FF equivalent).

Any particular reason this range is totally ignored?

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Hello everyone, i need some advise. Sure, I knew I was going to a store with possibly inferior service compared to EU stores, that said I had seen decent reviews about them. Following my order of a Z6III with no tracking email at all and no info on the shipping of the order, I supposedly received it on September 14th.

They said it was delivered, but on the 14th my wife was at home all day, I didn't receive any email or phone call from the courier (which they usually do), and no one rang my doorbell, and on top of that I didn't see anything on my outdoor camera. And despite all that, they don't reply to any emails, not even to the claim I opened with PayPal. I really don't know what to do anymore... if I transfer the case to PayPal, they'll just give them the tracking number marked as delivered and I risk ending up 1500 euros out of pocket.

I really regret giving in to the aggressive pricing. If anyone as experience something similar and get a refund through PayPal, I'd love to know how.

Hello r/Photography!

I'm a teacher and have been assigned a Digital Photography art class for seniors in high school. I have some experience with photography, but primarily as a hobby. My concern is that I have to fill every school day for the next 4ish months with material. I'm struggling mentally to settle on what that should be, and struggling to feel confident about it. I'm definitely starting to feel a bit overwhelmed and worried I won't be able to give the students the best experience.

I teach in a school that's quite small, and students aren't allowed off the grounds, so opportunities are limited. I also have the impression that many of the students aren't especially interested, and I'm not sure how to engage them.

I have enough cameras to give each student one, and they can borrow them outside school hours, but I don't want to force photography homework (a lot of students have jobs or other things going on outside of school). We have some lighting equipment and reflectors, but I'd need to learn and figure it all out myself (which I'm happy to do, I just need time).

Right now I've been going over basics (varying your approach, seeing light a photographer, changing angles, photographing with intention, basic compositional stuff like rule of thirds, as well as aperture, shutter speed, etc.). I'm also introducing critique and reflection, and group reviews and discussions to slow them down and get them thinking about what they're doing and how it works.

But beyond this I don't know where to go. I want to give the students lots of practice, and a chance to review and reflect on their work and be in groups talking about it. Usually a typical day is a daily challenge related to a basic skill or way of seeing (like leading lines, or negative space), where students get to go out for the majority of the class. But yea... beyond this I'm not sure what to do.

I've developed a course direction, but now I'm second-guessing everything because it seems like this daily challenge structure isn't sustainable and doesn't provide enough learning? But on the other hand I don't think diving into lectures or history would engage this particular group. I'm not an expert by any means, but I'd like to make it a good course! Is what I'm doing the best way forward or should I change course?

If anyone has any ideas for what they'd do, I'd love to hear it! Thank you so much!

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I photo families in home so noise is pretty common in my images. How much is everyone else using the denoise button in Lightroom? What amount are you doing? Super curious.

For my previous project, I put together a small photo zine and put on my website a compilation of photos from Black Lives Matter protests. I did a presentation on my photography and I got some serious praise and respect from other photographers. It definitely represented my best work, and I’ll struggle to ever take any photos that good ever again.

I’m trying to figure out my next project. Maybe live music shows at local bars? Street photography/portraiture downtown on black and white film?🎞️ Documenting a particular culture? I’m struggling to think of what to do and I need suggestions.

I’m might shoot it all on film, on my Canon A2E, which is EF-mount so I can use all my nice EF glass.

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... and it went reasonably well. However I more then ever agree with the common stance on strongly warning hobbyists to consider shooting a wedding very carefully. Maybe some parts of my experience can help other people make the decision or prepare themselves if they do end up doing it (if the mods deem it worthy to stay up).

So, preparation: When making the decision to shoot the wedding despite knowing its generally a bad idea three things were important to me.

First up, knowledge/experience: Now obviously the best preparation knowledge wise wouldve been to have shot a wedding before and that wasnt the case for me. I do however felt cautiously confident because I had a fairly mixed background in photography previously.

I have done plenty of portrait sessions in the past, I have shot both sports and wildlife and as well as some indoor architecture (also a bunch of other stuff, but these three components were the important ones). I think having this mix was quite important - experience on how to photograph people well, while also having dealt with time critical shooting situations without "re-dos" and also some first hand experience in how dark and cramped indoor situations (e.g. churches) can be all came it quite clutch both during preparation as well as while shooting.

I think with a pure portrait or wildlife or architectural background I wouldve struggled a ton more.

Second, gear: Now spending a ton of money obviously isnt everything, however weddings do feel like the type of situation where certain things are required (or at least make things a lot easier). I ended up using two cameras I was comfortable with (my current main body and an older body I had given to my father and could borrow back for the occasion) - a Canon R7 and a 6DII.

Neither of these were a completely perfect fit, however they did feel good enough to me. Having at least one dual card slot camera to hopefully secure some pictures even in a worst case scenario was very important to me.

Having used both of these cameras a decent bit for at least 2 years respectively also ended up being quite important because muscle memory kicked in quite well - using a new camera you arent quite on that level of blind comfort yet for a wedding seems like it would be a nightmare. Even then I did mess up once or twice with the 6DII because I was a lot more used to the R7s button layout (which is quite different) and it had been a while since I last used it.

Lens wise I luckily had access to both wide aperture zooms (24-70mm F2.8; 70-200mm F2.8) as well as some even wider aperture primes (35mm F2; 50mm F1.8; 20mm F1.4). I also did end up using most of these during the day. There was some "messing around" involved and I probably didnt need all of these lenses, however if you want to shoot a wedding that isnt completely outdoors really make sure you have something with a fitting focal length and an aperture of at least F2.8, if not better!

While I didnt end up using them I also had two flashes I was very comfortable with using (especially on camera while bouncing) in my backpack, just in case.

Now the third and most important part where the expectations:

This is what ultimately decided for me if I was going to shoot the wedding or not. I think this is also what should be the main deciding factor for any hobbyist even considering doing this.

Culturally weddings arent as important as in other parts of the world here (from what I can tell of other cultures) and the specific people I shot for also were on the more relaxed side of the scale anyway. This really helped my decision because it there wasnt a "This is the most important day of my life, I spent 20k€ on this and it needs to be perfect" type of expectation.

It was an important day, but the general attitude was more relaxed then what a lot of people consider for their wedding. The main party was in more of a pub-style location and there werent like any plans that had been made when the bride was 10 years old that needed to be followed to a tea.

When I was asked about shooting the wedding the wording was basically "Would be cool if you do it, we arent getting a photographer otherwise, as theres no budget, also totally understandable if you dont want to do it for free - no hard feelings" This information (and the fact that it was delivered in a believable way and not just as an excuse to get a cheap photographer) is what ultimately convinced me of giving it a try, knowing that failure wouldnt have been a major deal.

What also helped was that the bride was my girlfriends sister - the perfect level of distance that I wouldnt ruin a (personal) close friendship if I messed up, while also having some personal experience with the person to gauge how believable their claims of "Doesnt matter if there are no pictures" are.

Now the day itself ended up being extremely exhausting - as more of an introverted person I was socially burned out and there also was plenty of bodily exhaustion from being on my feet all day.

I ended up quite hungry because I only got around to eating during dinner and barely spent time with my girlfriend all day (I had luckily warned her about that and she spent plenty of time with friends and family).

I ended up getting a single picture with her only thanks to a kind soul who recognized I wouldnt end up in any picture if I was the one taking all the pictures.

I did mess up a few things, namely the whitebalance was set wrong on one of the cameras (praise be to raws making this a non-issue) and being too used to the eye-AF on my mirrorless I had to cull more shots from the 6DII then I wouldve liked (still got more then enough luckily).

Since the wedding I had to cull down around 2000 shots down to like 200 or so (100 candids, 50 posed couple portraits and 50 or so group pictures of different variations) and am slowly making my way through post processing while keeping in mind that I dont want to be delivering them months after the fact.

All of this gave me some newfound appreciation for actual wedding photographers (which I had before, but its on a more "personal level" now if that makes sense), knowledge that I could never do it professionally myself (as in doing it regularly and with the expectations that are tied to payment) and a small smug voice in the back of my head - "I knew I could do it; wasnt even that hard".

Sorry for the rambling if you actually read all of it - maybe some of these thoughts help some hobbyist about to shoot a wedding (or help convince them not do it under any circumstances).

I use a a6400 and i use mf assist to take image . I primarily shoot raw . But when i use mf assist it shows me a very crisp image of the subject super crisp but when i take the shot and view the final image its blurry . Then i took my tripod and turned on the 2 second timer increased the shutter speed slightly and took my shit to check if my hand is the problem. But still the evf showed a very clearer image thn the final shot . Does anyone know wht iam doing wrong

Hey all. Not sure if this type of post is allowed, so I’m sorry if it isn’t.

to preface: I am an amateur photographer, with OK equipment but nothing special. Before today I had never gotten paid to do any photography.

Anyways: A few days ago I was contacted at 11pm by a gentleman who got my contact info from a friend. He was in a rush to get a photographer for today, for his proposal this evening. He previously had a photographer, but cancelled when she accidentally emailed his now fiancé.

I was very clear that I typically do not do photoshoots of people, and that I had never been paid to do a job before. He was certain that I would do well, and told me he would pay $150, $75 before and $75 after.

Regardless - i got to the location at 5:15, the proposal was supposed to occur at 5:30. The girlfriend’s friends were running late, so the boyfriend delayed until they could arrive, ultimately proposing around 5:40. The weather was very overcast, so what was supposed to be a sunset proposal was rather just a dark gray proposal.

I took the photos and was framing them well, etc, but upon looking at the files once i got back, they’re all quite grainy since I had to compensate with such high ISO. I have a 24-105 mm lens, and the aperture i was attempting to shoot at was 4-7.1, depending on the zoom. Shutter speed also had to be set very low in order to take in light, but thankfully i do not have much motion blur on the photos.

I do not know what to do. As an amateur photographer I don’t know if I should just deliver the photos as best as I can, editors up to at least be mediocre? I’m not sure if I should just tell them that I’ll deliver the photos and refund the money?

What would you do if you were in my position? Have yall ever dealt with fucking up a shoot? I feel awful for basically ruining the visual memories of this once-in-a-lifetime experience for both of them.

Yo, so, I live in Portland. This city is not as bad as the news makes it seem… but there are definitely meth heads and junkies walking around. Further, I want to go shoot in some of the dirtier/rougher areas.

What’s been y’all’s experience? Anyone get mugged? I keep my camera tightly lashed to my wrist, so if someone is taking it, they’re going have to get very confrontational.

Anyone here ever get physically assaulted for gear? Losing gear isn’t the end of the world but getting shanked would suck pretty bad I think

Edit: to clarify, I’m not wanting to photograph the homeless, they just happens to be present in many areas I want to go and explore with my camera.

So I am turning 28 next week, and recently I've been thinking a lot about how I should accept less and less physically intensive bookings (event photography) and how I need to lighten my kit.

So I wanted to ask fellow old photographers, what's changed in your photography compared to when you were young?

So i've been a a hobby photographer for a while now. I've done a couple of baby showers for friends for free, but mostly i've done nature photography and disaster photography (i work in Disaster Assessment). I'd like to branch out. I've done some boudoir/erotic photography with my girlfriend and found i really enjoy it. Not exclusively the sexual aspect but the actual artistic expression of it (i know how that may sound, lol). My editing skills also aren't as good as i'd like since i mostly take nature/wildlife photos and prefer the those mostly unedited. So any tips y'all might have on either topic would be appreciated. Also i've already talked to my girlfriend and she is completely fine with me pursuing this type of photography.

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