so what do find hardest about about photography at the moment?

[spudhead]

So I am wondering what you find hardest about photography at the moment? I at the moment am wrestling with the question of how to make street and travel images less polished or over edited, it been my goal so far to create as clean and sharpest image possible. so please add your thoughts on what you are struggling with in the photography journey

 

[LeDave]

Hardest part is saving up money! I keep buying gear after gear after gear!

 

[spudhead]

Hardest part is saving up money! I keep buying gear after gear after gear!

Stop doing that really work with what you have and think you will find you maybe need less gear than you think

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Getting motivated to get out, because our weather is so erratic.

 

[spudhead]

Getting motivated to get out, because our weather is so erratic.

exactly it has rained here for weeks Kev I have not been out since hols mate

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

I've done odd afternoons here and there, but not birding.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Can't it's raining those days

 

[spudhead]

Can't it's raining those days

Its raining every day

 

[spudhead]

Answering all your questions.

and yours

 

[spudhead]

Why?

Well if we really think about what gear we use most it comes down to a few items for me and I think for most others I think, I could be right in saying that Kev maybe users even less gear than us both, and Clint is still trying to work out how to put a lens hood on a lens

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

2 lenses, one camera and a flash

 

[spudhead]

2 lenses, one camera and a flash

Ha ha I knew it, and you love that 200-600 dont you Kev

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Hardest thing right now? Finding time to really focus on photography (no pun intended). My kid started walking last month, so now I spend all my free time chasing after her lol
That said, I do have her first birthday party and a few family trips coming up where I will try to snap a few photos while still being present in the moment.

 

[spudhead]

Hardest thing right now? Finding time to really focus on photography (no pun intended). My kid started walking last month, so now I spend all my free time chasing after her lol
That said, I do have her first birthday party and a few family trips coming up where I will try to snap a few photos while still being present in the moment.

Chris you need a body cam on her I bet there would be some great footage mate, shots from a small persons point of view

 

[alexpler]

Maybe selecting the best pictures when you return home with far too many. Now I try to get only one shot of each subject or moment, to help myself in the selection.

 

[spudhead]

Maybe selecting the best pictures when you return home with far too many. Now I try to get only one shot of each subject or moment, to help myself in the selection.

I think you know pretty much what you want and for that matter exactly what you are doing Alex My friend

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Me and the AI still aren't seeing eye to eye I think. I sit the camera on the ground, walk away and when I get back he still hasn't set up and taken a photo. Do we need counselling..?

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Chris you need a body cam on her I bet there would be some great footage mate, shots from a small persons point of view

I could try to strap the gopro to her... tempting!

 

[spudhead]

Me and the AI still aren't seeing eye to eye I think. I sit the camera on the ground, walk away and when I get back he still hasn't set up and taken a photo. Do we need counselling..?

I am suprised you need to ask Clint my friend

 

[spudhead]

I could try to strap the gopro to her... tempting!

For sure that would cover you with the wife when that little girl gets you in to trouble, see it was not me darling

 

[Landshark99]

When i travel it is easy but at home it is finding the time and motivation, too many interest that all take time and effort

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

I am suprised you need to ask Clint my friend

Sony's idea of deep learning sure is pretty bloody shallow. In Sony's vocabulary, deep means zero...

Even my dad rattles off some sh*t from time to time, buy I still love him...

 

[Jeff A]

Hardest thing right now? Finding time to really focus on photography (no pun intended). My kid started walking last month, so now I spend all my free time chasing after her lol
That said, I do have her first birthday party and a few family trips coming up where I will try to snap a few photos while still being present in the moment.

A few years from now you'll wish you had taken more photos of her! They will become priceless. Be thankful that you have a high quality camera.

 

[spudhead]

What's the other lens?

90 mm macro I read peoples metadata all the time

 

[liggy]

Hardest thing right now? Finding time to really focus on photography (no pun intended). My kid started walking last month, so now I spend all my free time chasing after her lol
That said, I do have her first birthday party and a few family trips coming up where I will try to snap a few photos while still being present in the moment.

+1 So many other things needing to be done - just finding the time or motivation to take a different image is often a challenge.

Maybe selecting the best pictures when you return home with far too many. Now I try to get only one shot of each subject or moment, to help myself in the selection.

lol.. came home with over 2,000 images today. The struggle is real.

 

[spudhead]

+1 So many other things needing to be done - just finding the time or motivation to take a different image is often a challenge.

lol.. came home with over 2,000 images today. The struggle is real.

Ok but are you saying you do not have any idea when you press the shutter button down if the shots were good or not? because I hear that a lot when out and about. Or is a case of finding a stand out image, because that is the quest we are all on, that is sort of why we do it

 

[liggy]

Ok but are you saying you do not have any idea when you press the shutter button down if the shots were good or not? because I hear that a lot when out and about. Or is a case of finding a stand out image, because that is the quest we are all on, that is sort of why we do it

It's more just picking the shot that I like the best.

Today was just a bunch of similar shots so culling through them quickly was a little bit of work. Literally just finding the best example of a particular burst.

I find myself thinking that I've already taken that shot from this vantage point so trying to come up with a different view of the same thing is an issue so that is a thing for me too.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

lol.. came home with over 2,000 images today. The struggle is real.

That's hectic! I done 12,000 shutter actuations last YEAR!

 

[liggy]

That's hectic! I done 12,000 shutter actuations last YEAR!

Hehe… 2,000 yesterday was using restraint.

Part of the problem was the small boat situation. Lots of motion of the boat and the inability to pan smoothly - people or bar obstructing the shot and the water was so deep we weren’t anchored - just drifting. Fun nonetheless.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

What's the other lens?

90mm Macro, for the Moths. I do have a 24mm Wide, but rarely used.