Don't waste my time

[BGeise]

Tbh I don't see any depiction of farm life or food in those photos. More like snapshots of a 'touristy' farm visit.


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That's true but I'm sure the environment wasn't that of a photo shoot. The event was going on and he did his best to cover it while it was happening. I'm sure he didn't butt in and ask people to pose or move to a better lit area. He didn't have an assistant with a reflector to add fill light. I don't know if he even had a flash. There are tough situations to shoot in and it takes a lot of experience to draw out good photos from bad circumstances.

It seems like she had high expectations for something that was a favor. Even if I had the best photographer in the world covering my event, if I didn't pay him/her the only proper response is thank you.

It doesn't seem like it but, is there any chance that she gave the books to you not as an insult but as a thank you knowing that you're into photography?

She is a very nice person and your probably right in saying she was just trying to help me with the books. Maybe just the circumstances made me think differently.

 

[BGeise]

Tbh I don't see any depiction of farm life or food in those photos. More like snapshots of a 'touristy' farm visit.


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It was a touristy farm visit. Can't make it something is not. What kind of pictures would you expect

 

[bribrius]

you could just explain to her that it was difficult for you because you specialize in pornography and ask her to meet you half way next time by turning it into a nudist commune.

 

[tirediron]

What kind of pictures would you expect

To be brutally honest: Properly exposed ones!

As an example, this ^^ image: The face of the gentleman on the right is almost totally obscured by the shadow from his hat, and the fellow on the left has a rather unattractive shadow across his jaw. This would have been easily rectified with the use of a speedlight & TTL cable. I also suspect waiting (or shooting earlier) a moment would have allowed you to get an image of them looking at each other and making more of a connection. Last, but not least, why not crop off the excess space image right and clone out the wires leading to his hat?

I realize this was a challenging shoot, especially given the time of day, but you undertook the work.

 

[molested_cow]

Hmmm... it's kinda hard to explain how to shoot in this kind of situations without being there to show you.

When I was shooting the Jacky Chan incident, I was using AF-D F2.8 35~70mm + AF-D F2.8 20mm.
the 35~70 for mid range and wide angle for really tight spaces.

Since you were shooting outdoor on a sunny day, lighting isn't a problem. I was shooting partly indoor, so I had to either crank my ISO or Aperture up. I didn't use flash for the most part, and I don't think you need to. As for the hard shadows, some tweaking in RAW editor should fix most of it.

I usually just stick to my 50mm + 20mm for most of my photography. I mainly shoot street and landscape, and occasionally macro. When shooting an event like this, for the artsy effect, use really large aperture, like F2 or F1.8 to create a lot of focus, with exaggeration, on the subject matter. If all of you shots are of the same focal length with everything in focus, the photos will definitely turn out to look really boring.

I too have family members who ask favors from me from time to time. Photos, logo designs, catalog design, illustrations, English translations etc. Most of these are relatively small jobs and I just do them (no fee of course). Everyone will have opinions on the work that I produce free or paid, it's just a part of the process. Actually, my uncle is also a farmer and is trying to commercialize his own organic produce, so he had me design a logo, motto and English translation. I expect more one the way from him.

They ask you to do it because they know you can, and they trust you. Of course there are cheapskates, but let's assume they are the minority. In my uncle's case, he supplies my family with endless organic produce, so I think that alone pays for everything. Not sure how yours is with you guys. Not all value is quantified with numbers.

Also when I was shooting at the Jacky Chan visit, they arranged a 10min session where the press got to interview Jacky Chan and everyone else left the room. This was when the journalists used video cameras and microphones for the interview. I stayed behind for a bit and shot a few photos, with my flash off. However the shutter sound seemed to piss them off, so I fled the scene right away. In your case, with the camera rolling and microphone on the run, I wonder if the media guys minded you shooting in the background.

You can look here for the Jacky shots:
Jackie Chan Photos by molested_cow | Photobucket

 

[e.rose]

BLOG, BLOG, BLOG, BLOG, BLOG.

I wanna see what her blog looks like.

THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT BLOG.

 

[Vince.1551]

Tbh I don't see any depiction of farm life or food in those photos. More like snapshots of a 'touristy' farm visit.


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It was a touristy farm visit. Can't make it something is not. What kind of pictures would you expect

Then it wouldn't fit her blog. Anyway I'll do it differently by sending some real photos of farm life and some snap shots of her in the farm (with some real farming activities going on). And like what the others said, don't send a Christmas tree without decorations. The recipient might send you a book on how to decorate Christmas trees.


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