Have you ever paid for a workshop by a photographer? They cost like $2000 just to have them critique your photographs for a few minutes.

is it /p/ approved

Orion looks so sharp tonight. Always makes me wonder how far those stars really are.

im preparing my gear for a very important product shoot tomorrow and just as i was done my camera decided to fuck with me for the first time since i bought it, just because it can...

whats the problem?
>a7iv
>100 ISO, 1/100 shutter speed and f1.4...
>the room im has lights on and is lit enough even for a chinesium phone to take a properly exposed image.
>my camera? both VF and live view are darker than the general population of London
can barely make up stuff in the image, its so dark... even when i point it into the light on the ceiling, its just a feint ball of light... the image is so dark, its like someone ran down the exposure scroll bar until everything got black...

i have to go up to ISO 8k+, just to get to 0.0 exposure reading... like what the fuck is that?!
worst part is... every time i press the focus button, the image goes light and gets properly exposed for under a second until the camera focuses and then everything goes dark again...

1. first i thought its only VF and live view that show a dark image and that the shot will actually look normally exposed but nope... even when i take an image, its just as dark as it is on live view or through vf...

2. then i thought the lens died or got damaged so i changed the lens but nope, same shit...

3. after that i thought exposure comp... but exposure compensation also is not it, since i cant change it in the options while the camera is in M (manual) mode.

4. then i tried switching the camera into A (auto) mode and sure enough, the image instantly got properly exposed... i tried taking an image to inspect which settings the camera chose to get proper exposure but the values were nearly identical as what i set myself on M mode (shutter speed 1/80, ISO 125, f1.4) and yet the image was not dark, it was properly exposed, whereas when i am on these same exact ISO/shutter/aperture values, i have to go up to ISO 8600 just to get to normal 0.0 exposure reading... wtf?!!

please help... i have to wake up in 7 hours

I get hired to take these photos by bodybuilding competitors, fitness influencers, and personal trainers.

>Sony a7III
>Combination of 35mm 1.8, 50mm 1.8, and 85mm 1.8 prime lenses.
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Only a select few will understand this photo and the man behind the camera.

heyy hii

I am going to be honest anons. I am highly ambitious photographer and have a strong desire for critical acclaim for my work but I am not getting it and it is causing me lots of mental stress. I can't mange to live with myself. There are very minimal prospects of getting published from where I am. There is a deep rooted fear in me of fucking up and making mediocre art. I am not even "putting myself out there" because I loath myself that you still haven't forged your style, your education and practice is not complete and also because people scare me. I keep saying to myself one day things will fall into their place then I will be ready to take my shot.

I don't know how to get myself out of this pit.

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mostly wanted to experiment with the 'natural' setting on the K10D
I think I used -2 saturation, 0 contrast, +1 sharpening but I adjusted it here and there
I also played with color correction in the WB but it wasn't too great

also, /digishit/ general bread

Film photography is better due to low sensitivity in dark areas. No one needs to see what is in dark areas most of the time. Just imagine this photo with unnecessary crap in shadows.