I think we all realize at this point that certain subjects of themes wax and wane out of popularity at a given time. I thought we could discuss what is popular right now to better create content that our audiences want.
For example I feel like the classic bikini girl and glamor shot is very out of trend. As is car photography. Landscapes seem down too however I am noticing a lot of nature subjects increasing, such as good photos of trees.
I also see black and white high contract coming back a bit.
What are your thoughts /p/? Things that seem out of trend to you or on trend. We could get a good list with 20 or so of us working together.
Is Darktable a meme? At least if you're not already a pro at editing. I tried using it again and I'm this close to just buying an Adobe license. Like yeah sure it seems to have a ton of options but what is the point if there are no good resources for beginners to learn how to do photo editing using (the current version of) Darktable. And good luck figuring it out yourself(oh you want to correct white balance in your photos? Great, Darktable has a white balance module! Too bad it will throw up an error every time you try to use it because it's a depreciated module and you're supposed to use the color balance module instead, good luck figuring it out) Feel free to correct me if you know some resource that actually covers the basic for new users, because google sure isn't helping(my personal favorite was one of the top results being a seemingly super useful guide that specifically talked about using text instead of making it a video so it can be easily updated, and then it just ends at the setup part without any further chapters because the author lost interest) I fucking hate free software.
No more useless content; Post your most difficult creations and explain how you did it; Include exif and gear if possible; Must reply with a photo;
Photography is learning and discovering new elements and techniques. Let's get out of the comfort zone.
Pic: This is a panning attempt using a Minolta SRT 101 + mc rokkor-pf 55 f/1.7. I pre-focused where she would be and used a slow speed of 1/30 and moved the camera horizontally, trying to match her speed without vertical motion, completely handheld.
This jpg is lovely to look at, and if the photographer assembled this assortment of her own photos, this would be a great artistic achievement, even though its tacky
But if she didn't take any of these photos, or like the other ones you see where its like a dude superimposed in space and they cut it out of magazines from 50 years ago. All hacks and theifs to boot. This is my 2nd thread ever in this board
I'd like to do portraits of young beautiful women, I love their faces, and want to keep their photos in my wallet like beautiful little treasures I can look at. I want to make them so happy and free and true and keep their photos in my wallet for the rest of my life so only I can look at them.
Can anyone give me some advice on achieving this goal? I have several that I have met but they all are sort of tentative or creeped out by me.
I know they love authority figures, but I'm an insecure manchildcould someone give me tips on that?
