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1 like • 20d
If I'm shooting hand-held, #1 - always good to keep an eye on that shutter speed - general rule of thumb, 1/200th of a second (without any image stabilization, or if you are a sharpshooter 🎯). #2 - I always check the histogram to make sure my photo is properly exposed.
Favorite Camera Gear Brand and Why?
What brand do you use? In the comments add why you use it/what you love most about! (If you use a brand not listed add that in the comments too - would love to learn about others)
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2 likes • 22d
I used Canon from 2008 to 2023 - then switched to Fujifilm GFX 100s. As a landscape/cityscape photographer, where my goal is to have the highest resolution as possible - it has been a great system to work with vs my last camera (Canon 5DSR). It saves me a lot of time vs the Canon, and the dynamic range of the sensor is much better.
Hello!
Hello everyone! I've been a full time photographer since 2012, and prior to that I worked in the IT industry for over a decade. My specialization is gigapixel landscape/cityscape photography and my passion so to get the most detailed image as possible - so when printed really big, you can still walk right up to it and see all the details. So instead of taking a single shot with a wide angle lens, I use a telephoto lens and make a "grid" of photos that consists of several rows of shots - then stitching it together into a single super high resolution image. I've been very lucky, my career has brought me all over the world, and I have worked on some amazing projects. As an example, the first image, a NYC skyline, and the second a zoomed in version. You can see the people in the tower :)
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@Laurel Stacy : oh boy, that is like asking me what my favorite food is ;).
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@Laurel Stacy : So to answer your question after thinking for a few seconds would be the Kingdom of Brunei. It was a project that was just amazing - as it was more than just taking a photo. I got to meet and greet an entire culture. Here is a short video that explains the project. Mind you, in the video they talk about a 2 gigapixel image, it ended up being an almost 20 gigapixel image.. lol https://youtu.be/jyhLbpcwSSA
Hard Drives
Thought this would be more interesting than asking ChatGPT... any hard drives you swear by or avoid at all costs? Or any other tips/tricks you swear by to stay organized and secure with photos? Open to any and all hot takes!
2 likes • 26d
I still need to use local drives (M.2 SSD's) as the files I work with are massive - some are almost 100 gigabytes for a single image! But otherwise SSD's for files I'm currently working with, internal storage large capacity drive for archives, and cloud for my offsite backup with a 1 year memory in the rare event I overwrite a file by accident. I have to use a desktop as there is no laptop with the power to do the type of editing I do.
Here's the Ultimate File Storage Workflow for Photographers
This took me 2 years to build.....not even kidding! It's efficient and it's safe. Watch to learn how you as a freelancer could be saving yourself from losing a client's important moments by doing just a few things differently.
Here's the Ultimate File Storage Workflow for Photographers
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Good system - especially with multiple users. I'm just me myself and I, so I have a simpler system. I have my main OS drive (just for the apps/software), then an M.2 SSD for the files I'm working on (to get the fastest HDD speeds), then a second M.2 SSD drive as a "scratch drive", as the apps I use create a lot of temp files (especially photoshop). I then have an internal large capacity drive to put all the files that are "archived". I use Backblaze with a 1 year file recovery ability, and honestly, the internet is so fast now, it is actually backs up my files faster than moving it from my SSD's to my large capacity internal storage, lol. I used to have a second physical backup locally but now that files are backed up instantly and faster than a local drive - it has become redundant IMO. If I do go offsite, I still have access to all my files remotely.
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Chris C
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I like to take a photo or two!

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Joined Aug 31, 2025
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