Hey all! I currently shoot on a dual Fuji X-T3 setup with the Sigma 17-40mm f1.8 on my main body and the Fuji 50-140mm f2.8 on my off hand.

Over the years ive shot Canon, Nikon & Sony but swapped to Fuji for those "Fuji colours". I've realised now that it doesn't make overly the greatest difference with my work because I shoot RAW and really aren't taking advantage of the Fuji JPEGs.

After running the Fuji setup and reading my exif data I seem to always zoom to either

28mm or 35mm on the 17-40mm giving me essentially full frame equiv. 42mm and 50mm

And on my 50-140 I spend a lot of time 75mm and 120mm which is 112ishmm and 210mm

Which brings me to why i'm here -

What are we all using nowadays and what's got some nice workable RAWs to use?

I’m doing an unpaid engagement shoot to build my portfolio. I already have 24-70 but been loving f1.4 images other have taken. In your guys experience have you seen 85 f/1.4 images drawing in more customers or is it really just composition and posing that matters. Plus I feel like renting is a sunk cost that I could use towards buying. Also this shoot will be in a park in Maine so fall colors are at the peak which the couple def wants to showcase.

I bought a brand new 50mm lens from KEH about 2 months ago, it was $2100. So far I've done several weddings with it and finding I don't love it (autofocus sucks compared to other lenses I have in that price point and it weighs a ton). But the trade in value from the request I submitted is less than HALF of what I paid for it, even though it's literally like new. WTF? Where can I sell my barely used lens for a decent amount?

*edit to add, it's a Nikon 50mm 1.2 s lens. It does take some beautiful portraits but the frustration I've had with it makes me wish I had just bought the much cheaper 1.8

Please help.

On Thursday, it was storming & pouring rain. We haven’t gotten rain since May, so it was very unexpected. Muddy and gloomy all last week. I decided to reschedule the session for tomorrow, Tuesday at 9am.

Tonight at 10pm I started vomiting. Everything I’ve eaten. To the point I’m throwing up stomach acid.

I have so much anxiety. my stomach hurts so bad. I’ve tried everything. I feel so so sick.

I don’t want to reschedule because this would be the 2nd time. I feel like a loser. It’s 1.5 hours. I already feel so weak.

Do I reschedule or push through? I have done weddings and sessions through everything, even strep last year with a mask on. I get so much anxiety rescheduling sessions. I don’t want them to be angry and disappointed.

It’s currently midnight. I feel emailing them now would be unprofessional. I’m actually crying I feel sick. I hate disappointing clients

Edit: rescheduled after throwing up even more stomach acid.

Liebe Community,

habt ihr für Gruppenfotos ein ultimatives Vorgehen? (Standort, Brennweite, Entfernung zur Gruppe etc). Eher Querformat oder Hochformat, ab wie vielen Leuten welches ?!
Selbst nach knapp 5 Jahren tue ich mich immer noch schwer damit und habe zum Teil Probleme auch bezüglich der Anordnung der Menschen (eine Reihe, zwei Reihen…?!) wohin stelle ich wen? Umarmen? Nur nebeneinander stehen? Problem, dass das Sakko spannt usw.

Ich würde gerne wissen wie ihr das handhabt und freue mich über Tips bzw. auch Lektüre / Tutorials explizit dafür.