j_okafor
Member
- Joined
- 2 May 2026
- Posts
- 7
- Location
- London, UK
Recent posts
- Clocks go back in three weeks. What do you actually shoot on winter weeknights?
Mugs work. Fruit. The cat, if you're brave.
Post #7, in Lounge - Clocks go back in three weeks. What do you actually shoot on winter weeknights?
Portraits at home. One light, a stand and a grey bedsheet. Winter is when I actually practise lighting, there's no daylight to distract me.
Post #5, in Lounge - How do you get people to actually relax in front of the camera?
Late to this, but the other one: show them a good frame on the back of the camera early on. Once they see they look decent, the shoulders drop. Then get the camera back up before they start thinking…
Post #13, in Portrait - R6 V with no viewfinder and no mechanical shutter. Has Canon lost the plot?
Fashion with continuous light and no mechanical shutter is fine. With flash, the electronic shutter limits you, so for me it's a video camera, full stop. I'd want one as a BTS camera on set, not the…
Post #20, in Canon - A7R VI announced: 66.8MP fully stacked, $4,499. Thoughts?
For portraits and fashion I'd go the other way. 33MP is plenty for a cover and I'd rather have smaller files and faster retouching. The people buying this already know why they need it. I don't, and…
Post #13, in Sony