Ezra Morley

I love verse pics! Here’s one I made the other day, after @Jamesstaddon inspired me with his beautiful typographic skills. I dabble in graphics design, but this kind of thing is a bit above my skill level. @jamesstaddon if you ever do some training on making things like this, please let me know; I’d be interested!

I would not recommend jumping from a D3400 all the way to a D610 unless you plan to make a LOT of money with photography, and need a high-end, expensive camera like that. There’s no point in spending thousands on a camera only to use it with entry-level glass at 10 megapixels. Spend your money on good glass first, and later if you see a need for a…[Read more]

I had been exporting at 50% quality previously, but I’d be curious to know what the image loading time is for you guys when you view my portfolio. Here’s the link if you wish: ernestlloyd.org

It loads very fast for me. Your website software is automatically resizing and compressing the photos for optimized delivery (which is a good thing!) I not…[Read more]

What I’m curious about is why the color space was set to Adobe1998 instead of sRGB. 🙂 I can definitely see a difference on my laptop. From a mobile device I couldn’t really tell.
I definitely don’t recommend 100% JPG compression if the photos are intended to go on online. 80% is more than enough.

Do you mean that the photo should be completely normal, but all the black is being added in when you export? That is indeed weird… :/

Check your export settings. Anything being added somehow secretly in the settings? How do you add your watermark to the photos? Maybe it’s related to that…

Just a quick update: the “runner up” photos are live on our site! https://www.lifelinegifts.com/ Thanks so much again to everyone who participated and submitted photos!

Hi there everyone, I’m the representative (and website designer) from Lifeline Gifts who was responsible for helping to choose the winning photo, and I told James I’d be willing to share a little bit of feedback on the photos. (You can see the winning photo right now on our website homepage!)

First, though, I want to thank @jamesstaddon for…[Read more]

The main question that I’m trying to figure out about Dropstock is if a site does not support encryption would it be safe to use Dropstock for that site.

If the stock site doesn’t offer encryption, then dropstock won’t be any better than dipping it yourself… 🙁

My advice is to buy from B&H or Adorama, not Amazon. If you do have trouble, you’ll be much better off talking to a helpful person at B&H than pinging one of Amazon’s chat robots… Not to mention the fact that B&H doesn’t usually sell junk. Amazon will sell any cheap Chinese battery, but B&H is much more careful about what they stock.

Looks…[Read more]

I just took a closer look at Microstockbridge, and it doesn’t look it is even functional right now unless you have an “invitation code” (whatever that means). But that led me to search for similar sites, which brought me to https://dropstock.io/. This one uses your Dropbox account to sync to multiple stock sites at once, and if you are not a…[Read more]

It said “host sftp.123rf.com does not exist”.

So even though it’s only “plain” FTP, if I use explicit or implicit encryption my passwords will be safe?

OK, too bad.

Yes, it’s “plain” FTP, but with the explicit/implicit encryption your password should be securely encrypted and transmitted. It’s not as good as SFTP, but it’s a lot better th…[Read more]

It won’t work to try to connect to an ftp site with sftp. They’re totally different protocols. Just for fun, see if sftp.123rf.com works.
Otherwise, yes, try either explicit or implicit encryption, and stay away from “no encryption”.

You’re very welcome! I think there’s a good possibility that the WinSCP script could do what you need it to with a little bit of setup the first time around. If you need help with it, let me know, I’ll be glad to assist!

Is upload speed generally faster through a FTP then uploading through the website?

It could very well be, but not necessarily. It all depends on how your network is configured, and how their site is configured. I doubt it will make a huge difference in upload speeds, to be honest.

Another thought I had, is it possible to set up something like…

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OK, after doing a little research, it looks like FTP is probably the best way to upload bulk to multiple stock photo sites. You’ll still have to upload to each site separately though. Your FTP client can save all the login details so that you don’t have to manually sign in each time, which could speed things up.

I’ve assembled a list of links to…[Read more]

Hmm… If you could tell us which particular stock sites you’re interested in bulk uploading to, then we might be able to give some more specific advice. 🙂

I wouldn’t be surprised if other stock sites do have LR plugins, or APIs that would allow you to submit photos en masse. I don’t have an account, but you could check out Lightstock’s API…[Read more]

From what I could collect, it will be the equivalent of a 15-75mm or so on a full frame.

15×1.6=24mm
66×1.6=105mm (so to be technical it should be 15-66mm, not 15-75)

But not on full-frame; that’s where you’re confused. 🙂 It needs to be 15-66mm on a crop sensor to be the equivalent of 24-105mm on a full-frame sensor.

The cameras are set up…

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OK, so just a follow-up here… I worked with Lydia on this issue for a few weeks before we finally found a (hopefully) permanent solution.

Lydia followed all the steps in the Adobe help article I linked to above with no success. She tried various other “fixes” proposed in help forums and followed suggestions by others with similar symptoms to…[Read more]

Just a bump for this thread in case someone is still considering Affinity Photo. They’re having a sale right now for 50% off all Affinity products, as well as a free 90 day trial!

All Affinity products are on sale for 50% off right now, and you can also get a free 90 day trial if you want to “try before you buy”.