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pickalilywrites · 5 years

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Can you write a Rivetra Arranged Marriage AU if you want please? I would really love to see how they will warm up to each other. Thank you in advance! Your work for the Snk fandom is truly amazing.

thank you for your kind words! sorry it took me so long to write. i’m kind of in a funk ^^” i wanted to do a modern arranged marriage since i think most arranged marriage aus are in a historical setting and a modern au would be a nice change of pace~ so kind of a political/arranged marriage type of deal? it’s partially inspired by the kdrama search: www which features one of the cutest ones :O but other than the arranged marriage deal, it’s very different ^^” i hope you like it!

ps if you’re looking for a kdrama w/ a rivetra dynamic, i highly recommend watching because this is my first life! you can watch it for free on viki :)

A Love That is Sown

Rivetra. K-Drama AU.

A Love That Blooms series: Part i

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Petra sits at the back of the limousine, playing with the wedding band around her ring finger as she gazes out the window. It’s a beautiful band, two golden ribbons looped around each other infinitely as a symbol of eternity. At first glance, the ring is simplistic in style, but a closer look would allow one to see the intricately cut diamonds - fashioned in a way that the precious stones sparkled at every angle - studded in one of the single golden bands that made up the ring and the ornate design cast onto the other band. The rose gold of the band, too, was something Petra had been unsure about at first. The metal had never appealed to her before, but she soon grew to like the look of it on her finger. Its subtle pink hue has a warmth to it that its white and yellow gold counterparts lack, and it contrasts well against the glittering diamonds. Truly, it’s a wedding ring that’s fit for a modern-day princess, and yet Petra still cannot help but feel the need to remove it from her finger.

She slides the ring from her finger and marvels at how easily it leaves. Not even a mark remains to show where it had been. She wonders if the ring will be as easy to take off in a year or five years after that. She wonders if she’ll be able to leave this all behind unscathed.

There is no doubt that there are many who would gladly take her place. Despite her deep unhappiness, her circumstances are not unpleasant. However, they are not ideal either. Upon graduating university with a business degree, Petra had been determined to help her father with his business, a floundering publishing house that had once been popular back in the day, but no amount of grit and determination could save the company from going under. In a last attempt to save her father’s business, she had sought a meeting with Levi Ackerman, head of Ackerman Enterprises, with an absolutely insane proposal - the wealthy businessman would be able to acquire the small but prestigious publishing house as long as he kept her as the publisher. As an added bonus, she would connect him with any and all business partners that the publishing house was associated with and strengthen the already strong hold that Ackerman Enterprises had over the city. She had thought that he would refuse her outright, but to her surprise, the man had signed her contract without much coaxing. The next day, Petra became the wife of one of the richest men in the world. Had Petra been a simpler woman, one that could easily be satiated with fame and fortune, perhaps she would not be brooding at the back of the limousine with a pensive expression on her face. Were she that type of woman, she would no doubt be happily on her way to her husband’s charity dinner, eager to greet him in a white gown that was worth a small fortune. However, Petra Ral is no such woman and so she sits in the back of the vehicle wondering if her husband would even be happy to see her.

Petra’s not sure whether or not she dislikes her husband, but she supposes that’s fairly normal in a contract marriage. Perhaps she should like him a little bit for his willingness to get married to her so quickly - all it took was for him to glance down at the contract she had written down the night before complete with the businesses and connections he would acquire through the marriage for him to agree. When she had watched him sign the contract, she thought for half a second that this man was her savior, but she quickly realized that this was purely a business decision of his - not one that was made from altruism or the goodness in his heart - and she quietly accepted the fact that she would be spending the rest of her life married to a man who cared more about his money than his own happiness. In a way, though, she was the same for marrying a man just to save her father’s failing business, so she couldn’t hate this man either.

To be fair, it’s possible that her husband dislikes her. Although they’ve been married for a good month, he had never made any attempts to sleep with her. The first night of their marriage, she had crawled into bed wondering if he would soon follow her only to have her husband open the door and inform her that he would be sleeping in another room for the time being. He hasn’t visited her sleeping quarters since. A part of her wonders if it’s because he doesn’t like women or if it’s because he dislikes her in particular. Then again, it’s not as if she’s made any attempt to sleep with him either. Perhaps he’s wondering the same thing about her.

She still wonders why he accepted that deal. It’s not as if she’s particularly pretty, and her father’s hadn’t been worth much by the time she had come to Levi with her proposal. Then again, perhaps he had seen value in it where she could not because the business began to flourish as soon as it was in his hands. Petra can’t even say what changed after the publishing house became a part of Ackerman Enterprises. As promised, she still holds the title of publisher and is responsible for many of the key operations necessary for the business to function. However, she had never managed to find success in her business before it had become associated with Ackerman Enterprises. Suddenly, the publishing house was flooded with calls from other businesses that wanted to collaborate or request the services of the company. That must be the power of connections.

When City Hall comes into view, Petra slips her wedding ring back onto her finger. Although she’s unhappy in her marriage, it’s not entirely unbearable. She can at least pretend to be happy in the eye of the public. Besides, it’s not as if she’s trapped in this marriage forever. Although she’s bound to him by a contract, contracts can be broken. Time will pass and Levi may come across someone more beautiful or more advantageous to wed. Or maybe her business will flounder once more and he’ll see no need to tie himself to her any longer. She’s sure that he’s unlikely to object. It’s just a contract. Love can’t bloom from pen and paper. She expects it’ll be at least five years before she finds the perfect opportunity to strike, although she might be a bit optimistic with her time frame.

The limousine slows down at the front entrance, stopping at the red carpet. Petra takes out her pocket mirror to check her reflection one last time. It’s her third time attending a high-society event, but she’s still unaccustomed to the glitz and the glamor necessary to attend such events. Her hair is tied elegantly into a bun at the base of her neck, a few tendrils falling from her temple to give off a romantic look, but all she can think about are the many pins holding up her hair that are sure to hurt when she lets her hair down. She turns her head, inspecting her makeup. It’s not a lot - just a bit of blush and mascara, a faint pink stain of lipstick on her lips - and yet it still feels as if it’s caked on, although it certainly doesn’t look that way. She’s sure that she’s never looked more beautiful, but she doesn’t feel that way at all. She just feels stiff, uncomfortable, and completely out of place.

The door opens, and Petra snaps her hand mirror shut, dropping it into her purse. She climbs out of the limousine, careful not to stop on the tulle skirt of her floor-length gown. As soon as she steps out onto the crimson carpet, she’s blinded by the camera flashes from paparazzi and news media outlets. Although she wishes nothing more than to raise her hand to cover the bright lights, Petra smiles graciously at all the spectators as she makes her way down the carpet. Really, she despises events such as these. It surprises her that someone like Levi, who she has never seen as particularly sociable, attends and even plans these types of charities, but she supposes he has an image to uphold. Then again, she does too. If she didn’t, she wouldn’t have bothered coming.

The carpet seems to stretch infinitely, and Petra grits her teeth to keep from frowning at the celebrities and politicians ahead of her that she no doubt must greet before entering the building. Even further, she sees her husband standing at the doors to City Hall, greeting everyone wealthy enough to come to the event. Even though she can’t see him, Petra knows he’s wearing that smile he reserves for these types of occasions - the corners of his lips slightly upturned but his eyes unsmiling. She’s never seen him smiling at any other time, and she’s almost confident that isn’t his real smile. Maybe he doesn’t know how to smile, she quietly muses.

The people behind the velvet ropes call to Petra, screaming out her name and asking about her marriage to one of the world’s richest men. She turns to them and flashes a gracious smile, trying to appear humble even though she’s dressed in a gown that’s worth more than her entire wardrobe. She always finds these charity dinners to be incredibly hypocritical - rich people dressing up to show off their wealth and giving only a small portion of their money to charities they can’t even remember the names of. It’s clear that this hypocrisy doesn’t bother the press, though. They flock to the carpet, leaning over the red ropes and trying to get as close to the elite guests as possible. Although there’s quite a distance between them, Petra still finds herself feeling stifled and claustrophobic.

“What are you doing here?”

When Petra turns, she sees Levi walking towards her, the tails of his white tuxedo flying behind him. His hair is slicked back the way it usually is for these overly extravagant parties, and his smile is gone, replaced with that perpetual frown he usually wears when he’s out of the view of cameras. When he reaches her, she slips her arm around his, flashing a smile at him but it doesn’t reach her eyes.

“It’s good to see you too,” Petra says, leaning over to give him a quick peck on the cheek. A faint pink lipstick stain is left on his cheek, but Levi makes no effort to wipe it away. She allows him to lead her across the red carpet. She wonders if it’s because of embarrassment that he walks so quickly, unintentionally ruining the view of photographers and other excited bystanders watching from the sidelines. “I almost didn’t come. You should have told me about it. I had to find it this morning after running into your secretary.”

Levi gives her a sideways glance. “I was under the impression that you didn’t enjoy these types of events.”

“It’s important to uphold our image,” she replies. She slows down to give a photographer a wave and a smile. “After all, I am your wife.”

He doesn’t reply. At a glance, it’s difficult to tell whether or not he’s angry that she arrived without any announcement. His mouth is set in that same thin line that it always is as he leads her towards the doors to City Hall. “If you had told me earlier, I would have arranged a more comfortable arrival for you so that you needn’t be under the scrutiny of all these reporters.”

“It’s fine. I can handle it,” Petra assures him. Although she’s attended these events before, this is only the second time she’s walked the red carpet. The first time, she attended an awards ceremony with Levi, but the constant hounding of reporters at the sidelines had worn her out and she ended up taking a taxi home early. The second time was the premiere of a movie with an actor Levi was acquainted with; Levi had her avoid the carpet entirely and the two had slipped in late after most of the other guests arrived. She has a feeling that he would have had her slip in through the back this time too, but she dislikes being coddled. “Don’t worry about whether or not these things make me uncomfortable. Appearing as your wife … isn’t it part of the contract?”

He looks over at her for a moment before returning his gaze ahead. “If it makes you uncomfortable, you don’t have to do it. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the contract,” he tells her. As they walk up the steps, he carefully lifts her train so that it doesn’t drag across the stairs.

She thinks that’s a strange thing for him to say. For a moment, Petra thinks he’s being kind, which she finds uncharacteristic of him. She’s about to open her mouth and tell him that he should worry about other things, but a sudden commotion behind them distracts her.

Someone screams behind the velvet rope, and Petra and Levi turn to look. It’s difficult to make out what’s happening because of the crowd, but the shrieks grow louder and people begin to fall. Confused, Petra purses her lips as she tries to see what the uproar is about. Levi, too, stands beside her, his eyes narrowed as he watches people shoving each other as if running away from something. Only when Petra sees a man emerge from the crowd, a crazed look in his eye and a knife gleaming in his hand, that she finally realizes the cause for alarm.

“Levi,” she says, her eyes wide with fear. Her hands flail about as she reaches for her husband. “That man-!”

The man stumbles across the velvet rope, knocking it down and looking around madly. His eyes glaze over the guests that line the carpet while the knife still gleams threateningly in his hand. Nobody dares to stop him, or perhaps they’re too shocked at his appearance - the tangled mass of hair atop his head that hasn’t been washed or brushed in days, the disheveled clothing hanging from his thin frame, and the sunken face. He looks around hungrily, searching, and his gaze finally stops on Levi.

“Levi,” Petra whispers. Her fingers reach for him, but she can’t hold onto him.

The man has a wicked snarl on his face. “You bastard!” he yells, his voice loud enough to be heard by the panicked screaming of everyone around them. He waves the knife around, slashing it through the air. “This is all your fault!” The man stumbles towards Levi, his knife pointed straight at him. He breaks into a run and all Petra can hear is the sound of herself shrieking as the man comes towards them.

What happens next is a blur to her. She remembers trying to pull Levi back, only to be shoved aside so that she was out of the man’s line of sight. With one hand, Levi had protected her. With the other, he had reached out, perhaps in an attempt to grab the knife from the man’s grasp. She remembers another scream, but she can’t recall if it was her own. All she remembers is stumbling backward and staring at a stain of bright red that was so much more vibrant than the crimson carpet. There was more screaming and shouting and the sound of others rushing forward to help pull the man away from Levi. Petra recalls her vision blurring and her head spinning. As her knees began to buckle, she reached out to hold onto something, although she doesn’t know what. When she finally fell, she remembers thinking that it didn’t hurt when she hit the floor.

The next time Petra opens her eyes, she’s sitting in the hospital bed. Her uncomfortable evening gown had been exchanged for an equally uncomfortable hospital gown, and her hair had been let out of its bun. When she looks beside her, she sees Levi dozing off as he sits in a stiff chair meant for hospital guests. The view from her bedroom window tells her that it’s late now - the sun had probably set hours ago. It makes her wonder how long Levi had been sitting beside her and why.

She tries to sit up, only to stop when she realizes that someone’s holding her hand. When she looks down, she sees Levi’s bandaged hand wrapped around hers. The sight of the bandages fills her with guilt. She stares at his wounded hand for a moment before trying to slip her hand out from under his, but the small movement has already awakened him.

“Are you okay?” he mumbles sleepily before Petra even has the chance to sit up. He’s still half asleep, his eyes barely open.

“I … What happened?” she asks, trying to remember what had transpired earlier that night. There was the charity dinner tonight, and she had just arrived. And there was that man, his knife swinging madly around him. She remembers blood on the floor. She looks again at Levi’s bandaged hand and grabs at it suddenly before looking back up at him, examining the rest of him to see if there were any other wounds. “Your hand! He cut you! Is there anywhere else…?”

Levi pulls his hand away from hers. “I’m fine. You’re the one in the hospital. You fainted.” He pauses before asking again, “Are you okay?”

“What about the man?” Petra asks, deliberately ignoring his question.

“He’s in police custody. A disgruntled man who was recently released from his job at Ackerman Electrics. His attack was aimed at me,” Levi replies. He doesn’t seem very shaken by the experience, but it may be because his attention is focused elsewhere. Once more, he asks Petra, “Are you okay?”

She doesn’t answer, instead fiddling with the wedding band on her ring finger as her bottom lip trembles and her eyes are fixed on the bandage wrapped around Levi’s hand. After a moment, she says, “You pushed me out of the way, didn’t you?” When he doesn’t reply, she says bitterly, “You didn’t have to do that. Any of it. Pushing me out of the way, taking me to the hospital, staying here overnight with me - none of this is in the contract.”

There’s a flash of what looks like anger across his face for just one second. Just as quickly, it vanishes. “Isn’t this what I should do?” he asks. “What else should I have done?”

“It’s reckless to risk your life for someone over a piece of paper,” Petra tells him. She should feel grateful to him, but his recklessness only makes her feel even more indebted to him and she has nothing with which to pay him back. “Is it because you have an image to uphold?”

“Because I’m your husband,” he replies. The words are similar to the ones she had uttered earlier that night, but somehow they sound so different leaving his lips.

Looking at him is too difficult, so Petra turns her gaze towards the window. If she looks closely, she can see their reflections on the window pane. The way that Levi is sitting is strange to her, the way he’s leaning forward with his face turned toward her. The expression on his face is even stranger - a mixture of hurt, sadness, and concern. Why would he wear such an expression on his face? He doesn’t need to be so concerned about her. He could just make up a story to the press about how she’s recovering and then check up on her in the morning. There’s no reason for him to go this far. It’s as if he really cares about her, but she knows that’s impossible.

She turns back to him, her eyes settling back on his bandaged hand. “Is it going to leave a scar?”

“It might. It was only a few stitches,” he says. “Are you worried it will scar?”

Stitches. It will leave a scar. And just earlier she had been thinking that none of them would have to leave this marriage unscathed. Would it have been better if she had gotten the scar instead?

“It’s just that it was bleeding a lot,” she tells him.

“It’s fine.” He tucks his hand into his pocket so that it’s no longer in her sight. “You should go to sleep. You need a lot of rest.”

“I’m not tired,” she says, fighting off the drowsiness that is slowly overtaking her. Petra tries to sit up in her hospital bed, but her pillows are so satisfyingly soft. “What about you? Don’t you have work tomorrow?”

“I don’t need a lot of sleep.” He reaches out to her with his left hand this time, holding hers and rubbing soft circles against her skin. “Don’t worry about me. It’s not in the contract. Just go to sleep.”

She wants to argue with him, but she’s too tired. She yawns instead, not bothering to stifle it with her hand. For a moment, she wonders if Levi does truly care for her, but she waves the thought away. She’s mistaking the concern in his eyes for something else, and her drowsiness is making her imagine the tenderness of his touch. He’s only concerned about his business and how he’ll manage the publishing house if she’s ill. He shouldn’t worry about that anymore, though, Petra thinks as she lowers herself back into bed, feeling the plush pillows behind her head. She’ll get a good night’s rest and get discharged in the morning, returning to work just as he wishes. Everything will be back to normal.

Petra drifts off to sleep, oblivious to the seed of love that had been planted between them that night.

#rivetra #petra ral #levi ackerman #snk #a love that blooms series #kdrama au #requests #asks #answered #anon #anonymous #any future installments for this series is gonna include #hella fluff hella angst and hella feels

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whifferdills · 7 years

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“World Enough and time” quicktakes:

fuck dudes what if the Xmas special is a “Caves of Androzani” thing where the Dr is basically dying the whole time. that'd explain the dramatic 'noooooo', bc this Dr Who i feel isn't a 10 Dr sort of, fuck you i need THIS ME to live, but in the context of 'i can't do the regeneration tango rn i have work to do' it makes sense

god i love generational ships. this ep doesn't quite nail it but i love that SF trope

MISSY. who is Doctor Who, with her plucky assistants/expendables. i am in love. "Think of the age gap" fuckin

"Nardole, do something non-irritating," says Dr Who, eating snacks. all my Twelvedole headcanons are basically canon now

"Time Lords are friends, everything else is cradle-snatching." you could do a meta on the Time Lord take on intimacy using that line alone.

Friends above all else. And the Dr and Missy are very, very old friends

"You're probably handsome, aren't you. Well congratulations on your relative symmetry." I love Missy ok

"And if I'm in the shower, just bring me some beans on toast. That's....that's roughly human flirting, right?" MISSY.

her accent ramping up on "this ridiculous exercise" right i just really love Missy

Dr Who's real name is Dr Who. the meta nods, i'm livin. "I'm cutting to the chase baby, I'm streamlining, I'm saving us ac-tu-al minutes." *dab* M I S S Y

"Are you eating?" yes, yes they are. luv this hungry boy

Nardole was Blue, once. what the fuck is Nardole

"Is this the emotion you call...spanking" holy shit Missy please i cant

i love how the Dr's speech is just cut off, it reminds me of - i think it's an Indiana Jones? where the one dude is like *dramatic sword flourishing* and the other dude just straight-up shoots him

like i know it'll end up ok but BILL NO. this moment doesn't quite feel earned - like maybe if more of the writers had really used her? but it kind of just feels shitty and cheap. horrifying, but it woulda landed better if she'd been more present beforehand. see also: how "Heaven Sent" woulda worked better if Clara hadn't been fridged or off away wherever i really wish we'd had more 12&Bill moments. i love what we get here, just that shoulda happened all season

nice kitchen. looks like an Aalto-Shaam and a salamander, plus fryer and misc. decent set-up for a college cafeteria.

"What's so special about her?" "I don't know." "Yes you do." "Are you having an emotion?" See THIS is what i want this Team TARDIS to be and i'm so mad we're only getting it now

Twelvedole is canon tho look @ these 2 obnoxious boys

and fuck that scene w/ 12 and Bill just chatting about crushes i wish we'd had more of that

i feel like 12 has eaten more on camera than any other dr who, i am here for this hungry boy who drops chips on their lap

"she was my man-crush - I think she was a man back then" all the gender-misc sexuality-misc stuff yes YEs like sure it's clumsy but it's CANON

"but you still call yourselves Time...Lords." "Yeah shut up." seriously why did we not get more of 12 and Bill hanging out

the PACT to see ALL OF THE STARS anyway Best Enemies is real

i love Bill admitting that she's scared, and doing the thing anyway. Bill in a nutshell right there

oh GOD the body-horror of the Cybermen and the VOICES uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhghghgwaghfgejf nope

"Wait for me" oh way to use hope to fuck someone up again. why, why dude

on first watch i did not at all suspect that this dude is the Master in disguise, i’m a dum-dum

so this hurts more on re-watch

and after input from smarter people - the disguise the Master uses is sort of...like it edges into a hinky area. dunno if it's anti-semetic as such (im not an expert, just it feels fucky on second viewing) but it does flirt with those tropes a lot and w h y would you go there

ffffffuck the converted people just screaming out best they can that they're in pain, and then being silenced. this is for me probs the most directly horrifying thing DW has done since, idk, "Midnight"? been a while, anyway. fuck, dudes

so i know it's the Master now but i do really love the relationship Bill has with Master-In-Disguise. it's a trick, a trap, but it also feels almost...genuine. they have a dynamic, Bill believes in it and i'd be almost be willing to believe the Master does too, despite themselves

Nurse Ratched continues to terrify audiences. the self-assured evil-nurse trope, like. is it cheap? yes. is it fucking me up? also yes. (my favorite aunt is a nurse, i’ve had a lot of - like not good experiences, but experiences where the nurses saved the day best they could; i love nurses but ALSO this trope ok ok ok aw geez)

the body-horror in this episode continues to be OFF THE CHARTS like this is as if someone asked me 'what deeply upsets you' and then they made an episode about it holy fuck

why's Dr Who fucking around for so long if they already know the bottom is much faster and Bill's down there for years like fuck off, be succinct, cough it up. 12 is every waiter i've ever dealt with as expo like - just FUCKING SAY WHAT YOU NEED don't dick around

i do really love Bill here. that mix of needing to leave and wanting to stay, or vice versa

V E N U S I A N A K I D O. they've got hidden talents and hidden arms

the graphics in this episode are nice that black hole is nice somebody put some work in there

speaking of the assets - Murray Gold nearly on a Phillip Glass tip here. that sort of dissonant orchestral thing. you could rescore this with the soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi, easily

god that Cyberman voice is...so upsetting. again, always. fuck that shit. this does have a big Spare Parts vibe, with the dying world trying to save itself and the semi-volunteers. it's not quite as emotionally crushing as Spare Parts but it does angle towards that whole...yknow

"aw, sorry mate, guess what I'm about to do" like even knowing what he is, what this situation is, this is such a pure Bill moment and i love it

DONT U DARE DO ANYTHING TO BILL I SWER

but fuck dudes this is ultra horrifying this is so bad and i like it bc i'm confident it'll end up ok but god oh god oh no Bill i wish that hadn’t happened

Missy/Master sure is a thing. i'm really hoping Missy is stronger than that now, better than that now

fuck my emotions are all over the place

A M O N D A S I A N C Y B E R M A N

that Master reveal was straight out of Classic Who

"You've met the ex" / "I waited for you" oh shit oh no

NEXT TIME: my soul dies, everything is bad, aw fuck

#dw spoilers #world enough and time

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ericlwoods · 7 years

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Some time ago I exchanged the Sony 20mm f/2.8 that I bought when I purchased my a6000 not that long ago for the Rokinon 35mm f/2.8. My thinking was that the two lenses were redundant since 35mm (50-ish in full frame terms) was my preferred focal length and the Rokinon seemed barely larger than the 20mm (2.43 x 1.30″ (61.8 x 33 mm) vs 2.46 x 0.80″ vs (62.6 x 20.4 mm)) while gaining another full frame lens in my quiver. No brainer, right? Nope. I really like the Rokinon, but it was not a suitable replacement for the 20mm. Why? Glad you asked:

Despite its tiny profile the Rokinon better marries with the full frame Sonys in operation. Where focus speed seems adequate on the A7Rii it is less so on the a6000. No idea why. While not awful on the a6000 it is nowhere near as fast as the 20mm on the a6000. Had no idea how good that lens was until I no longer had it… The framework for an R&B or Country song right there.

0.5″ (12.6mm) does not seem like a huge difference in theory, but in application that turns a very pocketable camera into a somewhat pocketable camera. Also the slightly rounded front edge and metal build of the 20mm meant it went in and out of pocket far easier than the square cornered and plastic Rokinon.

Simple fix. Buy the 20mm again. One problem. Southeastern Camera had two tempting full-blown second-hand cameras (ones I always thought about buying) that barely cost more than the 20mm lens new that would be even smaller. The thinking was that for a little more spend than a lens ($350-ish) I could potentially have a whole camera ($500-ish).

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What to do? A comparison seems appropriate. Already being familiar w/ the 20mm on the a6000 well I focused on comparing the Ricoh GR and Rx100 IV. And I was able to do that in a brief real-world comparison courtesy the kindness of Southeastern Camera.

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Below I will post back to back shots taken with each much like the recent KEH.com legend/bootleg, Leica/FED comparison.

Arbitrary ground rules:

Both will be JPEG out of camera with no edits. I shoot in RAW+JPEG always but chose JPEG to test the in body processing rather than Lightroom and my ability to manipulate RAW files.

Both set to the way I typically use small cameras. Aperture priority, wide open, ISO on Auto topped out at 6400, no flash, AF-S, Average AE, and single shot.

In most photos I used the native focal length, and by default max aperture, when powered on.

Note: Chose not to make an issue of the varying apertures here (f/2.8 constant on the always 18.3mm GR and F/1.8-f/2,8 across the zoom range of the RX100 IV) since I did not see an appreciable impact on bokeh or light gathering when eyeballing the images. My layman’s opinion seat of the pants impression is that larger sensor/smaller aperture seemed mostly offset by the smaller sensor/larger max aperture at the wide end of the RX100 IV.

Photos taken back to back.

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR

RX100 IV

Ricoh GR in Macro mode

RX100 IV zoomed in fully

Ricoh GR – Balu of Viva Mexico

RX100 IV Balu of Viva Mexico

Now on to pluses and minuses of each, final thoughts of each and my decision.

Ricoh GR

Pluses:

Feels fantastic in hand. Light. Quite a bit lighter in hand and pocket than the smaller RX. Truly a one-handed camera. Great ergonomics. Things like the one button effect button on the left that brings up a scrollable menu and other details make it very easy to get up and running. Worthy of the following.

B&W high contrast was very nice. Creating such dramatic images in camera is nice.

They jammed an APS-C sensor in this tiny thing.

Great lens.

Particular to this camera, but it came with a box of goodies including a wide angle adapter, hood, batteries, and charger. None used in this comparison.

Macro mode works surprisingly well.

Ricoh GR in Macro mode

Very quiet.

Minuses:

That APS-C sensor did not blow the smaller sensor away IQ wise as I expected.

There are JPEGs I took (that I now wish I had saved but did not) of a black plastic chair hit by sunlight where the GR rendered strange little blue and red splotches and the RX100 IV maintained all black and white. Don’t know why. Some may prefer it, but I did not like it.

B&W high contrast filter was very nice.

For some one focal length is a drag. But I shoot primes often on interchangeable lens cameras so this was no big deal. Admittedly given my druthers I would rather a fixed 50mm equivalent, or even a 35mm equivalent, rather than this rather wide 18.3mm (28mm equivalent) lens.

Focus, while not awful, could not keep up with the RX100 IV. You can also see in some images above that focus on the intended subject using center focus was missed, like the yellow flower on the cactus.

Note: If I had more time than a day I could have likely offset the focus speed issue by familiarizing myself w/ the zone focus presets I had read about. But quick AF is always preferable to me when available.

No EVF. No tilty screen. Hard to go back once you have had these.

No Wifi. Another feature hard to do without once you are used to having it. Available on the GR II as the only addition of that upgrade, but at a greater cost.

Sony RX100 IV

Pluses:

It has an EVF. I had owned and liked the RX100 II so I was already familiar with the RX100 line.

Has features like 4K, slo-mo, e-shutter that maxes out at 1/32,000 fps, and others.

Like the RX100 it has very good IQ for a 1″ sensor. Amazing detail retained in the shadows and dynamic range. Take a look at the ceiling pictures in the gallery above as an example.

Very small so easily pocketable.

Very quick and accurate focus. Astonishingly so.

Very quiet normally. Completely silent in e-shutter mode.

A rival to and even bests the feature sets of larger and more expensive cameras.

Wifi. Always nice to have.

Minuses:

No fault in general. This particular RX100 IV was in a rough state, but that was necessary to get the price in the same ballpark as the GR.

Common with e-shutters is that it has limited use and should be reserved for static shots.

May also just be this particular copy, but the EVF was a bit wonky. 2 step implementation requiring it first be popped up and then the viewfinder pulled out. Putting your eye up to the camera sometimes (and this is the part that may be isolated to this particular camera) pushed it back in slowing things down as you have to stop and pull it back out again. Not awful, but not great either.

Very small. Ergonomics a bit awkward for my beef mitts. True with the RX100 before, but passable. The addition of more features and the EVF did it no favors where I am concerned. Your mileage may vary.

Make no mistake. Both of these cameras are great. Both are perfectly capable of producing great images. Could recommend both with a clear conscious.

Decision time. So which did I choose?… Er, admit I never should have traded the 20mm f/2.8 for my a6000 and buy it again.

Why? Came down to two things mainly. Ergonomics and IQ.

Ergonomics:

While only slightly larger than the GR it has many of the features of the RX100 IV like an EVF, Wifi, snappy AF, and tilt screen and is just as easy to use. And with those added features there is now enough body real estate to make proper use of them without feeling awkward. Turns out there is such a thing as a camera being too small.

IQ:

The GR and RX100 IV are great image-wise. But in my experience neither can match the a6000. The GR matches the a6000 in sensor size but, perhaps owing to the MP deficit (18.3 vs 24.3), not IQ. The RX100 IV almost matches the a6000 in MP count (20.1 vs 24.3) but, perhaps owing to the smaller 1″ sensor, not IQ. While I am not a pixel peeper per se I do like to crop an image occasionally. Neither can stand up to as much cropping as the a6000.

There you have it. I am quite smitten with the a6000. If I could only have one digital camera this would be a top contender. I never would have expected that considering that I purchased it as a backup to my full frame alpha mount camera. But as a camera that delivers blazing fast constant focus easily keeping up with 10 fps while extending the reach of my 70-200mm to 300mm, along with my other full frame lenses, it is a no-brainer. So it is a specific solution for my specific situation.

What would I do if was determined to buy a non-interchangeable lens camera and I had to choose between a second-hand GR and RX100 IV? Oof. That is a hard one. Because of the trade-offs mentioned neither camera pulled away from the other over the course of the day spent with both.

Both are in the same ballpark IQ wise so the best I can offer in this comparison is this.

Are ergonomics, feel in hand, and quick access to filters the most important things to you? Ricoh GR.

Are quick AF, photo specs like e-shutter and 1/32,000 top shutter speed, and video specs like slo-mo and 4K, and functional items like a tilt screen and EVF the most important things to you? RX100 IV.

On second thought after looking at the last 2 paragraphs it seems like I would choose the RX if I had to.

That is a purely logical decision. But let’s be real if someone has been bitten by the GR bug they want a GR and nothing I have said matters. And that is perfectly fine. If photography has to make sense we are probably doing it all wrong.

Happy shooting.

-ELW

Tiny Second Hand Camera Smackdown: Ricoh GR vs. Sony RX100 IV Some time ago I exchanged the Sony 20mm f/2.8 that I bought when I purchased my a6000 not that long ago for the Rokinon 35mm f/2.8.

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Moving Apartments in a 2017 Mercedes-Benz Metris

In times of transition, stress management is paramount. Trust me. I’ve now moved apartments nearly every year since graduating high school in 2008, so I’ve seen my share of smooth-going moves as well as the nightmarish sort I prefer not to exhume from the bowels of my memory. I’ve learned two things throughout these many packing-and-unpacking affairs. One: own as little crap as possible. Two: plan ahead and choose the proper vehicle, and a move can be a quick and easy day, rather than the day you burn bridges with all of your nice friends who (somehow) agreed to help.

For several reasons, I picked the 2017 Mercedes-Benz Metris this time around. Access to both my old apartment and my new place involves negotiating some tight spaces, so larger vans like the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Nissan NV3500, Ford Transit, or Ram ProMaster were prohibitively large. That left me with the smaller Ford Transit Connect, Ram ProMaster City, Nissan NV200, or the Metris. Not only is the Metris more spacious than its rivals, it ranks on top for payload capacity, and its driving dynamics are arguably the best in class.

Mercedes wasn’t able to supply a Metris cargo van for my move, but I did manage to secure a Metris passenger van. With all of the seats removed and a pair of moving blanket laid on the van’s floor, I had gobs of space to work with. Mercedes doesn’t provide the exact cargo volume of its passenger-spec Metris without any seats, but the almost identically sized cargo van has on offer a healthy 186 cu. ft, significantly more than any of its competitors. The Metris passenger van has a payload max of 1,874 pounds (versus 2,502 pounds for the cargo van), and it comes with rear windows, as well as some optional comfort and appearance packages. At 4,850 lbs, it’s also a fait bit heavier than the 4,222-lb cargo van, pounds versus.

I have to admit, with the $1,175 premium appearance package’s painted bumpers, roof rails, and 17-inch aluminum wheels, this is about as stylish as a passenger van can look. The inside is still a bit utilitarian, even with the $650 premium interior package’s chrome accents and carpeting, but the Metris feels far from sparse. I immediately notice the switchgear quality, which is a rung above that of the Transit and ProMaster, for one. The center stack is noticeably dated, with its tiny 4.2-inch display and navigation package ($1,750), but the screen gets the job done for the backup camera, which is a necessity. Most appreciated was the generous assortment of cubbies and cupholders, as well as the USB port, which made it easy to chuck my phone inside the van and plug it in on the go.

Loading this van was a cinch, whether it was boxes, a bed, furniture, or bags. The power sliding doors on each side can be remotely opened with the key and leave a huge opening, which was a relief when my hands were full. I never had to wrestle with an ajar door or a tight angle. The same goes for out back, where this van had a single flip-up tailgate, revealing a massive rear access opening. Before I knew it, the whole van was loaded up with the first load of my earthly possessions. To assist in closing the manual tailgate, there’s a leather loop handle on the bottom. Grab it and the door easily pulls down and shuts.

Fully packed, the Metris was as pleasant and enjoyable to drive and maneuver as it is unencumbered. The 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine never feels overworked and even on the highway, it was easy to keep pace with traffic and merge. A big part of that is the seven-speed automatic transmission, which does a nice job of keeping the engine in the meat of its torque band (max output is 258 lb-ft). Most helpful is the amazing turn diameter of 38.7 feet–it was simple to negotiate tight corners, especially in crowded downtown Ann Arbor (it was also University of Michigan student move-in day, of course). That’s no surprise, however, given that the Metris was designed to handle small European roads with even more harrowingly hairy scenarios than in a Midwestern college town. The light steering is helpful as well, although I’d wish for a little more feel on the highway during lane changes.

My rear visibility was, of course, obliterated with a fully loaded van, but the Metris’s large side mirrors and blind-spot monitoring technology washed away any anxiety. Blind-spot monitoring comes as part of a premium safety and parking package, with for $2,340 adds a multifunction leather-wrapped steering wheel with chrome trim, an active parking assist system, collision prevention assist, rain-sensing wipers, lane-keep assist, and heated exterior mirrors. And while I haven’t had a chance to previously test the standard suspension, the comfort suspension as part of the $720 comfort package (which adds comfort front seats with lumbar support) handled pockmarked city streets without transmitting jarring or nasty feedback to the cabin.

Although Mercedes is not targeting families with the Metris passenger van, which is more meant for commercial duty as a shuttle, there’s no doubt it’s a useful and well-engineered utility vehicle that could be used every day. It definitely went a long way in keeping my stress levels down during what’s hopefully my last move, at least for a few years. I surely picked the right vehicle for my move, but as for my other rule of living minimally, that might be tough next time around. I live with my girlfriend now, and she has a lot of crap. Oh well, there’s always the Sprinter.

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Moving Apartments in a 2017 Mercedes Metris

For several reasons, I picked the 2017 Mercedes Metris this time around. Access to both my old apartment and my new place involves negotiating some tight spaces, so larger vans like the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Nissan NV3500, Ford Transit, or Ram ProMaster were prohibitively large. That left me with the smaller Ford Transit Connect, Ram ProMaster City, Nissan NV200, or the Metris. Not only is the Metris more spacious than its rivals, it ranks on top for payload capacity, and its driving dynamics are arguably the best in class.

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Tips for Getting Started Doing Photography with Drones

Till quite lately, my mind-set was highly anti-drone. For geeks, drones appeared just like a complex toy in my experience. In the end, isn’t without incorporating traveling machines towards the formula, this pastime costly enough? Plus there is hardly any question in my own brain when a drone was purchased by me I’d deliver it traveling in to the sea on its first cheers.

Why a drone?

I’d an issue however. I’d a coastal photography journey prepared, as well as in coastal photography it’s frequently challenging to take images of the coast while ranking on the coastline. I’ve lengthy wanted some method to have the ability to look-back from that viewpoint it in the coastline from out to photograph and ocean. A drone was really the only solution for me personally, and so I purchased one and bit the topic.

I will state my mindset has improved substantially after having utilized the drone for all weeks today. of what I considered drones a lot was incorrect, or atleast the issues were overemphasized. Traveling them is clearly super easy. It isn’t that complex. It isn’t actually that costly (atleast not when compared with what we invest in cameras and contacts).

Perhaps you are contemplating atleast questioning what they’re about, or purchasing a drone. You wonder drones are utilized in photography and could also observe all of the video clip from drones. Therefore I would like to expose you and just how they are able to put in your photography and a fresh measurement.

Traveling drones is simple

First, let’s discuss drones that are flying. This really is anything you’re possibly worried about. You may ponder if abilities you don’t have will be required by flying. Or maybe you for you to understanding it simply don’t wish to commit time. This really is one region where you’ve nothing to be worried about. Traveling a drone is extremely simple. That’s not saying you shouldn’t be cautious or that you simply won’t be anxious each time it flies, but flying is truly simple.

The most important thing to comprehend is the fact that also you totally forget about the handles, and when you have your drone within the air, it’ll simply float harmlessly within the air. It actually simply sits there before you inform it things to do. Another factor that individuals be worried about is getting when you are within the atmosphere the battery-run out. That won’t occur. Many drones possess a function that provides the back again to its take off stage once the battery gets to a degree that is particular. Actually, many drones possess a go back to house function should you ever end up within an unpleasant scenario you are able to push. You also have a means out.

Managing the drone is simple. You’ve a with two joysticks onto it. The drone is sent by pressing on a single of these down or up; it is sent by performing exactly the same towards the additional joystick forward. Each one of the joysticks remaining and goes appropriate. One quit and may change the drone; another can make it proceed to whatever aspect you drive speak that is to. I’ll more concerning the control’s details later. For the time being, I simply need one to obtain for how simple it’s a sense. Don’t be should you were concerned about having the ability to travel a drone.

View where you travel

You might have noticed a great deal concerning the new regulations influencing drones. It’s accurate that many nations are currently enacting rules for drones. Within the U.S., the FAA has completed its guidelines regarding drones. But most of limitations and the guidelines affect these applying drones. Therefore I would like to attempt to get this to easy for you personally the majority of us are simply carrying this out for enjoyment.

If your drone is traveling you don’t require a permit. You will find no pilot needs. Simply enroll your drone using the FAA. The enrollment procedure is only and straightforward costs. To do this, simply visit this site, produce a merchant account, and follow the directions to join up your drone.

Having said that, you CAn’t simply you would like travel your drone. The primary restrictions you need to understand are the following:

You have to usually travel below 400-feet.

You have to maintain your immediate vision that is drone within.

Never travel near plane that is additional, or within five kilometers of any airport.

Never fly-over categories of sports, or stadiums.

You will find additional places that are limited aswell. For instance, you CAn’t travel anyplace in parks or in Washington D.C.. You will find online routes and applications for the telephone – such as the FAA’s B4U Travel app – that’ll let you know when you’re in a limited room.

Anyhow, the rules above affect the U.S. Additional nations may have their very own regulations. Here are links towards the rules for Sydney, Newzealand, and also the British.

Obtaining the correct drone

Should you don’t curently have one let’s discuss obtaining a drone.

You might have desires of sending your DSLR to consider top quality images and purchasing a drone. Ignore that, if you don’t wish to invest upwards 000. Instead, of $6 to obtain a drone that includes its camera, but there’s also versions that use the GoPro. The most typical versions would be the Phantom 4 by DJI (check costs on Amazon or W&H Image) or even the Storm H by Yuneec (check costs on Amazon or W&H Photo). These can cost you about $1, 500 for that drone and camera, 300 – $1, though you are able to however get older models cheaper.

What’ll you receive for that? You’ll obtain a drone that’ll fly-up to about 40 miles-per hr, which to several kilometers from you. It’ll stay aloft on the battery cost for around 20-30 minutes. It is possible to anticipate it to possess functions as an automated go back to crash prevention house, and also the capability to follow you. On the particular design you select, particular functions will depend obviously.

Regarding the camera, you are able to be prepared to get one which launches both photos and movie (often 4K). We’ll speak more concerning the cameras in a minute’s details. First let’s talk about to travel.

Just how to travel

Whenever the photography travel, issues are fairly easy. Unlike firing movie, you shows or won’t have to do any extravagant pans. You simply would like to get the drone towards the correct place(s) to consider the image. It’s only a subject of having it up within the atmosphere, viewing what your location is choosing it, where you would like and shifting it.

Your drone will possess a control with two joysticks. The control plugs into additional system or your telephone. You manage the drone using the two joysticks. In the same period, you can observe in your device. To deliver the drone up in to the atmosphere through the camera, whatever you do is press-up about the joystick that is remaining. Elevation is controlled by that stick. It’s as easy as pressing on the stay glued to boost the elevation, and tugging down to create along the drone. That stay will even change the drone from aspect to side. The additional (correct) joystick may travel the drone ahead and backward by pushing down and up. Whenever you push that joystick left the drone for the reason that path goes.

Checking the trip

To watch on wherever your drone is certainly going, where it’s going via the screen you are able to possibly view the drone itself or view in your telephone. Obviously, you are able to run the control where you would like while maintaining your eyes about the drone proceed. But you may also observe exactly what the drone views to manage it, that will be frequently easier. You’ll possess a control that links for additional system or your telephone. The watch will be shown by your display from additional relevant information in addition to the camera. Keep in mind that your drone needs to be stored in vision that is direct however.

That sound does it? It’s actually not. Following a several routes, it’ll be actually simpler. Obviously, you will find issues and extra subtleties is a small different based on what design you purchase. Make sure to browse the directions watching several videos in your design that is particular.

You’ll be utilizing a camera designed for movie

Let’s that is next discuss the camera that’ll include your drone. What’s promising, first. The cameras in drones are first class as it pertains to firing movie. They regularly take most and Ultra-HD blast 4K movie. It doesn’t improve than that.

The information that is poor is that photography is anything of an afterthought for drones. The devices are little. Generally they’re what you’d enter a camera that is concise. The quality is reasonable (12-16 MP is regular). The dynamic-range the low-light efficiency isn’t excellent and also is very restricted.

Additionally, the contact will probably be limited; a length that is fixed. It’ll be considered a wide-angle lens, often around 15-20 mm. The contact will even possess a mounted aperture, indicating it out CAn’t changes.

Dealing with the restrictions

Practically none people might feel well about heading out firing with contact and this type of restricted camera. Nevertheless, in drones it isn’t that poor. Regarding the camera, remember you’ll be capturing in sunshine (you are able to just travel drones throughout the day – within half an hour of dawn and sundown – within the U.S.), so there’ll often be lots of lighting. Regarding the contact, the mounted aperture isn’t because it might first seem as restricting. Bear in mind that everything inside your image is likely to be so-far away the emphasis is likely to be at infinity. You don’t require a large amount of heavy depth-of-field to become pointed.

you could make, although therefore the cameras are fairly restricted. The point is, the cameras are becoming better constantly, to help you anticipate enhancements that are substantial in-camera quality within the future that is forseeable.

Strategies for shooting together with your drone

We’ve discussed the fundamentals of just how to travel them and also the abilities of drones. About taking photos together Let’s speak today. For that most component, it’s to working an ordinary camera similar. You’ve the settings that are standard to select from. It is possible to set the shutter-speed and ISO oneself or possess the camera established you them. Having said that, there are of utilizing cameras several facets. Here are a few ideas to enable you to get began:

Number 1 Contemplate Firing in Automated Style

I’m a passionate guide style shooting as it pertains to firing with my DSLR. Of utilizing an automated exposure setting, I’d not think. Nevertheless to firing having a drone when it comes, it is set by me in coverage style that is automated .

Why? It comes to drones since there is enough to be worried about when. I don’t wish to include coverage handle to my listing of problems to consider. Then when you’re getting started utilizing a drone for photography, contemplate utilizing automated style. After that you can set the coverage controls oneself whenever you have more confident with another handles. Regardless, your camera may usually perform a very good work placing the coverage stage. You’ll seldom have below to difficult exposure situations.

Number 2 Bracket your pictures

One method to be sure you obtain each time to the correct publicity would be to bracket your pictures. Cameras are often of performing 3, capable -chance supports. Make use of this underexpose and to overexpose your pictures with an end. Consider this as publicity insurance. Occasionally you’ll the same as among the underexposed or around pictures better. If so, simply utilize it. Additionally, you are able to mix the exposures or use HDR application to mix the exposures later.

# 3 Use filters

The contact in your drone will probably have just one aperture as previously mentioned earlier. That leaves you restricted choices for altering shutter speeds. Fortune is aren’ted totally out-of by you although; neutral-density filters can be however bought by you for the contact. they also assist however photographers, although these filters are utilized more for movie. They limit light’s quantity that enters the camera making the camera to utilize a shutter-speed that is longer.

You may also get polarizing filters for the drone. These filters create heavens seem a further, wealthier orange and reduce insights. This really is ideal for drone images, where the atmosphere is usually a substantial area of the image.

# 4 Obtain multiple batteries

A photography suggestion is isn’ted purely by this, however it is essential nevertheless. Make sure to have more than one battery for the drone. Batteries that are drone usually last minutes. That isn’t lots of time. Further, you may even wish to travel on a single evening in several various places. All of the period you won’t have the ability to cost your battery between places. Therefore, several is needed by you’ll.

Just how many do you want? That depends. You will get away with just two batteries (I actually do), but several drone photographers have 3 or 4. Require is shouldn’ted by you a lot more than . By what you’ll require so believe carefully.

# 5 look out for the deone’s knives inside your images

Clearly, when the knives are traveling in your drone is likely to be rotating. Keep in mind that you’ll even use an angle lens that is excessively wide. Your image includes the rotating knives should you aren’t cautious.

The easiest way to prevent this issue would be to merely position along the camera. That’ll maintain the knives that are rotating from view’s camera’s area. Obviously, the structure of one’s image wills alter. Traveling greater while angling along the camera may maintain the structure like the image you initially had in your mind.

Regardless, you need to be certain to consider knives inside your images. You’ll have to appear carefully occasionally since it isn’t usually apparent. You don’t would like to get house and find out that the pictures are destroyed since you will find currently rotating knives in most your images. Simply alter issues up if they’re existing and consider another chance with no knives within the image.

# 6 Keep it reduced

Your drone may fly-up to 400-feet within the atmosphere. It’s enjoyable to travel it large, and in addition it helps to ensure that you’re a long way away from power-lines bushes, along with other hurdles. However for the pictures that are very best, you’ll not need to become everywhere near that large. Your chance will appear from Googleearth like anything. Alternatively, maintain your drones fairly reduced towards the floor (under 100-feet) to obtain the very best pictures. That will assist you begin a forefront for the image.

Getting to grips with your drone

And so it is admitted by me, I had been incorrect about drones. They’re enjoyable, simple to travel, plus they truly include your photography and anything. Is one right for you personally? The clear answer is likely to be diverse for everyone, but I truly motivate one to provide it a go when you’re onthefence.

A “just do mindset mightn’t appear suitable as it pertains to drones and escape there. To an accident, any error can lead in the end. But there’s one particular guideline that’ll create drones that are flying simple. That’s to simply avoid everything. Actually, remain significantly aside. Should you choose that, hardly any may FAIL Don’t move anywhere near bushes, structures, power-lines, etc..

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10 More Photography Tips to Help Take Your Images to the Next Level

A while back I wrote an article that was quite popular: 10 photography tips to take your photography up a level. In this article, I bring you 10 extra tips from all aspects of photography. Enjoy!

#1 – What’s more than meets the eye?

Let me ask you something, what would you do? You meet someone attractive, you are head over heels, and then you start actually talking to them. You then uncover the most superficial person you have ever met. That person is all looks and not much else. You would lose interest, right? Because looks by themselves are good enough to make you interested, but if there is nothing sustaining that interest, you’re gone. This is the same thing in Photography,

This is the same thing in photography. A beautiful composition is nice, but what is in your image that is designed to keep the viewer’s attention? What is it about your image that is more than meets the eye? Is it saying something deeper? Is it making a point? Showing a concept? Add meaning to your images to keep the viewer engaged.

#2 – Know your opportunity

I believe there are only four times when you control the image. The first is at the moment of exposure (when you shoot), the second is in post-processing, the third is in sequencing and editing, and the fourth is while printing. So, when shooting, have these things in mind in order to shoot with clarity.

Example, you shoot an image and it is overexposed (because of the camera’s limitation). But it doesn’t end there as you know that you have another opportunity in the post-processing phase to recover details. Or you shoot something with a nice texture but it doesn’t have the effect you want. It doesn’t end there, you know that you can print and blow it up real big to have the effect you seek. Or you shoot an image that can’t stand by itself. Once again it doesn’t end there, you know you have another similar image that can make a diptych.

The point is that making an image is only the first step. There’s a whole process that comes afterward when you can get the effect you desire. So it’s important to know that what you have in the camera is the starting point and not the end.

#3 – Pay attention to this detail (after your background)

In the first 10 tips article, I suggested that you pay attention to the background first. Now I would like to add another thing to pay attention to before your subject – the corners. You see there is a strong dynamic with the corners, they draw you into the frame, towards the dead center and if you can align some lines there, it’s like surfing a big wave, it just draws your eye even more!

In the image above we have the guy’s hands, the shape of the tree and the shadow on the bottom right corner just pulling you into the image. So, pay attention to your background, watch your corners, and then look at your subject.

#4 – Dennis Rodman-ize it

Let’s face it, it’s hard to get attention in this ever increasing attention deficit world. Dennis Rodman had been in the NBA for years, but he was receiving few endorsement contracts. He was a good player but didn’t shine enough. Then came the Rodman with the crazy hair and style, even as a kid I knew his name because he simply looked different.

That brings us to photography, you are probably doing something a certain way, so can you Dennis Rodman-ize it? Shoot in a different way that makes your work pop above and beyond what you normally do? For example, landscapes are usually shot with a wide angle, what if you shot landscape abstracts with a telephoto? Or used a special processing technique on your images that gave them a certain look?

#5 – Work on your name

You probably know the wine experiment, where they gave people wine to drink, one was expensive and the other was cheap. Everyone, of course, preferred the expensive wine over the cheap one, even if it was the same wine. Here’s the REAL KICKER, when they scanned the brains of the people who drank the wine, their brain actually made them believe they were drinking expensive wine, and it literally tasted better. Their perception altered their reality.

With that in mind, work on your images but also on your name or brand. Try to get as much recognition as you can, it will alter people’s perception of your work. I remember a photographer who had decent work, and then that person got famous literally overnight. Let me tell you, even I, knowing all that I know about psychology, now see his work in a better light.

It’s crazy, and probably a bit sad, but that’s just the way it is. The story of Joshua Bell also illustrates this point well. This guy makes $1000 per minute playing on a million dollar violin, yet he got a meager $32 and a few cents when they had him play anonymously in a metro. Same guy, same skill – different context, different result.

#6 – Get luckier

Let’s not mince words here, luck plays a big role in photography. That Cartier-Bresson shot of the man jumping? That was 100% luck because he couldn’t even see what he was shooting through a hole.

Why is luck such a big deal? Because you DO have to be there at the right moment, and so does your subject, the light, etc. Truth be told, you need the skill and the eye to seize the moment, but if you are not there, the shot won’t be yours.

So taking into account the luck factor, shoot more often. You’ll get luckier and luckier every time you do. By making more photo opportunities, you’ll be making more images. So if you used to go out once, go out twice, etc.

I mean, who do you think will have a better chance at getting a job? The one that applies for one job, or the one that applies for 10? Skill and creativity are multiplying forces, but it doesn’t matter how skillful you are if you are a couch potato. Sharpen your skills and get out there to get lucky.

#7 – Scramble everything

There was this cool experiment where they gave this guy upside down glasses, so everything was inverted. They wanted to pour him a drink, and he turned the cup upside down (because he believed it was upside down). Imagine the world upside down and how hard it would be to live like that. The kicker? After 10 days he adapted to the upside down vision, and could even ride a bike!

Sometimes we just get used to how we shoot, we get complacent, that’s normal. So scramble things up. If you normally shoot color, try b/w, if you like portraits try street photography, if you are a film shooter, try digital, etc. It’s like the “Dennis Rodman-ize” tip, but this is more designed to shake you out of complacency rather than to bring attention to your work.

#8 – Revisit your images

Two photographers can look at the same scene, and yet see two different things. The difference is their knowledge about photography. You probably have some hidden gems in your images that you’ll probably never uncover if you do not revisit your images. You made them, but when you revisit them you do so with new eyes, and you will see them differently.

You will be amazed at what you find. Images that you believed were boring and/or ruined will be seen in a new light. You may ask yourself, “How did I miss that?!? There are quite a few images that I have overlooked, that’s why I have a no-delete policy. Maybe I can’t see what my future self will see or what my future self will be into.

#9 – Let go of preconceptions

I receive emails daily from photographers around the world. The one thing many seem to struggle with is that they don’t live in a big city. It is understandable, but just because you can’t find the images you have in your mind doesn’t mean they are not there. You just need to let go of your preconceived ideas and be more open to what is in front of you.

Some people tell me they wish they had more money to travel. Evidently, the image in their mind is of travel, but an image doesn’t need to be travel photography to be good, does it? It’s good to have a general idea of what you want, but also to be open to the possibilities.

Some people get hung up on relationship breakups, passing by great, if not better opportunities in front of them. Likewise, seeing what is possible right in front of us allows us to maximize our opportunities as photographers.

#10 – Remember it’s all plastic

It’s a hard concept to grasp, especially as a beginner, but remember that photography is plastic. Exposure? Plastic. Colors? Plastic. White Balance? Plastic. Sharpness. Who said every image needed to be averagely exposed, with white balance set perfectly by grey card, and super sharp? The first thing I do as a photographer in Lightroom is to clip my blacks. I LOVE clipping my blacks. I never set my white balance with a grey card, I just look at the image and hear what it creatively calls for, then do that.

Photo of a bride and groom? Probably needs to be on the warmer side so that the viewer can get some emotional cues from that. Shot these plastic surgeons? I’ll put my white balance on the cool side to reinforce the surgical cleanliness. Whatever you are doing right now, remember all of it is plastic. Who said images needed to be in a square or rectangle? Who said portraits have to contain faces? Who said colors had to be realistic (see above)? Who said paper and canvas was the only printing options…..you get the gist!

Conclusion

There you have it, 10 more photography tips to help you in your photography journey. I hope you resonate with some of them. Be yourself, stay focused and keep on shooting.

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