Over the years, I’ve noticed some photographers post insanely sharp images. Primarily portraits of people. Like everything is perfectly crisp even when they post to Facebook and social media programs that generally destroy resolution.
I wouldn’t get similar sharpness even if I boosted my shots 100%.
Are they using crazy expensive lenses or do the newer mirrorless cameras just capture more of a crisp look? It’s almost as if the resolution is 2-3x what I shoot in. All I’ve ever shot with is the 5D series.
The only time I’ve obtained similar sharpness was using art lenses up-close, but those are super heavy so I can’t imagine photographers are using them often.
Is this all software related? Are they using some specialized program that perfectly sharpens each image? If so, what are they using? I’m not talking about focus. Specifically sharpness.
Did you know that some things rent for like 1% value? You can rent a lens that costs more than your car for an afternoon, often for just a hundred bucks.
This is how many professionals work. If I’m getting paid $500, and I spend $100 renting a fancy lens, and $100 on a location I’m otherwise not allowed to shoot in, I’m still profiting $300 which is a good wage for a day.
Same deal with when I do audio work. I don’t actually own $50,000 of lav mics and wireless kits, but they can be rented.
Many low budget people are so convinced that renting is too expensive, but it’s only too expensive in the long term. Like if something rents for 5% value, and you rent it 250 times year, then it would be more profitable to purchase it. The good thing is that if you’re working enough to rent it 250 times a year, and you’re doing something like banking money from each job, you should be able to consider buying it or financing it.