If you do absolutely get the higher GPU count. You will enjoy it if your shooting 5k-8k or have a sensor larger than 60 megapixels

It doesn’t take long at all with the M series Mac’s. On windows I have no idea. Those are for playing video games and special programs that run on intel. Typically it takes 1200 photo Lightroom library about 3 seconds to load on my end. Maybe it’s not the drives. Maybe you need a M series mac. They are amazing for photography and video

Only purchase equipment for business needs. They come with extended warranty.

Our work flow depends on shooting on site or offsite. We have to 40TB redundant NAS devices in separate location. One is for prod one is for backup.

I also keep offline backups because NAS devices can get hit with crypto.

Make sure you have a firewall and close all ports no one needs.

Create a V-LAN separate from your home network unless you have a dedicated studio. In that case set up V-Lans and firewalls as well.

Try to not buy all the drives from the same vendor. If you get a bad batch they may all fail. They are covered by warranty but it takes time.

We shoot with A7IV and A7R5. They each have their own purpose and we are a Sony shop so we can swap lenses batteries etc.

For your home storage I would recommend putting a M.2 drive for caching purposes.

However I typically use Samsung T7 or other drives on the go or during post. But for export it goes to the NAS.

LPT if you have a second hand at a shoot just keep an AirPod in so you can talk to each other and make sure everything is in sync. With the new Sony SD cards they promise 900 Mbps write and read speeds.

Which is great because we empty out 2 2TB fast SSDs that support the latest usbc standard. And I can dump 24000 raw files in about 6 minutes.

Last tip, labels and colors. All my drives are labeled. With storage capacity date purchased etc. that way I don’t bring the wrong one 🤣.

Keep inventory of everything, get it insured and make sure you set up the warranty with your OEM for the drives.

Good luck :)

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This was a dive bar. So obviously your mileage will vary 😂

I mean we shot a lot but they wanted a whole video made and I had the gear but they couldn’t figure it out so I just used a boom mic lol

Wait till you shoot a concert and the audio guy is 68 years old and thank god for bringing a mic set for the kit lol

Yep. And the cards will literally decide to die on the biggest gig. That’s why I always stick with dual slot cams. Idk maybe it’s a Sony thing. But at the end of the day it’s essentially a backup. You can keep working. And you won’t ruin someone’s wedding

I sell them to hotels and franchise owners. You would be surprised. You can get quite a bit of money if you sell it right. My contract with my clients has a clause that says that x amount of pics to be delivered etc. however any pictures that I shoot and are not paid for in the contract I can use for my business. Or they can pay extra for total privacy.

At the end of the day most clients don’t mind, they know you will use good pics to advertise your business. But those who do can pay for exclusive rights to all photos taken for that contracted time and date.

Yep. If anyone wants to steal my website enhanced tiny JPEG sure. But I would never put it out there full resolution. Heck I don’t even think any social media platforms even allow that they shrink them to shit

Most people here will disagree but I do all types of photography almost (sans James Cameron) fuck paying for those classes get you tube premium there are so many people that give you that for free and join your local photography club and socialize a lot. Most photographers don’t fail because they fallow ever rule. They just don’t figure out the business part. I sold a print for 3k once that I thought was horrible. But photography is subjective to the people that buy. Sure learn the basics but i completely think the current curriculums and styles are boring and outdated. I want to push the envelope. But for networking it’s very important. Like I said you could sell iPhone pics for more than people pay for professional pics.

They all go on instagram and non commercial clients don’t give an f

Just my opinion. Wish you the best

The first digital camera they sold at Walmart for cheap. I think I was 11. Less than 1 megapixel. Man I wish I had those shots still. They were lost in time

I just wish they could come up with a universal mounting system. I have to many e series to make a jump like that

I work at a Studio. We generally have tags and do series of posts. We already have to push so much social media. I couldn’t see myself running a page per genre. Granted I do a lot of creative work too. On top of professional and I just think it’s part of my identity. That goes in my personal account. The business accounts. We just do series

Same thing happens to me on every platform everyone promises to increase engagement by 1000% their all scams

Yep just in case. Everything in production is on the SSDs I have like 5 T7s lol poor things. But yeah backup files go into my NAS and and offsite hard drive I update monthly. It’s not the best backup solution but I have an option for me to hold on to clients pics for x amount of time and I can charge $50 easy for lifetime access with asking. I’ll be dead before they matter lol

Same. I make more money shooting for Only fans people that actual real art, portraits etc. I mean everyone says you start by shooting porn. But I’ve been at this for years and tik tok and the other vertical bullshit media companies killed us. The viewers don’t even care about quality etc. they just watch lazy ass apartment sellers try to be all cute on tik tok. Or dogs. Or whatever else you find there ha. I will have to tilt soon. I figured since I’ve been literally accused of one of my painting being ai that I just time lapsed the whole thing. And if they want it in vertical cool. Personally I makes me want to throw up more than Christopher Nolan

Stills and insta are dead. The only thing people watch are shit videos taken on a dji gimble and don’t stop watching idiotic vertical video. Sorry for the rant. But these fucking assholes ruined proper photo and video. If it wasn’t for the software they wouldn’t even know how to frame a shot

Yep unless we shoot events. In which case I still need a laptop station because a wedding could end up being half a TB in raw plus videos. Thank god for the super fast cards Sony has now. I can offload from that to my T7 about 256GB in 6 min. Otherwise if it’s a controlled studio I don’t have time for that