Sunsets vs solar eclipse safety question With the upcoming solar eclipse, I’ve been watching a lot of tutorials on the subject. One thing that almost all of them touch on, is to NEVER take direct photos of the sun without a solar filter. Most of them even say that you can’t use an ND filter because it could still damage the camera sensor. However, when looking at photography tutorials …

Insurance related question There was a medical emergency while we were flying, someone had to be attended to so we were routed back to the departure origin. We spent more than 12 hours before we were able to fly and I got separated from my companion and he waited 6 hours more, why is this not claimable under travel delay? Not the airline fault and not our fault also but a…

Question on whether I should bother with 401K or not I am starting a job making 68K a year. Their 401k match is 3% and their vesting schedule is 6 years. I do not see myself staying at this job for more than a year or two. The only reason why I am taking it is because I was off work for a whole year due to personal travel and landing a job in my industry is challenging in my area with a year gap o…

Freelance Question I have a potential client whose budget is $100 per month. They want posts and videos for both Facebook and Instagram. They would be supplying content. My responsibilities would be strategy, posting, competitor and trend research, and reporting. How much work should I include in the contract to keep it fair for both of us? submitted by /u…

Flight refund question Airline: Delta I had a flight to return to Texas from Italy October 29th. I ended up trying to cancel because I found a better flight. I thought I would get a credit for the flight, but the agent on Delta Airlines text chat told me that I would be refunded to my original form of payment instead of flight credit. They also said the refund had bee…

Food photography question I typically do street photography but between moving and having a kid, my time is limited. I’m still cooking and figured I’d give a shot of food photography just to have some type of creative outlet. My question is, what causes the yellow tint on all my photos? Is it the warm light bulbs that are in the kitchen? Lastly, what are some good reso…

UGC Social Media Campaigns (Question) As a social media manager, would you benefit from a platform that allows you to create UGC video campaigns? Create a campaign, then invite your audience/customers to create video content via a QR code or Link. Once they make your branded content- and all of the content syncs to one place (a dashboard)- so no more having to look under hashtags fo…

Portrait lens question(s) To start off, I currently have a Sony A7IV with a Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 and a Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3. I mainly use my 24-70 as an “all arounder” and then the 100-400 for sports photography. Lately I have been doing some more portraits/family photos and looking into doing Senior photos for a couple of high school sports in town. Now don’t get me wrong…

Silver gelatin photography question Hello, I love the photography of a hundred years ago, examples like Stieglitz, F. Holland Day, and Clarence White. I really want to get photographs to look just like the ones they used, but all the portraitists I talked to suggest are using photoshop to make it black and white. That’s not what I am looking for at all. I’ve learned the technique …

Seeking some constructive criticism + a question Hello. I’m a fashion and portrait photographer who’s working on building a reasonably stable freelance business. Most of my work in my portfolio is in studio environment. I have a studio place with beginner light equipment but they are pretty solid in my opinion. I finally have a bigger portfolio I can present to potential customers but I’m look…

Roomate rent/mortgage tax question. Hey everyone. I have a question regarding the IRS $600 rule about paypal/apple pay/venmo etc. I have one roommate who rents a room out for $750 a month on a house that I own. I use his rent to help with my mortgage. We had a lease agreement initially but I failed to update it after it expired. His payment comes through as a direct deposit to my …

Question about gypsum ceiling I know nothing about interior design (obviously) if you want to install a gypsum ceiling, will the walls have to be gypsum as well? submitted by /u/mintii02

Mega backdoor question Company 401(k) offers mega backdoor, but in-plan Roth conversions can only be made twice a year. Was planning to hold the funds in the plan’s money market option (vanguard) pre-conversion to keep growth to a minimum, and then convert in May/June and again in December. Thoughts? Never done this before so trying to avoid a big tax bill, and this s…

Question about digital photo size I hope I’m not posting this wuestion in the wrong group as it’s about editing a photo. So I’m trying to rezize a photo to be left with a specific area of it, but I’m struggling with setting the parameters to the correct value for it to work. I’d like to have the full width, but only a small hight a little bit above the centerline. Trial and erro…

Airline “NO SHOW” question Last year I booked a round-trip flight on EVA (a very solid airline btw…) and I didn’t use the return leg. On the date of my ‘no show’ flight I got an email from the airline informing me that I should log into their website and pay the $150 no show fee. Since I don’t feel morally obligated to pay the fee, I just ignored the email. Anyway today…

Question about Digital Downloads My daughter had school photos done and I purchased the digital download. I didn’t add on any retouching. My initial thought was that the photos would be available almost immediately after the purchase. How long should I expect for the order to “process” and what are they processing? I’ve already seen the thumbnails with their watermark. Just get…

Question about returns Me and my business partner can’t figure this out. Here’s the case (hypothetically): Cost of product: $1 Shipping costs: $5 Retail price: $20 If we send a customer the wrong color of a product, would it be best to ask them to return the product? It would cost us $5 to pay for their shipping, while the product only costs us $1. It feels like we’r…

At Site Where Sycamore Gap Tree Fell, an Unanswered Question: Why? A week after someone cut down the iconic tree at Sycamore Gap, the police and local residents appear no closer to answering the most persistent question: Why?

The Question of Joe Biden As worried as many of us are about the president’s chances, he is our best shot at beating Trump.

Niagara Falls Question Does it matter which side of the border you stay? submitted by /u/Uncle-traveling-mark