Yes, I know. Not all film budgets can accommodate licensing fees for the recordings they might want to use - and even if they can, producers may simply not want to pay for them. Additionally, the owner of the copyright in the recordings can simply decline a licensing request if they so choose - or set the fees so high…

“I don’t really get the need to have an actress re-sing the classic songs in a biopic about a famous singer.”

Rattling off specific lenses that a certain type of photographer would normally own doesn’t negate the fact that many professional photographers of different types rent various types of equipment for various reasons, and renting a piece of equipment does not, in and of itself, speak to the skill level, experience, or…

She wasn’t expressing an unbiased viewpoint, nor was she trying to make her experience seem universal or simple to achieve through willpower and talent alone. Her wealth is completely irrelevant to the question she was answering with her statement. Clearly you are the baffled party here.

You responded, “Sorry, but no” in response to my comment “How is her family / wealth / status in any way relevant to the question she was answering with her statement (i.e. the topic being discussed)? There is no reason to bring up the fact that she comes from a wealthy family in response to her answer, because she…

“And I assume all darkroom/camera/film/presentation albums/video-camera costs are business tax write-offs.”

As far as opening wounds for the family (thus giving you “cringey uncomfortable feels”), how is this any different / worse than (listening to) the podcast itself?

You didn’t answer the question; no what?

Many types of photographers rent equipment - it’s why professional equipment rental services exist. Renting equipment doesnt mean you arent as familiar with it as you need to be. A person can rent the same package they need and are familiar with every time they rent - rental houses don’t just give you some random…

No what? She wasn’t expressing an unbiased viewpoint, nor was she trying to make her experience seem universal or simple to achieve through willpower and talent alone.

How is her family / wealth / status in any way relevant to the question she was answering with her statement (i.e. the topic being discussed)? There is no reason to bring up the fact that she comes from a wealthy family in response to her answer, because she was explaining a decision she made for herself - she wasn’t…

“Privileged people just can’t give you an unbiased viewpoint, and it can bug when they try to make it their experience seem not only universal, but incredibly simple to achieve through willpower and talent alone.”

What does any of that have to do with her answer and the question she was responding to with it?

How is her family / wealth / status in any way relevant to the question she was answering with her statement?

...and?

She was answering a specific question - why should she need to point out that she came from a place of privilege when it has absolutely nothing to do with the question she was asked?

Why does her answer drive you nuts?

The author of the piece seems to be rather confused as to whether or not the song contains a narrative. B-

Then you know that even if a photographer owns their equipment outright, it still costs them a certain amount of money and time just to perform a shoot (which is the point I was getting at) - and how a photographer works determines how many shooters they need. Though I would agree that insisting on also doing an…

Many photographers will not take on half-day jobs, because 1) it means they lose out on a shoot fee for the other half of the day (setup / breakdown and travel time would likely also prevent them from getting any other internal work done that day as well), 2) equipment rentals are typically for full days, not…