I bought my DS212 in 2012. Still going strong after two drive swaps. And now I feel old.

I’m sure it’ll be fine as long as there’s no pressure on the mount. I’ve used one of those heavy duty camera wraps while travelling (thrown in the main bag with all sorts of crap) and never had any issues.

You can do a super fun science experiment at home (custard powder is commonly used but icing sugar might work) to demonstrate this.

At this level of food photography you can be sure they are using the actual product, and weighing it so their lawyers can argue it represents some kind of reality. When they get the inevitable lawsuits.

Generative AI has been an absolute game changer in my retouching work. Slightly worrying that it’ll put me out of work sometime in the future, but for now it’s saving me loads of time, handling the boring stuff so I can concentrate on the stuff it can’t do.

Never heard of this in the UK, just strike/kill. Maybe it’s a US thing.

Hands look perfectly fine?!

Yeah but can you wiggle your little toes independently?!

Should’ve specified this was Venice, Italy. Baggage screening was in the UK where they’re very much not used to firearms/explosives in hand luggage.

Did this on a flight to Venice. Except it was a large firecracker, but at a glance it looked like a half stick of dynamite. I still have no idea how I got away with it.

Last one I ordered was left inside a wheelie bin. Which my neighbour helpfully put out the next morning.

Nob

Same with David Icke (the UKs version of AJ)

Yeah, what makes it good is the unparalelled feature set, which is also why the pros use it.

I mean that makes absolutely no sense at all. It’s what the professionals use for good reason.

Pro retoucher here. Guess I’m just a silly goose them.

Years of wakeboarding. I should’ve known, seeing all the knee braces on the older guys.

Moved into a newly renovated flat that hadn’t been cleaned. So there was a think layer of brick/plaster dust all over every surface. Then spent months fighting a four figure electricity bill because it turns out the builders had used my particular flat to charge their kit for months.

The trick is to only employ yourself.

If you go down the panels route, DIY styrofoam sound diffuser panels can be a fun (and cheap) project if you’re into that kinda thing!