u/chasg

Hi All,

I've had a small Ltd. company for about a decade, and I'm not doing much business through it any more (it is carrying a loss, and it has no debts). I've decided to dissolve it and do business as a Sole Trader from now on.

The company has purchased numerous pieces of equipment, and I'd like to sell them to myself (at least I think that's what I need to be doing). How exactly do I do that?

I've not found much discussion on the topic (at least that I trust), I've only got TV and movies to go by (bastions of accurate information): "sell it to yourself for £1". Is that what I really need to do?

Thanks in advance for any information, I'm very much out of my depth here.

Hi All,

So I've sold an item, and the maximum package size that Royal Mail will ship is 61cm on the longest side, but this item is 93cm. My bad for not getting that measurement right.

I can't change shipping methods at this stage, what is the best thing to do? Ship it as it is and pay a penalty (does this risk it not getting to the buyer?), or do I cancel it and message the buyer to buy it again once I put it up with correct shipping details?

I have found posts about items being heavier than estimates, but not taller, so I'm asking here.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi All,

When setting up a new Time Machine drive, I forgot that I'd created a 1TB disk image on another drive (which I don't need backed up). That image is now part of the TM archive, and that's a lot of space taken on the TM drive that I could use backing up other stuff.

Do I have to wipe the TM drive and start again to avoid copying that disk image, or can I delete it from the TM archive manually? (never tried something like that before, despite using TM since it was first introduced).

Many thanks in advance for any relevant insights.

Edit: thanks everyone for all your insights and feedback. After I explained to them how unfeasible their request was, they told me "they are going in a different direction". As u/NirgalFromMars put it: "It's nice when the bullet dodges you."

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Original post:

Hi All,

Experienced event photog here, with a new challenge.

My client next weekend is asking for every person photographed at an event to sign a release for use of their photos, and then they have asked me to put each person's name that is in a photo into the file name.

How would you (fellow experienced event photographers) work through the need to thoroughly shoot the event (with split-second happenings) and track who is who in the photos so you can include their names in the files?

This is a typical run-and-gun event, with many things happening simultaneously (it's an outdoor "family festival" with bands, some wild bird handlers, food and drink tables, singing etc etc). It's an open air event with no tickets, so no ability to have a blanket "if you are here you give permission for your photographs to be used".

I'll have an assistant who'll be dealing with the release forms.

If I take a photo and then stop to talk to people, ask them to sign (after reading), I'm not going to be able to cover the event with my typical thoroughness (and that'll make the client unhappy, even though I'm working under their constraints).

I'm thinking I'll try to shoot as normal while my assistant gets permissions (I'll point out who I've photographed) and, after she gets them to sign, I'll photograph the signed form with the relevant people in the background. Not overly efficient, but the only way I can think of to associate names on forms with faces.

Any other suggestions? (hmm, maybe I can get the assistant to use her mobile to do the forms + faces work...).

And yes, in 20 years of shooting events, I've never been asked to get releases from attendees (advertising work, yes, but never events).

Hi All, my apologies if this is the incorrect place to ask this question.

I have just acquired some new gardening gloves, they are unlined and the leather is dyed yellow. The yellow dye is leaching and staining my hands yellow (I had someone ask if I had jaundice the other day, they're so yellow).

I've had unlined gloves before that had been dyed, and they never stained my hands.

These gloves, I'm sure, use the lowest quality leather possible.

Could I ask some advice on how to fix this dye so it doesn't leach out onto my skin?

If this is the incorrect place to ask such a question, could you point me to the right place? I'd very much appreciate it.