Getting into photography - how to start, what to get?

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kbell

Crow
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What about portable LED lights? Any suggestions for small ones that are diffuse, but have good control of intensity. Powerful if possible. A pocket size one would be great to have.
 
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sterling_archer

Hummingbird
Guys, got an idea.

Using tinder as a way to find girls to practice on portrait photography. Yes, I am serious. Thinking about opening a profile where I would put in info how I am looking for girls to take pictures of on the street (so they feel more at ease being in public) and instead of them paying me money, they should buy me a drink afterwards. That drink afterwards would of course be good for gaming them.

Win win situation for both or a stupid idea that no girl would want to do?
 
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PatrickMercury

Chicken
Sony A6000 witha Sigma 30mm 1.8 Lens.

1) learn the basics
2) DM your girl friends for photoshooting
3) tell to those girls to invite other girls
4) take the pics
5) learn how to edit (I use the following workflow: Lightroom --> Photoshop --> Lightroom)
6) post them on Facebook/Instagram
7) get other random hot girls by DM- ing them
8) repeat the last 3

Cheers!
 
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sterling_archer

Hummingbird
Well this is something akin to my post above. Except I don't have pro camera (big DSLR that screams "dude I am a pro") and would try to play it like a fun adventure on tinder and instead my girl friends I would invite girls I don't know yet.
 
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Beirut

Pelican
Ive been watching tons of youtube videos and blows my mind how much post processing plays a role. a sizable amount of pics look just as shitty as a newb's before they lightroom the shit out of it.

Kind of a bummer.
 
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Oliver_Bishop

Chicken
I would say that you must first decide how you will embrace this activity - as a hobby or job. Already starting from this, it is necessary to plan spending on equipment in quite different ways.
 
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CaptainChardonnay

Ostrich
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Oliver_Bishop said:
Oliver_Bishop said:
I would say that you must first decide how you will embrace this activity - as a hobby or job. Already starting from this, it is necessary to plan spending on equipment in quite different ways.
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Personally, I immediately realized that I wouldn’t mastering such a hobby at the moment, especially when I saw how property pros work here from here https://www.splento.com/property-photographer-london
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Property photos aren't that hard. The trick is to shoot with the lens facing into the corners instead of parallel to a wall. The other thing would be making sure lighting is good and that the scene is set perfectly (clean and everything arranged).

48h turnaround time is pretty good. With photography as a business it comes down to being time efficient.

Booking as many clients as possible, doing the shoot, selecting the best photos, retouching and then presenting say the best 5 to the client.

This comes down to having a systematic and meticulous workflow.
 
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sterling_archer

Hummingbird
CaptainChardonnay said:


Watching videos like this will help you become better quickly.
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God, I find him extremely annoying, but I always watch these tutorial/info types of video from another youtubers.
I stopped being subscribed to anyone who doesn't have advice/tutorials, to minimize wasted time spent on youtube. I also adopted the routine where I try to experiment with both the camera and the image editing programs. Lately I started using both lightroom and the photoshop and quality of my images increased. Of course if I take shitty photo, it will be like that no matter the software haha.

Anyway, long story short, I enjoy photography and the excessive learning/experimenting process it goes with it!
 
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Carthaginist

 
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Beirut said:
Ive been watching tons of youtube videos and blows my mind how much post processing plays a role. a sizable amount of pics look just as shitty as a newb's before they lightroom the shit out of it.
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Sometimes the pic straight out of camera looks shitty because the photographer was planning how it would look after processing. Shitty pictures generally won't look decent, no matter how much you process them. You cannot judge a photographer by an unfinished product.

It's like when a skinny-fat guy starts lifting, does that for a few years, and then for few months does an intense cut. Even if you only start seeing the results towards the end of the process, it doesn't mean that's the only part that mattered.
 
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LINUX

Ostrich
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Bumping this.

About six months ago I switched from Lightroom to Capture One for raw processing and I am extremely happy with that decision. It's faster, more powerful, and more reliable for tethering.

You can download it for a 30 dial trial, pirate it, or find a buddy in college and have him buy it for you half price, which comes out to about $150.

There is a good course on it here - https://rggedu.com/products/the-best-tutorial-for-capture-1-101-for-photographers-with-pratik-naik
 
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CaptainChardonnay

Ostrich
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From what I understand people like using Capture One because of shooting tethered. That means shooting with your camera connected to a computer and having the photos go directly onto the computer while you're shooting.
 
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Prince Charming

 
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LINUX said:
Bumping this.

About six months ago I switched from Lightroom to Capture One for raw processing and I am extremely happy with that decision. It's faster, more powerful, and more reliable for tethering.

You can download it for a 30 dial trial, pirate it, or find a buddy in college and have him buy it for you half price, which comes out to about $150.

There is a good course on it here - https://rggedu.com/products/the-best-tutorial-for-capture-1-101-for-photographers-with-pratik-naik
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what do you need to shoot tethered.. or just the laptop and usb cable?
 
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