So I'm a photographer. I specialize in portrait photography. Is this network conducive to photographers? Are there other photographers using this?
@josheikenberry I'm just learning the art of photography, would love to have other folks to talk to for advice! Canon T6 w/ kit lenses at the moment. Mostly been using the 18-55mm zoom lens, barely played with the 75-300mm just yet.
@ElectricMink What subjects do you shoot?
@josheikenberry I have definitely been enjoying playing with bokeh, so maybe a faster lens is in the cards for the future.
@ElectricMink Get a 50mm. You can get the Yongnuo 50mm 1.8 for like 50 bucks. Well worth it.
@josheikenberry Been eyeing that or the Canon "nifty-fifty" - because I have a crop sensor, though, it's about the equivalent of an 85mm lens on a full-sized sensor, as I understand it?
@ElectricMink That's correct, the T6 has approximately a 1.6x maginification. It makes the 50mm basically a perfect portrait photography prime. Also forces you to compose "on your feet" rather than relying on your zoom lens.
@ElectricMink @josheikenberry I keep dipping in and out of photography, and it would be great to have people to grow with! I've got a Fuji X100S (50mm lens?) and I'm going on a lot of trips this year. Any tips for maximizing use?
@josheikenberry @ElectricMink "know when to delete" uh-oh! Currently struggling with "leave it on auto, get the shot" and "take tenmilyen photos of a mushroom on all the manual options, because it doesn't move." Sigh.
@tats @ElectricMink learn aperture priority mode. Shooting in full manual is good to learn the exposure triangle, but to be honest most photographers don't use it (exception are street photographers, but they are more likely to "lock" it into a certain setting to override the camera - always f/8, or always 1/160 exposure, stuff like that).
Learning aperture/shutter speed/ISO in general is your first step. Happy to answer questions :) Maybe I'll become the resident #photography guru here.
Thanks for all the tips so far! I haven't been shooting RAW, just JPEG for the time being (mostly because I use GIMP for image processing and it doesn't directly support RAW) - maybe I should get a different phoyo editor and start.
@josheikenberry Hooo okay. Thanks for helping out the noob! Switching the camera to RAW and taking it out for a spin on the weekend.
@tats Enjoy! RAW is life.
@tats @ElectricMink Shoot early, shoot often. Shoot in RAW (the fuji for sure does this). Learn the exposure triangle. Develop a culling workflow early on (know when to delete). Uh... have fun? :)