Photography - Sperging about taking pictures and shit

[CaptainMappy]

Alright, so I'm too lazy to check if there's already a photography thread on the Farms, so I thought I'd make one.

I don't think I need to explain what photography is. What I'm wondering is if any of you guys do photography for fun, as a hobby, are a working professional - shit like that. If so, what subjects do you all favor in your photography? Film or digital? What cameras do you all prefer to use? Lenses, gear, equipment? Favorite genres of photography - and by extension - favorite photographers?

Literally just sperg about anything related to photography in this thread.

Personally, I do my photography as a hobby, though it wouldn't be too bad to make some money on the side with it. I currently use a Nikon D300 for digital, and an F80 for 35mm film; the F80 came with an ancient Tamron 70-300mm lens from back when Tamron's quality was toxic waste-tier, though I prefer to run an AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D and a 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5. I'm mostly into minimalist, street, and automotive photography, but I'm not opposed to shooting other subjects; had I more free time, I'd actually go out and do some landscape work in and around Arizona. (Seriously though, Arizona is a GORGEOUS state.)

 

[Feline Darkmage]

I've been fascinated with taking pictures for a while, and my family has owned a couple of cameras they've let me use on vacations and such. I've become increasingly fascinated with it recently though. I've been meaning to save up for a newer model.

 

[CaptainMappy]

I've been fascinated with taking pictures for a while, and my family has owned a couple of cameras they've let me use on vacations and such. I've become increasingly fascinated with it recently though. I've been meaning to save up for a newer model.

I'm thinking about getting a Nikon Df in the future because muh old school aesthetic, but I'd suggest getting an older model used when starting out. I dropped about $280 on a Nikon D300, and it's still an excellent camera, despite being a decade old and lacking some of the modern functionality of the newer models. A good lens makes a huge difference too.

 

[Broken Pussy]

My camera is Canon Rebel t6s. The kit lens is an 18-135 zoom. I have four other lenses, a 55-250 telephoto zoom lens, a 60 mm macro lens, and a fixed frame 50 mm lens that I use for portraits, since it's a lens that gives good depth of field. I also have a wide-angle zoom, which comes in handy when photographing outdoors.

 

[An Ghost]

there's gotta be more kiwis into photography than this.
if anybody mentions price or mega pixels that's internet review shit anybody can look that up. tell us how you really feel about your cameras.

this is one of my favorite articles ever, i sent it to all my photography friends. all i wanted to know was what lens i should get for a mirrorless camera and it goes into that and really photography as an industry and an art. it got me to switch from shooting in auto to always in manual.

I first used my friend's canon SL1. immediately i fell in love. it's a really good compact dslr. i got a T5 which as of now is your grandpa's dslr. my favorite thing about the EOS line is borrowing my friends lenses (who also shoot usually on SL1 and i'm still really jealous, wish i had one.) Overall the T5 has been a great learning camera. It does what it needs to and i have a few lenses, including a really fun telophoto 75-300.

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tele-photos.

fixed frame 50 mm lens that I use for portraits

this is my favorite lens and i've given them as gifts cause they're cheap and wonderful. I have the 40mm pancake from canon but at this point the 50mm is cheaper. the beauty of a fixed lens is you have to get up and move to take a good photo. you get into it more. i took this with my 40mm.

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I love cat photos because I love my cat. it's half the reason i bought a used fujifilm x100s. it's the second x100 (they're on 4 now) so it's your dad's mirrorless camera and your grandpas soon enough. again, i picked up a mirrorless xt10 once and again, fell in love. i needed a mirrorless fuji.

Nikon Df in the future because muh old school aesthetic

it's actually crazy the looks i get with this camera with the hood on and i have a thumb grip in the hot shoe. people love the A E S T H E T I C. mirrorless cameras are a different beast than dslr but the weight difference and look make them so much fun to always have. i almost got a canon mirrorless but it didnt have the old school look (and i'd need an adapter for my lenses anyway.)

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it's got all the bells and whistles any camera should. I really love that all the settings are knobs i can twist as quick as possible and i've got the iso set to the function button making it easy to adjust to anything. it's got the capability to do multiple exposures and layer them for landscapes when i wanna get the color of the sky plus the foreground really vivid. there's fun filters too like black and white except x for the occasional danger hair portrait. and even though it is a prime lens (23mm at 1.6 crop factor so it's like 35mm) it has a polarized filter built into it for evening out exposures. i was amazed a camera from 2011 would have all of that in a tiny body. there's an ok screen that can be used to adjust photos but also a view finder that, awesomely, has a screen in that too so you can use that and still get that dslr feel for getting what you see.

i do photography as a hobby but bought my gf an sl1 and she uses it to take cosplay photography at cons. mostly i just love cameras. i almost bought a film AE1 as a collectors item. just cause it looks cool.

if anybody knows of any good iphone apps for manual settings i would love to hear it. i went to beach at sunrise and i died not having my fuji to capture the ocean and the lighting the way i could have with more control.

I've been fascinated with taking pictures for a while, and my family has owned a couple of cameras they've let me use on vacations and such. I've become increasingly fascinated with it recently though. I've been meaning to save up for a newer model.

what did you use and like about them, and what did you have in mind?

 

[An Ghost]

@TheUltimatePickle is an actual photographer unlike me who pretends to be one.

 

[Broken Pussy]

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[TheUltimatePickle]

I'm thinking about getting a Nikon Df in the future because muh old school aesthetic, but I'd suggest getting an older model used when starting out. I dropped about $280 on a Nikon D300, and it's still an excellent camera, despite being a decade old and lacking some of the modern functionality of the newer models. A good lens makes a huge difference too.

It's awesome there's so many Nikon people on here.

I have a Df and it's awesome. Besides looking badass it's ridiculously powerful in low light, and you can get some really cool looks with the old Nikon glass.

I also have a Ricoh GR digital (the APS-C one) which is awesome and a Ricoh GXR with a Leica module and a bunch of soviet lenses which I shouldn't have bought and never use.

@CaptainMappy The best lens you can get for that D300 is the DX Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8. It's like $500 used but it's worth every penny. It's sharp as fuck and it focuses insanely fast even in shitty light.

The DX 35mm f1.8 is a another cool lens, it's like $100 used and it's a little bit better of a focal length for street photography than the 50mm on a crop sensor camera. Plus if you're used to the old D lenses you're going to be blown away by how fast the AF-S ones focus.

Also, it just occurred to me that Ken Rockwell doesn't have a thread haha.

 

[CaptainMappy]

@TheUltimatePickle Ken Rockwell is a damned joke. Yeah, JPG is fine if you're uploading straight out of your camera, but that's not always the best option; most digital photographers worth their salt will do work in post, so RAW is the way to go.

Also, how is the Ricoh GXR? I've heard some good things about it, but I'm not sure whether or not I should get one. I've been seeing them priced pretty low on Ebay as of late, though.

 

[Broken Pussy]

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[CaptainMappy]

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Those shots look so damn clean. What do you do in editing and postprocessing?

 

[Broken Pussy]

Those shots look so damn clean. What do you do in editing and postprocessing?

Barely anything. I'm not a big fan of postprocessing. Not for other people, but with my own photos. I'm lazy. I'll usually play with color/contrast/shadows a little, but that's about it. If it doesn't look like I imagined it, once the shutter clicks, I just try again. That said, the thing I use the most to tinker with photos is an app on my iPad called Snapseed.

Those particular photos have Instagram filters on them, and that's it, though, iirc. Sometimes I just upload photos from my camera to my phone and chuck them on Instagram.

 

[Club Sandwich]

i just take pics of products to toss onto my website and ordering catalog i mail out. i have a Rebel T1i that works pretty well for most things, but i've found it's mostly controlling the lighting of the scene and playing with props and focal length that makes products work well in print. i used to photograph miniatures when i was into building models, so maybe that's a thing. do people still use lightroom?

Spoiler: revolver cylinder

 

[An Ghost]

I'm not a big fan of postprocessing. Not for other people, but with my own photos. I'm lazy.

I'm pretty much the same. If I use anything it's noise reduction.

Anybody else excited for the L16 light camera? Super compact camera with 16 "lenses"

 

[Broken Pussy]

I'm pretty much the same. If I use anything it's noise reduction.

Anybody else excited for the L16 light camera? Super compact camera with 16 "lenses"

It's creepy. So many holes.

 

[TheUltimatePickle]

@TheUltimatePickle Ken Rockwell is a damned joke. Yeah, JPG is fine if you're uploading straight out of your camera, but that's not always the best option; most digital photographers worth their salt will do work in post, so RAW is the way to go.

Also, how is the Ricoh GXR? I've heard some good things about it, but I'm not sure whether or not I should get one. I've been seeing them priced pretty low on Ebay as of late, though.

Honestly I don't really like mine. I just have the APS-C Leica module because it's one of the few things besides an actual Leica than can mount old wide angle m39 mount Soviet lenses, sadly it's almost impossible to manually focus for portraits and fashion, I've heard it's easier with the viewfinder attachment but it's like $300 and honestly I could just sell my GXR and grab a used Fuji X-Pro 1 for that kind of money.

I'm sure the 16mp APS-C fixed lens modules are awesome, because my Ricoh GR is awesome. But again they're pretty expensive and there's more versatile options out there for not much more money.

PS I don't really want to publically post my website or work on here for obvious reasons. But if anyone wants to see it just PM me, I'm happy to share my work or explain how I did various lighting and post processing stuff to anyone who's curious or wants to learn some tricks.

 

[An Ghost]

PS I don't really want to publically post my website or work on here for obvious reasons. But if anyone wants to see it just PM me, I'm happy to share my work or explain how I did various lighting and post processing stuff to anyone who's curious or wants to learn some tricks.

What was the moment that made you realize you wanted to get into photography? And what do you usually like to take photos of?

 

[TheUltimatePickle]

What was the moment that made you realize you wanted to get into photography? And what do you usually like to take photos of?

I dunno, I just kind of fell into it. My dad was a photographer in the 70s and 80s but then went a different path and regretted it so he always kind of pushed me to do photography.

Fashion and editorial are probably my favorites but I kind of do a little bit of everything except consumer direct stuff like weddings, senior portraits or engagement photos because it's just not worth it for me.

There's kind of an unspoken hierarchy in the industry where fashion and advertising photographers are at the top and wedding photographers are definitely towards the bottom, so if any commercial photographers do shoots weddings it's always under a different company name and they don't talk about it, especially not with other photographers.

 

[Broken Pussy]

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[Broken Pussy]

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