I live in a windy part of the world and using a larger softbox outdoors seems daunting. I do both photography and videography and have a Godox AD200Pro and ML100R that I use indoors with an Elinchrom 20-EL-30101. In the future, I might get a stronger video light as well or a second AD200. What kind of light stand would be a good idea to purchase for outdoors?

I have looked at C-stands and heavy duty combo stands such as an Avenger A1035CS, but lugging around something that weighs 12kg seems.. a lot.

For people that use lights outdoors, what do you use/recommend?

(1) Budget, country, and currency: $1000 USD, though willing to go higher if I must. USA

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs? iPhone 16 Pro. It's bad with low light, can't zoom more than 120, is kinda low res, and also a trip I'm maybe going on soon doesn't allow phones

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot? Landscapes and some wildlife. Plus the occasional portrait or family photo

(4) Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both? Photography

I'm looking to buy my first real camera. I like nature travel a lot and mostly do casual landscape and wildlife photography with my Iphone 16 Pro. I think I take ok photos, but some shots definitely suffer from my (lack of) camera. Particularly low-light and wildlife shots (eg the last 3 I linked). I'd like to continue developing myself as a photographer, and think it's time I get a real camera.

I linked some photos I've taken to give an idea of the sort of subjects I usually shoot. I rarely have room to bring a tripod, and normally only use one if I'm trying to shoot stars.

For landscape photography, I alternate between 24mm, 48mm, and 120mm on the iPhone, though I wish I had a ~70mm lens option. I also enjoy the fake long exposure thing on the iPhone but would like to be able to do it properly

For wildlife photography, I just use the 120mm, crop, and cry when eg the dolphin I perfectly captured breaching in front of the sunset looks like a blurry mess. I'm not sure what a good level of zoom for actual entry-level wildlife photos would be, but I feel like 200-400mm would be a huge step up

One thing I really like about the iPhone is that it's very light and always at hand, so something light and portable would be ideal (I feel like my ideal would be if an iPhone were twice as thick and half of it was a camera). I also am very bad about editing, so ideally I'd want a camera with an easy edit loop that doesn't require me pulling out the laptop every time.

I don't know much about cameras, but the LLMs tell me the NikonZ50II would be a good entry level option. Do you guys concur? I'd ideally hope for ~$1k, but I'd like to use this for the next few years and am willing to go a bit higher to avoid hamstringing myself.

Thanks!

I know darktable but do you know any others ?

1st photo is on lightroom, everything looks great, however when I want to add the photo to my carousel on SCRL, the shadows look horrible with green grainish dots, what is that? how can I change that?

I tried editing the picture again on lightroom, sometimes it reduces the green grain a little but the grain stays and I cant make it look like the lightroom picture

Hi everyone, I love to switch between hobbies, and I’m looking to get into photography. Because I like to indulge in things casually, I’m looking for a camera that’s easily portable, beginner friendly, and affordable (under USD $200 would be great). I’m not really particular about image quality, and just want something to take pictures and keep memories while on the go! I would like something with zoom and flash that won’t break super easily, but I’m not picky at all!

I would also appreciate any tips for beginner hobby photographers, things to look for in cameras, and what might be worth paying a bit more for!

I don’t have a camera right now, but I think I had a red Nikon coolpix digicam growing up, and really liked it, so maybe something similar would be good. I don’t plan on taking videos, but wouldn’t mind it as an additional feature if available. I think I’ll mainly shoot landscapes and people:)

Thanks for the help!

Hi, just looking for advice. It seems my colors are muted even if I push the sliders to very high or super low. Just started photography last month and have been watching a lot of youtube tutorial, why do their images seems to have great colors and contrast even with their raw file, do lens quality matter that much? These are shot with sony6400 with cheap prime lens, raw.

new to camera buying

I heard good things about the canon ixy 650 and from what I've seen online, new ones are about $500-$650 AUD and 2nd hand ones are usually $350-$500 on ebay so I thought it would be more worth it to get a new one. I am also not sure what the standard prices for these kind of retro cameras are like.

However, I was also thinking of getting a canon g7x mark iii which is basically the price of 2 canon ixys and better quality (i think?) and I was thinking what would be more worth it for my money?

(1) Budget, country, and currency:
AUD, budget around $1200 but want to make the most of my money

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs?

none -- first camera

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot?

travel vlogs, people, landscapes

(4) Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both?

both

While scrolling on FB Marketplace, I saw a cheap 18-105mm lens that has a slight fungus. I am waiting for the seller to send sample shots to check if the fungus is noticeable on images or at a certain focal length. What I actually wanted is a Nikkor 18-135mm lens but I don't find any in FB Marketplace, at least, close to the city I live. I did saw one at a online shop (like Aliexpress but for SEA) but it is above my budget and I haven't done any validity check on the store yet.

I'll replace my 18-55mm AF-S lens that came with my Nikon D3000 and then clean the fungus in the future. But if, say, my only options are 18-105mm AF-S lens but has no fungus, would it be a great budget lens or should I really look for 18-135mm lens?

I’ve been an avid photographer since I was a kid when my uncle would hand me his DSLR during family gatherings. I took a photography class in middle school at a local college over the summer and have had my own camera in my hand since. It’s always been a hobby though have done some gig work, but am looking at ways I can sell some of my best shots. Talked to someone recently that offered a “course” that is about 20$ and gives a bunch of information on how to sell prints on Etsy, haven’t gotten the course yet but seems like it could be valuable information, because at the very least they offer discount codes through the major print services for canvases, metal prints etc.

Question is, how many of you have sold on places like Etsy, or are there alternatives that you have found more success with? Not looking to make this my full time job just yet as I’m in my late 20s and recently pivoted careers into sales, but would love to ramp up the selling of my work as a side hustle. I particularly enjoy landscapes, urban architecture, as well as portraits. I’ve also done a ton of automotive work as it was my previous industry for the past 8 years.

When it comes to work that sells well, I assume that iconic landmarks or landscapes, or even well known automobiles, would be the type of art a potential buyer may have a personal connection to it, rather than just a good looking photo. Would I be correct in that statement?

I’m going on a trip to Vancouver next week for 8 days (I know, very short). I had a Canon Rebel T5i and a Canon 6D Mark II, but I sold them, and now I wanna take photos on my trip.

I was thinking, what if I spend $1,700 CAD on Amazon and get a Canon R50, a 50mm lens, and a 75–300mm lens, use them on my trip, and return them within 30 days? But Amazon could also decline the return since the equipment would have been used.

I could also buy second-hand cameras with a budget of $1,500 CAD. But the thing is, I have no savings, and I’d be using my credit card and then paying it off. I’m 19, my monthly income isn’t that much, and I don’t know what to do.

I wanna take photos and videos so bad, but I’m confused. Renting also costs $1,500+ CAD.

I live in Canada. What should I do?

All pictures are from @josue.vizuals_ on Instagram

Can I get some help replicating this style? Like what editing techniques do you guys think are being used, or certain settings or something? Obviously all 6 pictures differ in certain ways and aren’t exactly the same, but I think they all have a distinct style. Specifically the contrast and color, which are two of the things I’m finding the hardest to match. My current best guess is a lot of gradients but I can’t seem to find it. The skin tones seem to have an interesting style, and so do the backgrounds/sun in some of the images. The detail in the pictures is also pretty impressive, and mine don’t seem to capture that without looking like they have too much clarity. I’m relatively new to photography (about 6 months on and off, just for fun not getting paid or anything) and I’m still trying to find styles that I like. Obviously I don’t want to just rip his style off him, I just want to figure out how to replicate it so I can progress further and find my style.

Any advice (or other tips) helps, thanks

Hey all,

I live in Missouri and have two lenses that could use some TLC. The first is a Sigma 170-500mm A mount lens. The manual focus does not work, but the auto focus works just fine. I've been using it with an LAEA4 adapter on my Sony A6500. The second lens is a Sony 55-210mm lens which has fungus on the lens, and whoever owned it before me tried to open it up. The right on the front of the lens with all of the information was removed and poorly put back on, breaking in the process.

While I was in Milwaukee, I asked around about repairs to the Sigma, but nobody had any idea as to who could work on that lens. Sigma won't touch it either since it's so old. I don't know what would be required to detox and repair the Sony lens. Google has been less than helpful in my searches, so if anyone knows of a shop in the state of Missouri that would be willing to work on these lenses, I would greatly appreciate it.

Hey I just want to know yalls thoughts on the new Tamron 16-50mm F2.8 compared to the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8. Body doesnt really matter for me I just put the r50 as a control :D

Thanks!

Hello all. You may remember me from a few days ago asking what the best computer for editing is. I’ve decided to go with an M6 MacMini! A smidge over budget but overall I feel best bang for my buck. However I now pose another question - what monitor should I buy???

Ideally under $250, and I don’t want to have to buy from Amazon (our boxes are usually ok but every so often we get a beat up one, I don’t want to risk that lol). I’ve seen some gaming monitors that offer 130% sRGB, color calibration, and something about 16bit color space (???). I am not super computer language literate lol. What sort of specs should I be looking for and asking about when I go to buy one? Or just tell me which one should I pick up lol

Also, dumb question, but could I just use my Roku tv? 😂😭 And what’s the census on curved monitors? Idk how I feel about them. thanks yall!!

Just starting off. I'd like something for quick shots while I'm out and about. The ones in the pictures were from an antique shop going for $20-$50. But I question if they actual work. The ones on the paper were at a pawnshop (I couldn't take picture inside).

country: USA

Budget: up to 150

I currently have essentially a reusable Kodak disposal camera

Mainly quick shots. Something that can handle low light.

I am a long time phone photographer and decided to get a dedicated camera recently. Iv been walking around in the woods taking photos for two days now and getting my ass handed to me by this Z50ii, and I'm not really sure what I am doing wrong.

I feel like Iv got a decent handle on the principles now and Iv been shooting in aperture priority mode with AF-S for the most part. Today I was mostly taking some photos of the trail I was walking on and my dog, the light was filtering through the trees beautifully, lots of sunlit green spots with darker shadows, but no matter what I did to the aperture or where I focused or what I did to the metering it was consistently simultaneously blown out in the bright spots and super dark in the shadows.

I messed with exposure compensation, but that would just either make the dark spots too dark or the bright spots too bright.

The photos at the end which suddenly have color in them are taken with my phone for comparison.

I guess one factor is that these are JPG's from the Nikon vs heavily processed, HDR'd JPGs from the Pixel. I could theoretically take the RAWS and post process them into something that looks better. But I should be able to get a better exposed photo from the start no? Or am I misunderstanding something fundamental?

I recognize this is a very general question, I just really have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Nothing I change on the camera fixes it. The camera isn't magic, but in aperture priority my understanding is I mess with the aperture and the camera controls the shutter speed & ISO to get the correct exposure, but it evidently isn't doing that. Metering, different auto focus settings, exposure compensation don't seem to help either.

I 25M am happily married. With that being said how does a man expand into the boudoir area of photography without being labeled a creep, and where do I get models?

I've seen so many photos on Instagram and Reddit of these bird photos that just have so much detail on them you'd think it was shot with a macro lens. I get some solid detail with my photos but I feel it's never at the level of some others. Is it simply getting super close and having the right exposure, or am I missing something important with my photos?

As the title states, I am just trying to figure out if there is a way to clear up a photo like this? I took some photos for my brother and sister in law at their wedding (free of charge) and they looked so go on the camera, but now moving them over to computer to send them and now they look like this. I have tried resizing the photo to see if it was a compression issue but I am not too familiar with touching up photos. Any sort of advice and help is appreciated.

I've been using a Sony a5100 for the past 5 years of my career as a miniature painter and it was a very solid piece. The image quality was always better than any phone and I really tweaked it to my liking over the years. Saddly it recently died, so I'm looking to get a new one.

I mainly shoot miniature models (about 32cm tall) against a black background. Good video would be nice well, but it's not a necessity.

A Sony a6100 would be the easiest pick but I'd like to hear some options. I'm curious to everyone's

(1) Budget, country, and currency: 450-650 EUR, Belgium

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs? I had a sony a5100 but it died.

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot? Miniature models (about 32mm tall)

(4) Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both? Primarily photography, but videography would be a nice bonus.

Dug around the settings for like an hour and couldn’t figure it out

Edit, it’s a Nikon D60

I bought this new panel light but it has 2 visible dim spots in it i attached 3 different temp pictures the seller is telling me its quite normal and no need for exchange can anyone help me lol i have ocd. it wont effect it in future?