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It wasn’t cheap, but goddammit photography is magical when it doesn’t glow and is bigger than a phone.

I love this very much.

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[–] semisimian@startrek.website 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

What printer did you use, what paper, print type, etc? Nice work!

Edit: any deets on the camera used as well?

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I should clarify: “I got my work printed” should imply that I had a company (that knows more than I do) print, mat, and frame my work. I’ve only really got one working hand these days, and to frame and mat something myself would be a disaster. That said, I just went with a simple Fujifilm glossy paper that seems to have done the trick. Is very impressive in person.

As far as my shooting goes, I use a Canon EOS Rebel T7, with a simple 18-55mm lens, and occasionally a 75-300mm lens. These are standard kit lenses, but they can be used to create literal actual masterpieces and I’m not shy about it.

I sadly don’t have a lot of money to sink into camera equipment—this camera and its lenses were a refurbished model on Amazon that ran USD 600, and I had saved up for months to be able to afford it. (That said, when a rich friend in tech saw what I was turning out with it, she passed me this insane Promaster tripod, to help create good work, and I think the tripod cost more than my camera did.)

Even though I’m using the most barebones of tutorial equipment, I’m still creating good work that turns heads, and that’s all I ever really wanted.

(Except my end-game level tripod.)

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

That Canon Rebel T7 is great, though. Definitely one you can keep for a long, long time.

I went from a T5i to a Sony Alpha A7III and it wasn't the huge leap up I expected. The T5i is actually way better with noise reduction than the A7III.

Also, great photo!