After being a loser social media hermit, I wanna make a flex instagram. You know, /fit/ pics, /fa/shion pics, /trv/el pics all of that. I don't really have a nice smartphone camera and I do not intend to get an iPhone either, but I do own a Nikon D5300 with a manual 50mm f/2, a kit 18-50mm and a 50-200mm. I also have a friend who's willing to take pictures for me in return for getting him into a new hobby that I know a fair bit about. Here's what I want to know
Tell me all about editing. Never done it before since I never intended anyone else to see my pictures. I downloaded GIMP and was thinking about pirating Lightroom but I want my pictures to use as less fakery as possible. Besides, that's the culture from what I can see
Is taking shirtless mirror pics with a DSLR too much? Like I said, I don't own a good phone
Should I be taking RAW pics? Always did jpeg but if I'm gonna edit may as well do RAW
When my friend is unavailable, how do I take pictures. I own a tripod but I don't think it's convenient to take pictures setting a timer and moving back and forth

What happened to camera ergonomics? Of course no one is asking to make cameras needlessly heavy, but with normal to large hands, you can't hold the new cameras comfortably without adding a grip.

>it now cost $20 to develop film only with no prints or scans
AHHHHHHHHH

Help i do not know where to turn. I normally at home in the other boards.
I got married so we hired a photographer to shoot our wedding. We were able to haggle him down to 1500$ for the wedding, feast and the afterparty (He first quoted us for 1800$ first, lol).
So we payed a lot of money for it and the images and the book he provided were amazing.
But he took way more pictures than what he gave us. So i asked him for all the pics. He refused because he got paid for edited pics. So i told him i like the images natural no need to edited them.
He first denied, but i threatened him with chargeback, because i payed him to take images and he withheld them from me.
He sent me 250gb worth of files. All of them .cr3 files. I could not open them at first and needed some complicated software made by Adobe. After i got that (and paid for that) i was shocked: All the images look like total dogshit. The colors are boring and unsaturated they are not sharp.
He either is a scam because he took shit pictures and edited them to fool us OR this is plain fraud because he manipulated the files to look awful.
He blocked me and my wife on Instagram and is not replying to Emails. My wife wants to lawyer up because of the obvious fraud and charged back the payment. But i want to try to salvage the images at least.
So please help me.

When I was growing up, we had to learn about DSLRs in school because they were seen as the next best thing. People thought a new revolution would occur in cinema with independent short films being easier than ever to make. But I hated learning photography on a DSLR, since many videos would come out with heaps of noise.
Do you think DSLRs even changed the world with its ability to make easy short films?

A series of Grimace Eggs. Photography acts as justice, as documentary; it bears witness when eyes cannot. Even in death, the photograph can illuminate the truth, whether that be in the everyday, in the quotidian, in plastic waste that pollutes a cemetery, in what we cannot salvage.

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All video related questions and discussion is intended for this thread. Here we discuss techniques, gear and anything else related to capturing video footage. Please don't pretend to be an expert if you don't know what you're talking about. Kindly leave your ego at the door.
Posting short films/scripts or other work you've done is encouraged.
We tend to use and recommend DSLRs/mirrorless cameras because they provide phenomenal picture quality for their price, have large sensors (ie the same size used in high-end cinema cameras and higher) and have interchangeable lenses.
In contrast, consumer camcorders often have much smaller sensors and a fixed lens.

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Quick FAQS
>what’s the best camera available on a “budget”?
The blackmagic pocket cinema camera 4k, or the Panasonic gh5 (can pick one up for like 500 bucks atm)
>what’s a good beginner video camera?
Anything that works, shoots at least 1080p and preferably has interchangeable lenses. Any recommendation beyond that will cause arguments so read the fucking sticky if that isn't satisfactory.
>What's a good sound solution that won't break the bank?
Zoom h1
>Can I use a zoom lens for video?
Yes
>Do I need cine lenses?
No
>Do I need 4k?
No. 1080 looks great on a cinema screen. 4k looks better.
>Can someone tell me if my video is any good?
Yes, but be prepared to receive harsh criticism. If you're going to waste 5 minutes of our time with a shitty out-of-focus montage of nothing then we'll tell you that it's crap
>Is it okay to dox myself?
...Personally I wouldn't but what do I know?

I'm not even Puerto Rican, but let's go.

A girl I hooked up with got me into a fashion show. Anybody got any experience with shooting models on a runway?

I can't decide which one to get