is taking a photo really that hard? I don't get it

Daily reminder to print your photos. They aren't worth shit without being printed. We'll be all dead in 100 years, and the only reliable way to preserve our memories is to print physical copies of photos. So, pick a few of your photos, print them and keep the copies. Store them in a box, in an album, whatever. But have physical copies. Plus, it's a complete different story, looking at physical photos vs digital ones.

Pic unrelated, posting a snapshit.

Hey lads, I need actual advice for a genuinely tricky shot.

I have this idea for an album cover that I'm doing which involves having a bird to perch atop the scroll ("headstock" for you guitarists) of a violin or cello. I live in Australia so we're hoping to use one our more iconic species (blue wren in pic related) which are quite tiny but plentiful.

Now the question is, is this something I can realistically do or should I just photoshop it? I live next to one of the biggest bird sanctuaries in the area, so there's no shortage of birds. I do wildlife photography all the time and understand these birds quite well, but I can't just sit here for hours every day for a month, I would need some sort of strategy.

If I do photoshop it, how do I make not look awful?

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How do you organize your photos? Are there free alternatives to adobe?

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Will they turn it into a monthly subscription?
https://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2024/11/01/a-new-home-for-pixelmator.html

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Hello im an artist form a small town and nobody is making good videos around or at least videos that are not for corporate business.

Is pic related (Canon EOS M with magic lantern) a good place to start, I also heard that the sony a6300 or the lumix GH4 can be a good choice.

Can you point me in the right direction I have a budget of around $500 including lens

These are some video looks that I like for reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5vMXNQxdE8&list=RDf5vMXNQxdE8&start_radio=1&ab_channel=insyt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn37zIBGv5M&ab_channel=YoAlvaroDiazVEVO

Thanks guys