With smartphones getting better and better at photography, I'm wondering if point-and-shoot cameras are still worth buying. Pretty much everyone has a phone with a solid camera these days, so is there still a real advantage to carrying a dedicated compact camera?

how do you get over the feeling of everyone staring at you and looking like an idiot taking photos in public

I think this film simulation technique works pretty well.

You know why I love The Walten Files?
Not only because of gore
The VHS/16mm in the series is so realistic and authentic to 1970s but I don't know how to achieve
1980s and 1990s effect is easy to achieve by using NSTC-RS and NSTCQT but the 1970s especially the one used in Walten Files 4 that even was mixing with 16mm is... How to say it... I don't know how to do it in the first place
I will very appreciate the help because I really want know how the fuck Martin Walls achieved that so good 1970s VHS/16mm effect
I know that its odd because it very rare to see the thread that is not personal life related on /adv/ but you can tell me on which board is should instead ask such question and maybe jannie will move this thread to a board where they can help me better who knows
Pls help

Would you take a photo too?

im looking for some software that would help me experiment with sequencing my photos for zines and exhibits and photo essays. i have tried the following:

>digikam
this is what i use to organize photos into sets. its fine. but it gives me thumbnails which are sorted by date or whatever. there’s no way to do sequencing as far as i know.

>notion.so
not bad. you can drag photos around easily, put them next to eachother etc. requires a paid subscription to be able to upload large images though. i am allergic to paid subscriptions.

>affinity publisher (similar to adobe indesign)
not very good for quick experiments because dragging things around is tedious. the advantage though is that what you get is literally a photobook. so you’re closer to a result when you play with this app.

>ordering a shitload of small prints
i saw some jesus youtuber guy talk about this. its fine, i guess. but i dont’ want to order a bunch of prints, and i don’t have much clean physical space to arrange them in, since my house is also the toilet. im really looking for a software solution that i can use to drag a thousand images around.

>photomechanic
$299-399 for a perpetual license. haha.

i took these of my bedroom door last night on my phone i think they turned out pretty cool looking. what do you guys think?

>Yes, I have thousands of dollars worth of electronics in my backpack, how could you tell? Yes, I am low test and likely unable to defend myself.

How do you carry your gear? I don't use a dedicated camera backpack since I don't want to be a walking red flag.

But cheaper. I don't care about functionality, only status.
Owning such cameras instantly improves how people perceive your work, regardless of skill level.

Guys im extremely worried flickr is about to go under.

Today I logged into my account and a giant black box comes down that covers 2 out of 3 rows of images. There is no option to close it or make it go away. And it just flashes adds non stop so its really distracting to your eyes while you try to just look at one line of photos across the bottom of your screen.

I half solved it by zooming my screen the fuck out making the images small so I can fit 2 rows of images in the part I can see but now the images are quite small.

That is on top of already having ads everywhere and spamming my email address with spam.

I also have a paid account but found out that anytime I sent a link to other people to see my images they see an ad every 3-5 images and also get a pop up box on every single image asking them to join.

They wouldnt be doing this unless they are about to go bankrupt, its so unuser friendly now. Its basically saying pay up or quit.