>>4075993Shoot in color, convert to black and white and use the color filters.
>>4076009That's just a flare. Different lenses flare differently. Clone it out if it bothers you. Lens hoods prevent light from coming it from the side, if you're shooting into a highlight they won't help you.
>>4076092Blacks are too crunched while the highlights are blown. Clarity/unsharp mask is a little high too, that's the halo around everything. Just overprocessed generally. Would've shot for the highlights and brought the shadows up.
>>4076239Your money your choice anon. Get a cheapo fast 50mm prime sounds like the move. Or experiment with telephoto. idk, have fun, fuck up, you can always sell it back.
>>4076351I rented a studio space and am challenging myself to make it a worthwhile expense. Trying to make more portraits and work with light in new ways. Also trying to print more and hang some shows with the goal of getting a portfolio box of prints together to bring around to some photo editors here in NYC.
>>4076396Depends.
>>4076955Definitely not. You could probably learn a lot by practicing with off-camera lighting though. Cheap old vivitar flash and a radio trigger would sort you. Read Strobist for some basic tips.
>>4076958A ticket to somewhere else to take thousands more in a new environment.
>>4076970If you're shooting in aperture priority and auto iso, of course you're having trouble setting exposure. The camera's meter is setting it for you. Shoot in manual. Fuck up. Experiment. Find what works.
>>4076989Certain things you can't do in-camera, or you can, but it costs so much more in extra hardware that it's easier to just put it on a tripod, bracket and do it in post. I'm thinking of split-ND filters here. No real point for those unless you're shooting film or cinema.
