Just a dad with an interest in photography, making music and general visual creativity

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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • I really, really love it. I spent a few months on a gifted Canon Rebel T6 before I committed to the hobby and they are absolutely worlds apart. Besides the image quality and the ability to shoot great video (already done a few family trip videos), the eye auto focus is almost flawless. In the limited time to set up for certain shots that are happening it’s a dream to not have to worry much about that. Lets me focus on just the right aperture and other settings.


  • Thanks! Sony a7iv was used to shoot. The lens I’m rolling with for everything is the Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM. Once I knew this hobby wasn’t a phase, I chose to go with one quality fast prime to hone my composition and settings with. Barring the occasional shot I can’t get due to a lack of zoom, I really love what this combo has been doing for me!

    For processing with HDR, I now find myself going to Luminar for the initial merge and then splitting contrast for shadows / mids / highlights there. Then I take everything else to Lightroom.





  • Not much experience but:

    What I liked - visual quality and lighting with that gradient into darkness. Tattoo on the finger is interesting and I felt naturally drawn to it.

    I was having a tough time getting a certain emotion or vibe at a glance from the expression. Felt cropped in a bit tight for me personally.