c/photography is a community centered on the practice of amateur and professional photography. You can come here to discuss the gear, the technique and the culture related to the art of photography. You can also share your work, appreciate the others' and constructively critique each others work.
Please, be sure to read the rules before posting.
THE RULES
This Lemmy Community is open to civil, friendly discussion about our common interest, photography. Excessively rude, mean, unfriendly, or hostile conduct is not permitted.
All discussion threads must be photography related such as latest gear or art news, gear acquisition advices, photography related questions, etc...
This Lemmy Community is about photography and discussion around photography, not religion or politics.
All is in the title. This is a casual discussion community.
One post, one photo in the limit of 3 pictures in a 24 hours timespan. Do not flood the community with your pictures. Be patient, select your best work, and enjoy.
If you want contructive critiques, use [Critique Wanted] in your title.
Flair NSFW posts (nudity, gore, ...)
Do not share your portfolio (instagram, flickr, or else...)
The aim of this community is to invite everyone to discuss around your photography. If you drop everything with one link, this become pointless. Portfolio posts will be deleted. You can however share your portfolio link in the comment section if another member wants to see more of your work.
Make sure you take RAW-pictures (+JPEG) when taking photos. In my first few months with a new camera I only shot JPEG-pictures, now I regret it.
RAW-files from your camera can be processed with Darktable in every direction you like. But you need to watch a lot of video tutorials and read the manual / other ressources to get good results.
It feels great, as soon as you get used to it.
Darktable will be the best free software (also free and open source), look no further. They say it works on MacOS 13.5 and newer.
PS. Focus on learning shutter speed, aperture, and ISO and how you use each one to achieve your goal for that photo and how they balance out. Also focus on developing an eye for composition for your type of photography, ex: landscape, candid, portrait, etc.
There are some really nice film simulations in Rawtherapee under the Colour tab and I would try this first. I personally really like the Polaroid ones.
Another great (and very flexible) option is the G'MIC plugin in GIMP. Go to Colours > Colour Presets and try some out. You can add and configure grain under Filters in GIMP. This might be a good option if you want lots of control and are willing to learn a bit.
Feel free to send me a message - I help people get up and running with free and open source photography software.
please be aware that this is the “Marxist Leninist” Instance, they have set up communities named after all the popular topics to try to draw traffic – but you may get better results elsewhere, like !photography@lemmy.world
I'd much rather give my traffic to a Marxist Leninist instance than a pedophile white supremacist instance.
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