1w ago

I got my work printed.

It wasn’t cheap, but goddammit photography is magical when it doesn’t glow and is bigger than a phone.

I love this very much.

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If you create good art, you've got to celebrate it!

That's a really cool shot! I got a landscape that I took printed and hung it over my desk so I can see it all the time. It's really incredible to be admiring it and think "I took that." It just hits different when it's not on a screen.
For anyone else interested in doing this, Walmart does 24x36 prints for like 20 bucks and frames can be had for around 20 at IKEA or usually a dollar or less if you can find one at Goodwill. Doesn't have to be super expensive. And if that is even too much for you, someone in one of my groups gets their photos printed at the 'regular' size (3x5 I think?) and it's still really cool to have something to hold in your hand and they're much much cheaper at that size!
- I'm working on building a body of physical work so that eventually I can get an exhibition done.
  I'm doing what I can to grow and improve and be seen in the community.

You need to post this in c/lego@piefed.social!! I'm unclear how to post the community but look for lego and piefed!!! Please join us!!
- I think this should do the trick: !lego@piefed.social . That gets converted into the relevant link for me, anyway.
  Edit: fixed the link. I can't do anything right, today. 😆

That's great - well done and absolutely worth it :)

What printer did you use, what paper, print type, etc? Nice work!
Edit: any deets on the camera used as well?
- I should clarify: “I got my work printed” should imply that I had a company (that knows more than I do) print, mat, and frame my work. I’ve only really got one working hand these days, and to frame and mat something myself would be a disaster. That said, I just went with a simple Fujifilm glossy paper that seems to have done the trick. Is very impressive in person.
  As far as my shooting goes, I use a Canon EOS Rebel T7, with a simple 18-55mm lens, and occasionally a 75-300mm lens. These are standard kit lenses, but they can be used to create literal actual masterpieces and I’m not shy about it.
  I sadly don’t have a lot of money to sink into camera equipment—this camera and its lenses were a refurbished model on Amazon that ran USD 600, and I had saved up for months to be able to afford it. (That said, when a rich friend in tech saw what I was turning out with it, she passed me this insane Promaster tripod, to help create good work, and I think the tripod cost more than my camera did.)
  Even though I’m using the most barebones of tutorial equipment, I’m still creating good work that turns heads, and that’s all I ever really wanted.
  (Except my end-game level tripod.)
  
  That Canon Rebel T7 is great, though. Definitely one you can keep for a long, long time.
  I went from a T5i to a Sony Alpha A7III and it wasn't the huge leap up I expected. The T5i is actually way better with noise reduction than the A7III.
  Also, great photo!
  
  You sound super down on your camera and lenses.
  The magic was in you the whole time.
  Keep taking pictures and looking at those pictures. That is what makes photographers great, not spending stupid money on stupid cameras.

Awesome pic 👍

Amazing picture! Do you have a Pixelfed account? I’d certainly follow you on there.
- I do!
  Not a single stroke of username creativity though: https://pixelfed.social/tanisnikana
  
  Awesome!!! Followed you! Keep up the great work 🤘

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