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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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somewhat rant: my photography class is making me not like photography (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by PureCommunication503@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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yes this is under discussion but that’s bc i needed under something and there’s no rant tag so here we r. i don’t rlly want advice unless you’ve got inspiring words or experienced something similar bc i’m on a thread🥲

i’m in honors photography which is AP but we just don’t submit our work to college board yet. which means we are working on our sustained investigations, which is basically where we experiment with photography while exploring a question ig? i can’t explain it better than that sry. but although i get to use my creativity without too many limits except 1, due dates. i love taking portraits and on top of that am a junior in high school behind in her classes, i don’t have the time to find models that matches my time frame while also working on classes i actually have to put brain into. i have so many ideas for my “hobby” photography and i don’t even have time for “class photography”. i can’t quit for too many reasons i’m not gonna list. it’s just so frustrating. and i have other hobby’s that i have that i haven’t even been doing on top of that.

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[–] dropthemagic@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Most people here will disagree but I do all types of photography almost (sans James Cameron) fuck paying for those classes get you tube premium there are so many people that give you that for free and join your local photography club and socialize a lot. Most photographers don’t fail because they fallow ever rule. They just don’t figure out the business part. I sold a print for 3k once that I thought was horrible. But photography is subjective to the people that buy. Sure learn the basics but i completely think the current curriculums and styles are boring and outdated. I want to push the envelope. But for networking it’s very important. Like I said you could sell iPhone pics for more than people pay for professional pics.

They all go on instagram and non commercial clients don’t give an f

Just my opinion. Wish you the best