For a long time I modeled for artistic and portrait photography. Quite a few years back I started to really get into photography and had my first Canon camera, I've since gotten rid of it bc of a toxic relationship and other reasons. I recently really wanted to get back into it. I have purchased a Canon EOS Rebel SL3. Do you believe this is a good camera for semi beginners? I'm starting to get back into my hobby again on both sides of the lens and I want to make sure that I'm using something that's not going to be overbearing in the beginning, but will also take good photos. I'm more into nature photography and some artistic photography with the right models. TIA!
I think it just depends on what field of photography it is. A lot of the photographers that I used to engage with were actually men when I was into it more. For certain reasons I stopped for a while😔, and recently just got back into it and joined this group☺️. But most of the people in my photography social circle were men. There were some women, but more males. I used to do a lot of portrait modeling on the other side of the lens as well as artistic modeling and I would say it was half and half. If I would do a "boudoir" type shoot It was mostly male but the females that I did work with from time to time were phenomenal and maybe as a female myself, it's because I felt a lot more comfortable in that environment. And I noticed a lot more women popping up in that field. All I can say is I'm not really super familiar with street photography myself, (although I do follow some accounts that are street photographers they are all men) I have noticed that a lot of the men that I still talk to today that are photographers, even their friends that are photographers are men...and a few women sprinkled in there. So I guess it just depends on the type of photography maybe? I know in Australia there are loads of phenomenal male photographers and female photographers and it seems to balance out a lot whereas here in the US I seem to encounter more male photographers but it could be just coincidental, like when I go online for tutorials it usually is a male doing the tutorial. But I never really search out specifically for a woman or a man. I just look for the tutorial itself. I have definitely come across women tutorials, but not as many as I have for men. Like several people on this thread mentioned, they are definitely out there, and they are phenomenal! But in my experience, most accounts or people I meet that are in the business are male. Again, not that I haven't met any females, it just seems to be more male-dominated in my opinion.