Recent content by CoastalCanuck

I finish my "normal" editing process on my photos, and if I think it's a photo I might want to put on Instagram, I then: crop it to 1x1 (or 4x5 portrait) add a watermark save that copy to a folder called "Instragram" once I actually post it to Instagram, I move the file to a subfolder called...

Paintshop Pro lets you download and try it for 30 days for free. I use Paintshop Pro (picked it because it's pretty inexpensive, with a one-time license fee). I upgraded to the 2023 version for a few bucks because it added some features I wanted. It's pretty easy to use, and there are enough...

Hi Joshua, I'm also fairly new to photography, and I have the Canon 250D. It's a great all-round, easy to use camera with one significant limitation - Canon modified the hot shoe, so it's only compatible with genuine Canon flashes. So you'd be limited to fairly expensive Canon flashes if you...

A few mentions upthread of Jared Polin's FroKnowsPhoto channel. He did one of his "5 minute Portrait" episodes using the Canon SL3 that I had just bought. I gather the "5 minute Portrait" title is an inside joke, because the video is 48 minutes long. I loved the video for 3 reasons: He used...

My recent experiences with this issue: I've got the 250D (Rebel SL3 in North America), which has the modified hot shoe. Internet chatter led me to believe Godox "probably" had a firmware solution that would make their flashes work with the modified hotshoe. I say "probably" because none of the...

Thanks for the warm welcomes! Learning how to upload images to TP - here are a few from my part of the world.

Hello everyone! Logging in from where logging is king - coastal British Columbia. Recently retired and decided to pick up photography again and see what I can do. I dabbled in it back in the 80s with a Canon AE-1, when I really didn't have the time or money to do it justice. So I got myself a...