I swear by Affinity. It’s like $40 for a perpetual license, and almost as good as Photoshop. More polished in many ways.

Honestly Adobe photography plan (Photoshop + Lightroom Classic) is a pretty good deal.

Before, you had to shell out like $300 for Lightroom alone. Almost $1000 for Photoshop.

If you’re a professional, you could justify it. If you’re a hobbyist, that’s as much money as a nice lens.

But it’s not the end of the story here either, since you didn’t get free major version updates. If you suddenly decided to splurge on the latest and greatest camera, you needed to buy a new version of Lightroom so it could actually support it. If you got a new lens and Lightroom didn’t have a built in correction profile in your version, you also had to splurge.

This is like $1300 every 3-4 years, or you have to sail the high seas (Yarr me hearties).

Now, it’s $120/year. It’s a much more palatable amount of money to pay for someone who’s not a dentist.

Why did you take it? What made you stop? What did it remind you of?

IDK. I shoot landscape. The only reason I take a photo is because I think the scene or some elements in the scene look pretty.

My goal is to make wallpapers. Something pretty, not too distracting, and would look good as your phone/computer background.

The reason I even got into photography to begin with is when I got my first computer and fell in love with all the nature wallpapers I’d find on the internet.

I honestly don’t get the appeal of film at all. Like, I can barely be bothered to load my photos into lightroom and edit them. Having to go through a bunch of extra steps before you can even look at a photo seems like a nightmare.

Granted, I like two things: taking photos, and having nice photos. I don’t like the steps inbetween.

A fast 35mm (or 23mm on crop).

Yes, but half his gear videos are along the lines of this.

Title: “Why I’m throwing everything away and switching to Leica!!”

Content: he uses a label maker and puts a Leica label over his Sony cameras.