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PaperclipPerfector  6d ago (text post)   2843 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for October 23, 2026

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I did my first "official" photography gig at a rave yesterday. I borrowed a DSLR on Wednesday and gave myself a crash course over the next few days. Shit was like a training montage.

At the event I got my own booth and a big sign that said "official photographer". Every now and then one of the organizers would grab me and ask for a particular photo of the DJ or a hard dancer. It was fun to be given missions. Mostly I was left to my own devices to wander and take pics.

Compared to doing pictures independent, people were more OK with being photo'd without asking. A model and a pair of (hot) cosplayers hung out with me at my booth for a while and kept doing new poses. That was quite pleasant! Maybe if I keep doing this I'll actually learn how to flirt with them.

Congratulations. That sounds pretty cool. Photography was never really my thing but there was a very brief stint after the first couple generations of smartphones came out, where some friends and I were fooling around and we made an unofficial “movie” of sorts between the 4 of us that we thought was awesome.

Back when I was a teenager I also experimented pretty heavily at one point with Photoshop. This was back when rectangular, digital “signatures” that had your handle affixed to an image at the bottom of your posts/comments represented your “gangsta” street cred of sorts. Lol. Also, my younger cousin was always asking me to make these collages for her that she would get printed and hang up in her bedroom. It has her friends, family (us), all sorts of happy days, etc. After she completed it, it felt like a real accomplishment I was glad I got to have a hand in making.

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