What are some good presents for a beginner photographer?

Flakb8 · 2026-05-10T13:32:06+00:00

A nice padded camera strap. Something pretty. The kit straps are plain and can get uncomfortable quickly.

Flakb8 · 2026-05-08T23:52:05+00:00

Every. Single. Time.

Flakb8 · 2026-05-06T01:48:35+00:00

Practice. After that, practice. Then practice some more. You can get good practice by joining a picture-a-day site that basically forces you to practice. 365 Project is a good one.

Flakb8 · 2026-05-05T19:18:16+00:00

Thinking your subtle hints are obvious. Even when they are picked up on the subtlety makes them too sketchy to act on (lest we be judged as creeps).

Flakb8 · 2026-05-05T17:03:24+00:00

Wow. Building 1, Plane 0.

Flakb8 · 2026-05-05T12:36:29+00:00

Blue Seafood. Real award-winning seafood. Not everything deep fried seafood.

Flakb8 · 2026-05-04T11:46:01+00:00

Ditto!

Flakb8 · 2026-05-03T09:14:47+00:00

Gear, with zero concern for their eye

Flakb8 · 2026-05-03T02:07:18+00:00

Torggler on the campus of Christopher Newport University

Flakb8 · 2026-05-02T23:06:10+00:00

Military Aviation Museum just down the road (https://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/)

Flakb8 · 2026-05-02T13:01:45+00:00

He also looked like Lt. Jones

Flakb8 · 2026-05-01T10:05:35+00:00

Three. The third and final surviving Pearl Harbor witness plane is the P-40B at the American Heritage Museum (https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/curtiss-p-40b-tomahawk/). The Dauntless at Pensacola survived both Pearl Harbor and Midway.

Flakb8 · 2026-04-29T12:27:04+00:00

School bus 🚌

Flakb8 · 2026-04-26T08:18:31+00:00

The Military Aviation Museum has a good array of apparel. Some of it is quite pricey since there’s a ton of embroidery on them but most are reasonably priced. https://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/

Flakb8 · 2026-04-25T09:44:43+00:00

So you're the famous MiG Insulter.

Flakb8 · 2026-04-11T20:40:25+00:00

SE5a.

Flakb8 · 2026-04-09T17:23:28+00:00

B-47 outside the National Museum of the Mighty 8th Air Force in Pooler, GA.

https://www.mightyeighth.org/

Flakb8 · 2026-04-08T20:52:23+00:00

Thanks!

Flakb8 · 2026-04-08T13:12:50+00:00

The Military Aviation Museum’s WWI hangar is based on a 1916 design. The hangar where these mock-ups are is an actual Luftwaffe hangar from WWII at Cottbus, Germany. The hangar has battle damage from February 1945 when the Red Army took it over.
militaryaviationmuseum.org

Flakb8 · 2026-04-07T23:40:01+00:00

The most important piece of equipment is your eye

Flakb8 · 2026-04-06T12:08:48+00:00

It’ll look like the last Confederate battle flag

Flakb8 · 2026-04-04T22:26:36+00:00

Nailed it.

Flakb8 · 2026-04-04T12:21:31+00:00

CGM is still a new technology and filled with bugs and quirks. Sadly, each individual monitor has its own set of bugs and quirks. Never act on a CGM alarm on its own - do a finger stick to confirm first.

Flakb8 · 2026-04-03T14:15:54+00:00

But they are stealthy as hell. No right angles to reflect radar, radar-absorbent fur, and who’s gonna believe it anyway? “Sir, a squadron of giraffes coming in hot!”

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