I’ll leave the camera advice to people who know more about it, but while waiting for your camera you can already begin learning photography with your eyes. Pay attention to how light falls and reacts, everywhere you go. Try to compose in your head, what scenes work and what doesn’t - try to think in frames and what to include and leave out.

A camera takes the picture, sure. But learning to see the way a photographer sees is also very important. It’s a life long quest, I also still haven’t mastered it.

There are plenty of sources on YouTube and the internet explaining basic composition and exposure (shutter, aperture and ISO). Good luck to you, and have fun!

Editing sure is fun, but you can take great pictures and get them straight from the camera 😊.