#phone comparisons

[eclaisse]

Pixels and Photography

I think I should document some of 2023 over here, and potentially 2022 as well?

Back when I was younger, I would feel sad that I didn't have a good phone and camera or the means to travel often like my friends and peers. My family barely scraped by while my classmates were all relatively wealthy, so growing up in that environment was a bit of a challenge. I know my parents prioritized living in a good area to give me and my sibling the best educations, but it's difficult to fit in when everyone has the newest or highest quality belongings and you're stuck with hand-me downs or substitutes. I tried to be grateful for what I had and think I was fine in high school, but my college years were during the peak of Instagram where everyone was sharing their expensive vacations, meals, and possessions. I I slowly realized the glaring disparity between my and my acquaintances' lives, as well as how sheltered I was. I had no idea that some of my classmates were so wealthy and looking back, I kind of wish I never did?

Admittedly, social media did teach me quite a bit, especially in regards to food, fashion, makeup, psychology, etiquette, and social issues. Social media is a cool way to connect and learn from others, but it's a double edged sword. So many people developed depression and other mental health issues due to being constantly linked and compared to others. I'm pretty grateful that I grew up as people were transitioning into the mainstream usage of technology instead of being born into it. Growing up with social media sounds like a recipe for disaster in regards to mental health and self-image.

As a college student, I would be desperate to take nice pictures of food and nature and share them to social media, but nothing would ever turn out the way I intended. It's definitely because the phones I had were very basic since that's all my family could afford. Once I got my first industry job, I bought a Pixel 3 and it was the first "nice" smartphone I owned, on par with Apple and Samsung phones in terms of photography and processing power. In October 2019 I went to go visit family in London for my first solo trip and took so many pictures!! I still look back on that month's album because the photos I took of the architecture, nature, and food are all gorgeous. I received so many compliments on my photography skills on Instagram- I felt like I could finally carry out my visions with that phone. :'D

The Pixel phones are fantastic for taking pictures of food, plants, and scenery while costing a fraction of the price as iPhones and Samsung Galaxies. I've since moved onto a Pixel 6, and the picture quality is still great. I'm shy about taking selfies and never really got into the habit- to be honest, I think there must be some selfie settings on my phone that I have not figured out how to use properly. My selfies always turn out a bit strange looking- I imagine it's because of the camera? On Tiktok, some of the face filters also don't work properly on the Pixel so I think those two things are related. I do like my selfies more on Galaxies and iPhones, but since I don't normally take them, I think it's fine to just stick with my Pixel.

Anyways, it's funny that I would get sad over all this when I was a student and try to take better photos to share, but now that I actually take good photos, I barely share them!! I think we all got tired of social media once the pandemic hit, and things have never really been the same since. But I figured that since I have the photo quality I desire now, and get many compliments on my shots still, it may be worth it to finally share them on here. I'm looking forward to it!!

[volatilemask]

P RANK QUOTA REACHED

[celestialrealms]

Fun fact: In Barbatos's intimacy storyline in Nightbringer he ends up living with Solomon and MC at Cocytus Hall temporarily. Here's a highlight from his 40 intimacy call:

The way he makes Solomon sit in the corner. 😭 You cannot convince me he didn't raise this man.

[bonyfish]

Y'all wanna see a comparison between photos I took with my phone camera vs. photos I took with a medium format twin lens film camera from the 70s or 80s? Well probably if you are reading this paragraph you have already seen them. What do you think? I think they're cool.

Camera: Pixel 6 | Yashica Mat 124-G Film: N/A | Lomography CN400

[blackkatdraws]

Love Plague AU Narrator (Black) draw in Magma.

[imaginationblur]

Bro I really need to stop hoarding WIPS

[milkbreadtoast]

belated xmas drawing🥺 baby jungs...!!! (i imagine theyre around 5, 14, 17 here...) 🎄❤️💚✨

[existence-is-overrated]

boyfriends

[thelordofgifs]

Six Sentences!

Thank you for the tag @welcomingdisaster! Here are the last six sentences I wrote (featuring my favourite brackets trick):

He was just wondering whether he should begin to consider turning back when a great shadow to the north blotted out the Sun above him. Gaping in shock, the prince glanced up to see one of the very swans he sought descending from the sky to meet him. Up close her wingspan was in truth [big non-nautical comparison]; and the daylight on her feathers dazzled his eyes so that he must have been momentarily blinded; for when he could see again there was no swan, but a fair slender elf-maiden no older than himself, with long hair that shone spun-silver in the sunlight, standing poised on the tips of her toes as though ready any moment to take flight. The swan-princess — swan-princess no more! — was no less astonished than he. It is, I am sure you will agree, a very great change, to be a bird near as large as a fishing-boat, and be suddenly compressed into the body of a mere Elf! The form Uinen had chosen for the princess was very fair, but she was struck nevertheless by the loss of her beautiful feathers, and her strong powerful beak, and most of all her great wings.

Tagging @that-angry-noldo, @leucisticpuffin, @meadowlarkx, @melestasflight, @searchingforserendipity25 and anyone else who'd like to join in!

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

#interesting 👀 ☑

[phopollo]

Blorbo,,,

[lovefromkelly]

deleted Instagram from my phone just a few days back and have literally spent every day w my feet in a creek before work and every evening cooking a beautiful and sumptuous dinner and discovered new music and got a workout routine going again and have gone on 2 dates w my husband and went tubing w all my friends plus some new ones….. ok I didn’t know this was what y’all were talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!! everyone go spend an hour in the morning in a folding chair in the middle of ur local creek reading a book and watching a hawk bathe NOW NOW NOW I AM NOT KIDDING!!!!

[jimmyspades]

He’s just so pretty

[blackdragoncake]

Sumthin of a redraw from middle school. Or sumthin

Others:

Annnnnnnnd the og pic in question

[jazz-penguin]

Same look? Same look.

[ofbakerst]

him!!