https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/wiki/recommendations#wiki_recommended_photography_books

In particular the discussion threads linked at the bottom of the entry

https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/wiki/buying#wiki_how_do_i_check_used_equipment_for_problems.3F

They tried this before, and gave up on it.

https://www.playmemoriescameraapps.com/portal/

BMW had to back down on the heated seat subscription foolishness.

Vote with your wallets, people.

Not sure about how to use this as a gift, but I can tell you the way to photograph artwork, it’s called “copy stand lighting” this discussion thread shows some setups https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/copy-stand-lighting.181663/

Could be as simple as a couple of gooseneck lamps.

Any mention of Leica triggers Redditors pretty hard.

Anything at all political, like compare Pete Souza’s images of Reagan and Obama with Trumps official images. (hope you like death threats)

“3D pop”, some religiously believe in it, some consider it religious heresy.

Sensor size wars.

https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/gcsrkc/i_see_a_lot_of_questions_about_macro_so_i_tried/

On-camera flash.

offers positive / constructive criticism

Online critique is a scarce resource, it takes time/effort/expertise to do critique, and the people qualified to do that usually have better ways to spend their time.

I’m not sure how your interactions have gone, but you can improve the odds of getting useful critique https://alessandrachaves.com/2022/06/17/asking-for-a-critique-on-your-photos-helpful-tips/

Ask for a deposit, and they’ll disappear like magic.

Old discussion here: https://old.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/s5ifv6/question_if_you_were_in_college_and_joined_a/

Gelled flash, make it any colour you want

https://neilvn.com/tangents/flash-photography-changing-the-background-color-with-gels/

How cold is cold? What country? Are you looking for high end outdoors stuff or budget?

https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/wiki/buying#wiki_how_do_i_check_used_equipment_for_problems.3F

Good article here https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/gcsrkc/i_see_a_lot_of_questions_about_macro_so_i_tried/

Offtopic, but B&H shipping to Canada is free on orders over $100

The book Light: Science and Magic has a whole chapter on shooting reflective objects, with lots of examples.

vague question? vague answer!

http://r-photoclass.com

photographic composition https://redd.it/c961o1

and colour theory https://redd.it/7um56b

Freeman’s The Photographer’s Eye is a good intro book to photographic composition, with lots of examples.

Camera seems pretty good to me!

https://www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/eos_rebel_sl3/

I think it’s fine because they’re not bidding up the price on the stuff I want :P

This is all pretty cliche but

water on drums + gelled flash

trombonist close up with the widest, most perspective distorting lens you have

reflections in whatever the biggest, shiniest brass instrument is

there’s an Apocalyptica video where they project a skull onto the cellos, another one where they have dry ice inside the cellos (might want to research that before damaging anything :P)