Photographer

Camera

Get yourself a starter camera. DSLR style, or something similar, with a carrying case and at least one extra lens, and start learning how to use that tool. Get some video cameras for your home office studio. And of course, you always have your trusty smartphone cameras.

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digiKam

digiKam is a popular, free and open source, photo management tool. Start slowly, with just a few pictures and learn how digiKam works and how you can use it in your workflow.

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RawTherapee

RawTherapee is primarily a photo editor. You can choose the digiKam and RawTherapee strategy or the all in one Darktable plan. Try them both and see which one works best for you.

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Darktable

Darktable is a photo manager and a photo editor all rolled into one. Try a few photos in digiKam and a few in Darktable and see which one you like. Start with just a few pictures. Don’t load it full of pictures until you have some experience and a good idea how to organize them.

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Gimp

Gimp is like a combination of a photo editor and a drawing tool. You can take a photograph and turn it into a surreal image of graphic art.