You both look lovely!

Getting a bit too high class for us lower class evil horses there I see sunset *Sly Grin*

I mean... Kinda happened? Gotta maintain the classy hoss.

From the thumbnail, I thought the (visible) photographer was also wearing some kind of hood or mask.

no... ... but i like how you think.

[plans, making plans...]

I'm guessing a pony could probably operate a DSLR. You'd need to have the LCD on the back in viewfinder mode, and kind of turn your head to the side if you wanted to get close to it. You could probably compose and focus OK, but white balance or overall brightness would be harder, due to pony eye colors.

Maybe you would either trust the camera or always shoot in auto-exposure-bracket mode. In theory, it would be possible to measure a pony's eye color, and then tell the LCD on the camera to overdrive the colors that the pony's eye won't respond to as well, so that what you see would be approximately correct. I don't know if any cameras actually support this, though.

It would probably be too hard to get your eyeball close enough to the viewfinder on a regular SLR, or the optical viewfinder on a DSLR, to be able to use a camera that way.

Deluxe mode: get some kind of remote viewfinder monitor, with a wireless link to the camera, and put it inside the pony's head, between his eyes. On the other hand, that would cause some backlight glow from the pony's eyes when operating. Hmm.

Why am I thinking so hard about this? :D

I just personally need a camera that is better than my phone... I've been told my -too- many people at this point that I've a fantastic eye for composure and visual style in my pictures...

I may just upload a few from my travels for shits and gigs.

I know some of the big camera stores in NYC sell used DSLRs with a warranty. I suspect there's a store closer to you that does so as well. Some places will also rent the higher-end DSLRs for a day or two, in case you need to drool on one before you buy. :D

Thing is I'm not that picky. I'll learn with whatever I have. Heck I'm half tempted to just ask everyone that follows me if anyone has an old DSLR knocking about they wanna toss my way or let go for free.

Considering this picture was taken with a Pixel 2...

Of course a full feature DSLR as the main photographer is using, you get much more power/options