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So my brother is graduating high-school and going to university for animation, he already has drawing tablet, last year i gifted him for Christmas one of those gloves for the drawing tablet, i once gave him a dragon ball art book but he just looked over it once (not because he didn't luke it but he just doesn't read a lot) so art books are maybe out of the question, I once gave him a kit with manga markers and he uses it to sketch in his sketchbook a lot (bc it as grey markers and fine point pens so is great for black and white sketches i guess) he also already has clip studio paint.

So yeah knowing all that i wanted to ask in this subreddit full of actual animators what you probably wish you were gifted before you started college? (For more context he is staying local for college so no dorm or going away gifts)

Okay so my mom is doing a small wedding like REALLY small and low budget, most things on the wedding (from catering to decorations) are being done by a close family friend or by someone in the family, so of course me the film student am the videographer/photographer of the wedding (and i wouldnt have it any other way, i want to have some wedding videos on my portfolio to start doing events and stuff like that and honestly what better place to start that my mom's wedding where i can mess up and i won't be fired or get bad reviews)

I wanted to ask if anyone has also been in this situation how do you balance taking pics/videos with actually enjoying the wedding? I was thinking of having my plus one help me as a second shooter with an old camera the canon 4000D and i would shoot video with my Sony a7iii and also of course some pictures. (He has never touched a camera but there's nothing to lose and everything to gain in this situation and I'll probablystart teaching him soon)

And related to that vein of thought of taking videos and pictures with the a7iii should I bring my gimbal? It will make my videos more stable but won't it be too stuffy for taking pictures? Should i just go without it?

(I know i asked like a hundred questions in one post but this is a situation that makes me think a lot)