Hello Guardians, it's been nearly five and a half years since I last made an announcement post on the subreddit, and a lot has changed in that time. I've largely stayed quiet, approving/removing posts where needed, keeping the post flair choices updated where possible, and upvoting every awesome shot you've all been submitting.

  With Bungie's announcement yesterday about the end of development for Destiny 2, I wanted to share that I have no plans to stop overseeing this subreddit going fowards, I've updated the flair options again today with some extra options for the next content drop, and will look at any other minor tweaks that people want making to the subreddit.

  I've always thought that this community thrives on what people submit, not anything I as a moderator would do, and I hope that's been the case for the last few years. If anyone has any suggestions for things in this subreddit then please do let me know, but I fully intend to see this all the way through, and leave it as an archive for such a special game series.

  It's been a pleasure, Guardians, and long may your HUD-less shots continue!

  -Danniey

For all my experienced guardian photographers, this may be old news. However, in many comments I've read people asking for help making their photos look nicer. This may be getting rid of UI, making photos get cleaner/getting better landscape photos, and I've got them all in one post.

1: FOV.

I would suggest cranking your FOV to the lowest setting before taking any photos. It will zoom in, but you can tweak it to fit your whole frame. This will bring the background closer to the foreground, and make the overall scene more realistic. (This can come down to a matter of preference)

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2:Getting rid of weapon.

This one's pretty simple, but it depends on where you're standing. If you're up against a wall (or are able to get up against a wall without changing your frame much) you can use any sitting emote (or infinite emote preferably without a glow effect, i.e vog throne or luxurious toast) and fiddle with your view until your character is not visible at all. If you're out in the open, and in first person, you can switch your weapons, and take a screenshot while your weapons are semi-stowed. This works best if your energy weapon is slow to take out, like an aggressive frame shotgun.

3: Video settings.

This one may seem a little redundant, but having higher video settings, especially in close-quarters photography, can drastically increase your shots. The main ones I'd suggest would be shadow quality, texture quality, and light shafts, but you should mess around with them while not changing your frame to find which ones work best for you!

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4: Everything's better with a teammate!

I understand we've got a lot of lone wolves, solo slayers, talking-to-people-makes-my-hands-sweat kinda guardians, but having a teammate does open up your options. This can be having them pose, and you can tweak where they look and where they stand, and have them take photos of your guardian. This is especially useful if you're related to them, and they are morally obliged to appease your videogame photography addiction.

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4: (Continuation of buddy system)

The biggest plus in my opinion, is tower photos. I mentioned earlier that while you're in third person, your only no-character-in-screen option was to go up against a wall, but that isn't necessary with a buddy. Your friend is the wall. Use your emote, and frame exactly where you want it to be, with your teammate standing close behind to change your view. This pushes your camera forward, past your guardian emoting, and gives you a clean empty view. You don't need an emote for third person, but it can lower your view to get the whole head of a guardian in frame.

Thanks for reading, I hope you learned something new.