That is funny.

For about $139.00 there are Sony and Canon point and shoots. I looked at the big blue store but you may find better deals on Amazon.
Both brands with the point and shoots are very good cameras. More features you add the more you pay.

I was writing my reply as you were writing yours.

As someone else suggested try changing your strap. I switched to the Peak Design leash and that takes the weight off the back of your neck. You can carry the camera cross body and adjust it so it doesn't bounce around. Slide around, up and shoot. As others said maybe change your lens. You may try rigging up a brace that supports the camera from the bottom against your torso to counter the weight of the lens if you prefer to keep the camera in front of you. Bolt in the tripod mounting hole a 2 pieces of wood to create a T and pad the part that goes against you. Make it long enough to just glide up and down your torso.

When I went for the upgrade in my camera I was back and forth between the D7500 and D500, I ended up going with the D7500 since I knew I would be walking with it all the time on vacation. The perceived weight difference made that choice. D7200 is 4.9 oz's lighter than the D500.

Mr. Spock I was in the same place you are in now during the summer with buying a tripod. i have a D3300 with a 18-200 lens which I going to take photos of the eclipse with. The tripod I had was 20 yrs old cheap sun something, the rack and pinion was worn out. I did some test shots of the sun with the camera on the tripod, the photos came out good. The issue was the tripod was just to low and soon as you loosened the lock for the height it would go down. So off to the store we go, I buy an inexpensive tripod from Best Buy and bring it home, set it up for the eclipse and take my photos and they came out blurred. Issue bought a cheap tripod with a long column, we got vibration. Take that tripod back and look for something better.

We searched on line, read articles and asked questions in the forums and got a lot of different opinions and suggestions for a tripod. I went to 3 camera store around me at this point, narrowed down the tripod in one place and thought maybe go for a carbon fiber tripod. Owner tells me order it online from him to beat the tax and I'll have the next day. I went home did a bit more research and decided that carbon fiber wasn't worth 100-200 more for a weight savings of 6-8 oz's. That also changed my criteria for a tripod. I decided i wanted something I could get height from and also compact enough to fit in luggage when we travel or in my backpack. This lead me to a 3 legged thing Travis. This works for me, some may not agree with my decision. It's light enough for travel, heavy enough to be sturdy and dampen vibrations. You can weight it down by hanging your bag on it. The ball head is nice, 4 leg sections, folds to be about the size of a standard keyboard. It has a decent weight rating and legs don't slip. It also includes a swiss arca plate. I am 5'11" and can look through my view finder with out crouching and can bring the center post up if needed. I also updated my camera to a D7500 and it is heavier than the D3300. Also the tripod can remove 1 leg and the center column and make a monopod.

I guess the point i am trying to make is decide how you are going to use this tripod. Heavy use, light use. Do you want better portability. Are you going to use it for landscape, travel? Birds? You see where I am going with this. You don't need to pay a ton of money. I paid 179 for this tripod and I am extremely happy with it. Order something from Amazon and if you don't like it return it.

I really like the first shot. All the shots are nice.

When I posted the other day that was the going price I had googled and it was. I just searched again and the price has gone up. If you have a student you can get student pricing.

Shut down restart device. I am all Apple and when this happens it’s usually after an update. If your surfing and it happens quit the browser and reopen, but most times shutdown.

These look very nice, they look like they are painted on canvas or a nice linen paper. I flipped through a bunch of your other posts and they are also very nice.
I am guessing that your a florist or are with a florist, because I could not even figure out where to get so many photo's of flowers on a daily basis. It would be great to see a before and after PP.

iMac no, Mac Mini yes depending on build.

My past 3 macs I have replaced with memory from other world computing/macsales.com and have had no issues. All memory is guaranteed and is much less expensive than going through Apple. This company was referred to me from my Mac tech we used when I was working in prepress.

Long time mac user. My iMac 27 has 24 megs of ram and it runs fast. I haven't looked at the new iMac setup to see how to change the ram, but if it has the door at the bottom and you can put the chips yourself. Save some cash by buying the Ram from a third party vendor.

Good for starting out and that is the going price for the program.

You can do a 30 day trial and there are tutorials through Adobe and many YouTubers along with Linda.com. You can also get a book from the library on Lightroom and Photoshop.

Thank you, your photos are very nice also.