As Ben ogled the old obese woman while Charlotte watched him in horror, he began to absorb photography knowledge at a rapid rate.
After all, it was a learning speed that normal people couldn't match. With a stat growth multiplier active, his focus, motivation, and memory formation all increased by massive margins. So, by the end of his first Photography Club's workshop, he'd already learned a lot about portrait photography techniques. The only problem remaining was he didn't have a camera to practice them on. Soon though, he fixed that when Charlotte took him to a nearby shop.
There, he bought a used Nikon D5300 for a few hundred dollars. It was a budget camera, but even that price caused Ben to sweat. Although he had a job now, he only began in recent weeks and didn't know how expensive photography was. That's why when the store clerk began explaining about the cost of lenses and other equipment, Ben hurried to leave before he got finessed…