Generally for a standard “professional” level camera, the body is $500 alone and with ONE lens it can reach $1000 easily. Cameras are really expensive and that’s why everyone doesn’t walk around with a camera. Instead of buying a new camera since the S9 has a pretty decent camera, try teaching yourself good photo composition and play with lighting. Just my two cents
*edit, you could also buy an old or used camera and depending on the model, it’ll be better than your phone. If you thinking of really buying one, I recommend the Canon EOS T3i Rebel, it’s older but takes really nice photos and it pretty easy to use. I also recommend getting a 35 mm lens (or something a LITTLE longer) because I don’t think you’ll need distance shots lmao
Also in the off topic cafe, there’s an art sub forum and if you look in there, there’s another sub forum for photography