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Your equipment DOES NOT affect the quality of your image. The less time and effort you spend worrying about your equipment the more time and effort you will be able to spend creating great images. The right equipment just makes it easier, faster or more convenient for you to get the results you need. It took me decades to realize this. Here's why:
When it comes to the arts, be it music, photography, surfing or anything, there is a mountain to be overcome. What happens is that for the first 20 years or so that you study any art you just know that if you had a better instrument, camera or surfboard that you would be just as good as the pros. You waste a lot of time worrying about your equipment and trying to afford better. After that first 20 years you finally get as good as the other pros, and one day when someone comes up to you asking for advice you have an epiphany where you realize that it's never been the equipmet at all.
I only partially agree to the article..
b/c If I go by what it says I should be able to create images/take pics that are as good with my moms Oly D450 Zoom as they are with my Fuji S5000, and I don't think that's possible..
Patrially agree.
In the film world this was more true, but in digital times you can not get decent quality pics with a bottom end cam.
Now if your 2 megapixels or jigher, you can get great shots. as you could with a compact film cam.
Moving up to a high end camera will not ensure a grest pic, in many cases the high end camera will produce substandard quality pics due to lack of user input.
A mid range camera in the hands of someone who is a great photographer will produce a far superior finished product then a high end camera in the hands of a less qualified photographer.
I also agree partially. What he is speaking of is the art of photography, not just taking pictures. And yes, art is very subjective. What you think is art, I think is crap, and visa-versa.
Anyone can take pictures. Very few can create art from a camera. Whether it be film or digital, in most cases it DOES depend on what type of equipment AND film you use. There are some films shot by pros you will only find in a pro shop. On the other hand, there have been award winning photographs from disposable cameras.
One thing I have noticed in the new digital world of photography is that almost everyone is ultra-obsessed by the sharpness and technical aspects of the photographs and many times the subject of the photo itself isn't even mentioned.
Many of the Pulitzer-prize-winning photos are technical disasters. Grainy, over/under exposed, wrong DOF, etc. But it's the subject that makes the art, not the technical aspects of the photos.
So, sometimes we need to shoot against the rules. Forget the rules of thirds. Forget DOF. Forget proper exposure and composition. Shoot your subject.
But, shoot your subject with feeling. Capture the moment. The true moment. Captivate your audience. That is the art of photography. Most people have no idea what that is anymore.
Originally posted by Dakota I also agree partially. What he is speaking of is the art of photography, not just taking pictures. And yes, art is very subjective. What you think is art, I think is crap, and visa-versa.
Anyone can take pictures. Very few can create art from a camera. Whether it be film or digital, in most cases it DOES depend on what type of equipment AND film you use. There are some films shot by pros you will only find in a pro shop. On the other hand, there have been award winning photographs from disposable cameras.
One thing I have noticed in the new digital world of photography is that almost everyone is ultra-obsessed by the sharpness and technical aspects of the photographs and many times the subject of the photo itself isn't even mentioned.
Many of the Pulitzer-prize-winning photos are technical disasters. Grainy, over/under exposed, wrong DOF, etc. But it's the subject that makes the art, not the technical aspects of the photos.
So, sometimes we need to shoot against the rules. Forget the rules of thirds. Forget DOF. Forget proper exposure and composition. Shoot your subject.
But, shoot your subject with feeling. Capture the moment. The true moment. Captivate your audience. That is the art of photography. Most people have no idea what that is anymore.
Damn...very well said.
I have a 2.1 megapixel and a point and shoot 35mm. I think those are just fine for what I do. I really try and get a good subject or focal point of a pic. Maybe that pic has one hell of a shadow, but it does show my son having a wonderful time with his new Simba from The Lion King.
but why were using the flash? (for example that car in the puddle), There seems to be no effect of the flash, or maybe it's just me..
Thanks.
I wasn't using the flash. Photoshop scews up the EXIF information when you edit a picture and changes that. I hope CS is more EXIF friendly.
That being said, you can do some pretty cool stuff with a flash in the daytime, even in full sun. I just got the 550EX flashgun so that's been fun to play with. I will be using it at the races next year.
Originally posted by Dakota I also agree partially. What he is speaking of is the art of photography, not just taking pictures. And yes, art is very subjective. What you think is art, I think is crap, and visa-versa.
Anyone can take pictures. Very few can create art from a camera. Whether it be film or digital, in most cases it DOES depend on what type of equipment AND film you use. There are some films shot by pros you will only find in a pro shop. On the other hand, there have been award winning photographs from disposable cameras.
One thing I have noticed in the new digital world of photography is that almost everyone is ultra-obsessed by the sharpness and technical aspects of the photographs and many times the subject of the photo itself isn't even mentioned.
Many of the Pulitzer-prize-winning photos are technical disasters. Grainy, over/under exposed, wrong DOF, etc. But it's the subject that makes the art, not the technical aspects of the photos.
So, sometimes we need to shoot against the rules. Forget the rules of thirds. Forget DOF. Forget proper exposure and composition. Shoot your subject.
But, shoot your subject with feeling. Capture the moment. The true moment. Captivate your audience. That is the art of photography. Most people have no idea what that is anymore.
Again, very well said. I would add that the flaws add to the mood of the image, much like the patina on fine silver.
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david
I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.
