12-18-2006, 09:13 AM
Goodspeed Wrote:Ok, heres an example...
I'm guessing its just an extremely expensive camera...
Looks like it was taken while the sun was low in the sky, judging by the shadows, which is why the color feels warm. The camera info isn't in the pic but I'm willing to bet that there wasn't any major work done on it. What's shitty about the technology age we live in is everyone assumes everything's been edited in Photoshop, which isn't always true.
Lighting is the key to pretty much any photograph and if that's working for you, the camera really isn't what matters. I took this with my Nikon point and shoot 2 years ago and this is how it appears right outta the camera. Crisp, clear and the lighting works.
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The expensive camera thing is one of the biggest misconceptions in photography. Read this, it changed my perspective on equipment.
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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 can spend creating great images. The right equipment just makes it easier, faster or more convenient for you to get the results you need.
"Any good modern lens is corrected for maximum definition at the larger stops. Using a small stop only increases depth..." Ansel Adams, June 3, 1937, in a reply to Edward Weston asking for lens suggestions, page 244 of Ansel's autobiography. Ansel made fantastically sharp images seventy years ago without wasting time worrying about how sharp his lenses were. With seventy years of improvement we're far better off concentrating on making stunning photos than photographing test charts.
Buying new gear will NOT improve your photography. For decades I thought "if I only had that new lens" that all my photo wants would be satisfied. Nope. I still want that "one more lens," and I've been shooting for over 30 years. There is always one more lens. Get over it. See "The Station" for a better explanation.
The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth