I Think we all been there at some point in our photography jerney. Thinking the new gear may save our photography. I used to nursing my gear when I started photography and like Cole, it had to be the same brand. Today, it really just is a tool for me, fitted to my needs. I dont Care about pixels. My photos are not about details, but mood and atmosphere. Some peapole I know wonder why I add grain, vignette and remove detail from High res modern camera. They allways go Like: “you loose pixels”. Almost everyone is obsessed by this in photography. Why? I dont know.
I'm going to show my wife the title of this video with your headshots. No sound. She'll connect my gray hair and passion for photography to you two, see the title, and instantly support my need for a new camera.
Enjoyed the JB background image quite a bit. Also, nice that you framed it as a complex ... scene. Too often folks describe such a scene as chaotic, which could be interpreted as they just don't understand it.
My “aha” moment was in a Yellowstone National Park visitor center. They had a camera of William Henry Jackson’s. It was a box. A wooden box. It didn’t even have any view camera movements. That’s when I realized that gear affects the ease with which I can get an image, but doesn’t affect the image all that much.
We all know it isn't the fiddle but the fiddler. Now, if your a world class fiddler the fiddle is going to allow you to express your talents to its higher or highest level. Im sure a Phase 1 XF IQ4 isnt going to make me a better photographer, so i'll keep working with my Fuji XT2 (my fiddle) and practise more.
Freeman's book Photography for the Joy of it! Is what got me started.....
A great book! As are all of his books....
I Think we all been there at some point in our photography jerney. Thinking the new gear may save our photography.
I used to nursing my gear when I started photography and like Cole, it had to be the same brand. Today, it really just is a tool for me, fitted to my needs.
I dont Care about pixels. My photos are not about details, but mood and atmosphere. Some peapole I know wonder why I add grain, vignette and remove detail from High res modern camera. They allways go Like: “you loose pixels”. Almost everyone is obsessed by this in photography. Why? I dont know.
I'm going to show my wife the title of this video with your headshots. No sound. She'll connect my gray hair and passion for photography to you two, see the title, and instantly support my need for a new camera.
Let us know how that goes.....
Enjoyed the JB background image quite a bit. Also, nice that you framed it as a complex ... scene. Too often folks describe such a scene as chaotic, which could be interpreted as they just don't understand it.
Thank you!
My “aha” moment was in a Yellowstone National Park visitor center. They had a camera of William Henry Jackson’s. It was a box. A wooden box. It didn’t even have any view camera movements. That’s when I realized that gear affects the ease with which I can get an image, but doesn’t affect the image all that much.
And sometimes the more complicated a camera is, the more distracting it can become to the artistic process.
Damn it! My camera has a micro 4/3 sensor. That's not good enough. I have to go camera shopping right now! 😂 Thanks for the laugh, guys.
DO IT!!!!
Oh, you cannot create great images with a 4/3 sensor, they'll only be 3/4 as good as a full frame sensor!
@@colethompson1906 HAHA HA HA!
We all know it isn't the fiddle but the fiddler. Now, if your a world class fiddler the fiddle is going to allow you to express your talents to its higher or highest level. Im sure a Phase 1 XF IQ4 isnt going to make me a better photographer, so i'll keep working with my Fuji XT2 (my fiddle) and practise more.
Good!!
I miss my X-T2 - alas it died and I have an X-T5 now. It's a tool but I do miss my 'fiddle' 👍
I believe that our cameras are better than we are.
it is like to say buy a new car, it will make you a better driver 😊
Funny!
Made it halfway through the video and bought a new camera!!!!!
Also…. No I didn’t! Guess I’m content being a mediocre ameture. :-)
What did you get? Oh... never mind.
@ hahahahahaha!!!
😂 👍