Read And Share: Try to be The Dumbest Photographer In The World
Mar 27, 2017 23:02:58 #
Read And Share: Try to be The Dumbest Photographer In The World
https://petapixel.com/2017/03/27/try-dumbest-photographer-world
The idea here is to read the article the share images that support the suppositions.
- Counter arguments are welcome as well as long as you can support the point.
Feel free to work through the 10 points in any order you want, and enjoy! S-
https://petapixel.com/2017/03/27/try-dumbest-photographer-world
The idea here is to read the article the share images that support the suppositions.
- Counter arguments are welcome as well as long as you can support the point.
Feel free to work through the 10 points in any order you want, and enjoy! S-
Mar 28, 2017 01:44:55 #
St3v3M wrote:
Read And Share: Try to be The Dumbest Photographer In The World
https://petapixel.com/2017/03/27/try-dumbest-photographer-world
The idea here is to read the article the share images that support the suppositions.
- Counter arguments are welcome as well as long as you can support the point.
Feel free to work through the 10 points in any order you want, and enjoy! S-
https://petapixel.com/2017/03/27/try-dumbest-photographer-world
The idea here is to read the article the share images that support the suppositions.
- Counter arguments are welcome as well as long as you can support the point.
Feel free to work through the 10 points in any order you want, and enjoy! S-
I've read this fascinating article twice now and will read it again. It seems he is pressing us to get out of our ruts and grow, to simultaneously understand and break the "rules" and create something unique and totally our own.That resonates with me as it may with other hopeless experimenters, who are often called all kinds of names, but "dumb" may be one of the nicer ones.
Though I've got many pictures I'm reasonably satisfied with, The most satisfying work I've ever put together is my dam bird project. Part of what holds me in it is that it is, as far as I can tell, wholly mine. I never saw anything I could have copied, and there are no ebook guides to follow about how to shoot the Cubist's Aviary as one friend has dubbed it.
So yes to unorthodox lighting, unacceptable poses, intentional camera movement, abstracts, creative processing, and many other experiments that could lead to our new styles and creations. (I may return to this to add an image later).
Mar 28, 2017 01:47:50 #
minniev wrote:
I've read this fascinating article twice now and w... (show quote)
'Rules' help us to understand, but if all we did was follow the them what better are we than robots? Let's break a few and see how that goes! S-
Mar 28, 2017 05:57:02 #
You have to learn the rules, if for no other reason, than you will know what to break. Thanks for the post! I just found something, right off the bat, that I need to have printed on a t-shirt. "Always go where No One goes". That's perfect.
Mar 28, 2017 05:57:26 #
I didn't know all those "rules".
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
Mar 28, 2017 07:41:00 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
I didn't know all those "rules".
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
I'd say that not using zoom lens is like putting hobbles on your feet at a track meet.
Mar 28, 2017 09:42:30 #
The way the article is written reminds me of those double-negative referendum questions on ballots where, in order to agree with the proposition, you have to vote no. Of course the confusing format did get me to read it three times 
He referenced street photography as the basis for the rules he was breaking, but with none in my archives and none planned in the near future, here are two from nature:
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He referenced street photography as the basis for the rules he was breaking, but with none in my archives and none planned in the near future, here are two from nature:
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Breaking Rule #4 (black and white highlights structures and patterns best).
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Breaking Rule #7 (Eye contact attracts viewers most effectively).
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Mar 28, 2017 10:15:39 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
I didn't know all those "rules".
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
Absolutely! Anyone who says zooms are a "no-no", has never shot music or sports!
Mar 28, 2017 11:43:38 #
firtree wrote:
You have to learn the rules, if for no other reason, than you will know what to break. Thanks for the post! I just found something, right off the bat, that I need to have printed on a t-shirt. "Always go where No One goes". That's perfect.
I agree but in the spirit of breaking the rules I also think about children who don't know the rules and create the most imaginative things.
Love the shirt. Be sure to post a picture when you have it made and an address to order them at! S-
Mar 28, 2017 11:47:16 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
I didn't know all those "rules".
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
IMHO #6 ("Zoom lenses are a big no no") is rubbish - I use both zooms and primes depending on what and where I am shooting.
Both examples are with the same lens. body and shot from the same location.
Zooms do give you a lot of flexibility.
Like any tool Zooms have their pros and cons, but as shown it's all about how you use them!
Thank you for the wonderful images. Did you shoot these from ground level at Farm Cove? S-
Mar 28, 2017 11:48:05 #
neilds37 wrote:
I'd say that not using zoom lens is like putting hobbles on your feet at a track meet.
Use what you have and master it! S-
Mar 28, 2017 11:53:29 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
The way the article is written reminds me of those double-negative referendum questions on ballots where, in order to agree with the proposition, you have to vote no. Of course the confusing format did get me to read it three times
He referenced street photography as the basis for the rules he was breaking, but with none in my archives and none planned in the near future, here are two from nature:
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He referenced street photography as the basis for the rules he was breaking, but with none in my archives and none planned in the near future, here are two from nature:
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You images are 'definitely probably' in line with what he's saying and 'won’t do you no good.' laf
Thank you for posting and for pushing the limits of what photography 'should' be! S-
Mar 28, 2017 11:54:41 #
donolea wrote:
Absolutely! Anyone who says zooms are a "no-no", has never shot music or sports!
Thank you for that! S-
Mar 28, 2017 12:55:40 #
St3v3M wrote:
Read And Share: Try to be The Dumbest Photographer In The World
https://petapixel.com/2017/03/27/try-dumbest-photographer-world
The idea here is to read the article the share images that support the suppositions.
- Counter arguments are welcome as well as long as you can support the point.
Feel free to work through the 10 points in any order you want, and enjoy! S-
https://petapixel.com/2017/03/27/try-dumbest-photographer-world
The idea here is to read the article the share images that support the suppositions.
- Counter arguments are welcome as well as long as you can support the point.
Feel free to work through the 10 points in any order you want, and enjoy! S-
While this article has some in depth thought, which may offend some. I'll have to take a look at MYSELF !!! Albert Einstein is broadly credited with exclaiming “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. Breaking any rule in photography is a guide to ones own destiny for change. If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got. Try to be The Dumbest Photographer In The World? If it requires change to grow for the better, then yes, sign me up.
Mar 28, 2017 13:11:51 #
Dave Chinn wrote:
While this article has some in depth thought, whic... (show quote)
Sign me up too! S-
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