All this technology
Aug 16, 2018 12:58:06 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
I have MS Word and it doesn't make me a great writer. I have a high end DSLR too.
Aug 16, 2018 13:06:00 #
So are we supposed now to think you are not a great photographer either? I mean the statement is a question.
Aug 16, 2018 13:34:21 #
Aug 16, 2018 13:35:04 #
Advertising agencies know how to market to Americans: regardless of need, buying newest, biggest, most expensive is always the goal here, no?
Aug 16, 2018 13:42:01 #
Technology allows good photographers a path towards getting great shots. My BIF hit rate is far higher with my D5 than it ever was with my FM! At the same time, you can't buy your way into great photography - you have to mix a solid understanding and leveraging of technology with a real artistic vision. That's when the sparks fly IMO.
Aug 16, 2018 13:44:46 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Advertising agencies know how to market to Americans: regardless of need, buying newest, biggest, most expensive is always the goal here, no?
I think that's for the entire world not just Americans. I think the most expensive doesn't work well for Americans. It's the newest that works well. Biggest is as good as Smallest.
Aug 16, 2018 14:06:26 #
Aug 17, 2018 07:22:28 #
"I have MS Word and it doesn't make me a great writer. I have a high end DSLR too."
Does it make you a better photographer?
Does it make you a better photographer?
Aug 17, 2018 08:33:51 #
Wasn't it the great Ansel Adams who wrote something to the effect of, "A great photographer can take a great photo with a pin-hole camera"!?
Aug 17, 2018 10:27:14 #
Camera and lenses are only tools. If someone does not have the expertise and experience of using those tools no matter the camera or how professional the lens is, the results are not going to be very satisfactory.
Aug 17, 2018 11:50:43 #
Aug 17, 2018 12:14:45 #
Steve Perry wrote:
Technology allows good photographers a path towards getting great shots. My BIF hit rate is far higher with my D5 than it ever was with my FM! At the same time, you can't buy your way into great photography - you have to mix a solid understanding and leveraging of technology with a real artistic vision. That's when the sparks fly IMO.
Aug 17, 2018 12:34:59 #
Stardust wrote:
Once read "Great Photography takes Practice not Purchase."
Aug 17, 2018 12:38:30 #
insman1132 wrote:
Wasn't it the great Ansel Adams who wrote something to the effect of, "A great photographer can take a great photo with a pin-hole camera"!?
Not sure but I have always said, "a good Pro-photographer could photograph a wedding with only a point and shoot camera. While the bad Pro-photographers can't even shoot it with a Hasselblad no matter how many lenses and gear they carry around". The studios I shot for many times agreed with me on those points.
Aug 18, 2018 07:26:01 #
gvarner wrote:
I have MS Word and it doesn't make me a great writer. I have a high end DSLR too.
You will need to "Complete" your thought here,....You have a High-End DSLR too,...but or and What???????
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