Edward Weston quote on equipment.
Sep 19, 2018 12:45:42 #
Edward Weston had a great quote about some photographers and their GAS.
“The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel cage chase from new lens to new paper to new developer to new gadget, never staying with one piece of equipment long enough to learn its full capacities, becoming lost in a maze of technical information that is of little or no use since they don’t know what to do with it.”-Edward Weston
This quote could not be any more accurate today as it was decades ago when he said it.
“The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel cage chase from new lens to new paper to new developer to new gadget, never staying with one piece of equipment long enough to learn its full capacities, becoming lost in a maze of technical information that is of little or no use since they don’t know what to do with it.”-Edward Weston
This quote could not be any more accurate today as it was decades ago when he said it.
Sep 19, 2018 12:46:42 #
Very true, should be the motto for all of us. When you get to the point where you master your kit 100%, time to upgrade.
Sep 19, 2018 13:00:52 #
Sep 19, 2018 13:11:49 #
I couldn't agree more.
--Bob
--Bob
GAS496 wrote:
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Sep 19, 2018 13:13:29 #
Sep 19, 2018 13:23:20 #
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I couldn't find right now what Ansel Adams wrote about how Edward Weston metering technique. It was funny.
Sep 19, 2018 13:32:38 #
Yes, it definitely is funny.
--Bob
--Bob
BebuLamar wrote:
I couldn't find right now what Ansel Adams wrote about how Edward Weston metering technique. It was funny.
Sep 19, 2018 17:31:44 #
TBerwick
Loc: Houston, Texas
Is an excellent quote and look at all the money Nikon needlessly spent on mirrorless! Tongue in cheek.
Sep 19, 2018 17:35:57 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Very true, should be the motto for all of us. When you get to the point where you master your kit 100%, time to upgrade.
Or once mastered, its time to continue the quest for the best image you can possibly make. Maybe then upgrade if you're young enough to do the master thing again. And if you can afford it.
Otherwise, spend what you have on was to shoot with what you got!
Sep 19, 2018 22:41:08 #
How do you really know that you have mastered your camera? I am.being serious , you can always buy a newer, "better" camera, but how do you really know when you "need it?"
Sep 20, 2018 00:26:14 #
A guy walked into my booth a while back. He spent some time looking at my images and finally asked what camera I used. I told him that some were taken with my Canon 5D Mk ll while that one (my biggest and most expensive) was done with an original 5D. He straightened up and proclaimed, “Well, I have the 5D Mk lV”!
I’m not generally rude by nature (you’ll just have to trust me on that). Maybe it was something about the tone of his voice, or how I perceived his attitude, but I couldn’t help asking him, “Really? In which gallery can I see your work”? ( 😏 ) He left.
I suppose I’m like many. When I see new models with jazzy new features, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have new gear (and wish my budget would be more cooperative). Then I remind myself “It’s about the image, not the gear” and the feeling passes!
I’m not generally rude by nature (you’ll just have to trust me on that). Maybe it was something about the tone of his voice, or how I perceived his attitude, but I couldn’t help asking him, “Really? In which gallery can I see your work”? ( 😏 ) He left.
I suppose I’m like many. When I see new models with jazzy new features, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have new gear (and wish my budget would be more cooperative). Then I remind myself “It’s about the image, not the gear” and the feeling passes!
Sep 20, 2018 00:49:08 #
When your skills have exceeded the camera's with which you are using to show them.
--Bob
--Bob
toxdoc42 wrote:
How do you really know that you have mastered your camera? I am.being serious , you can always buy a newer, "better" camera, but how do you really know when you "need it?"
Sep 20, 2018 01:21:58 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I couldn't find right now what Ansel Adams wrote about how Edward Weston metering technique. It was funny.
I know the one you mean: something about a light meter that Weston threw away?
I can't find it either.
Edward Weston didn't have to worry about technical information on developing, etc.,--
he just asked Adams.
But sticking with a camera (and process) long enough to master it is right on the money!
Sep 20, 2018 01:28:27 #
TBerwick wrote:
Is an excellent quote and look at all the money Nikon needlessly spent on mirrorless! Tongue in cheek.
The "bleeding edge" of technology is a good place to avoid.
Sep 20, 2018 03:54:32 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
How do you really know that you have mastered your camera? I am.being serious , you can always buy a newer, "better" camera, but how do you really know when you "need it?"
The answer is: you don't.
99% of the time what I see is just an excuse to buy something rather than do the hard work of making better pictures. The amount of time the camera is actually holding someone back from making exceptional images is so small as to be undetectable.
That's my observation.
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