phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Great post, thanks!
I have 2 D750's and, at nearly 73, will probably be my last DSLRs. It is a very capable, small light FF that is better than I will ever need. Have a plethora of good lenses for use depending on my shooting that day (or night). My prized possession is a Nikon 70-180 micro and a 6T close-up lens. I have the Tamron 24-70 and 70-200 G2 versions, a 300mm PF f/4, 2 TC's and a bunch of short, fast primes. I'm ready for almost anything.

For travel and remembrance shooting I have my trusty swiss army knife Panasonic FZ 1000. For web posting and midsized sized prints it's just fine.

Happy New year.

Jeffers

I shoot for pleasure and memories. My camera requirements are simple: It has to fit in my pocket; take good images over a variety of light conditions; have decent optical zoom; and an automatic shutter cover. We have a Canon ELPH 340 (16MPX) and a Canon ELPH 360 (20 MPX). AUTO is awesome, but it also has quite a few other shooting modes. Ones I use are Portrait, which restricts depth of field; and burst for taking more natural group photos. I use Photoshop Elements to crop the "keepers" and occasionally to adjust the Levels. Although it has no viewfinder, I find that in bright light where the preview screen is washed out, point and shoot works well, followed by cropping.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Yes, Miss Maple. Can I have my apple back now?

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

I shoot because I can't draw or paint or sculpt or sing or play a musical instrument. But I can fill my need for artistic expression with a bag full of pencils and brushes and clay...oh wait...I meant to say a bag full of cameras and lenses.

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

scsdesphotography Loc: Southeastern Michigan

So, if I say that I want to produce images that have emotional impact, I'm saying that I want my photo's to move the observer in an emotional way? Correct?

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Sounds right to me.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Show the viewer of the photograph something in a way they have never seen for themselves.
--Bob

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

Excellent response. This is starting to sound like Chris T. again.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Chris T's posts were, at times, inspiring. I'm sure there were some who were inspired to introspection by his questions. Perhaps that introspection led to better photographs.
--Bob

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Before I retired, my life centered around my work as a mechanical system designer and system forensic troubleshooter. When I retired last January, the cold grey winter weather in the midwest and the lack of feeling productive weighted on me heavily through the first few months thinking that perhaps retirement was not meant for me. Then came spring and I took the camera outdoors and I never stopped shooting since. Macro photography has become my passion along with learning about the insects, their life cycles, and their habitat.

Macro photography has become something that I can now do outdoors and indoors year round. My gear is centered around macro photography and the light modifiers I use are homemade and experimenting is a large part of the pleasure I get from it all.

Jeffers

Bob,
Many people here already know this, but it was new for me. I needed a group shot of 12, not boring. So I got them all lined up and said, "I'm not going to tell you to smile." Then I told them funny one-liners and snapped as I went. When I looked later, there were three finalist shots. I sent them to the group and asked them to vote. It was unanimous, for the second last shot I took.
As a side benefit, one of the earlier shots candidly caught a couple really being themselves. I isolated them, put on a different background and sent it to them. They loved it.
I learned this group photo technique from a How-to Geek article. It really works to catch people in ways they haven't seen themselves.

Shutterbug57

Nice. Glad it’s working out for you.

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

Ive been shooting pics since about age 12 with various cameras, mostly documenting life along the way. In 2017 I was boring myself and found an online class on Coursera on writing poetry.to stretch my mind. After that was over, Coursera put out a list of classes available, and one was on how to shoot with a DSLR, taught by two Mich State profs, sort of college lite.
So I repossessed the camera we bought for my son's college class a couple of years before. A couple of new lenses later, plus a tripod snd printer, and i have a new lifetime hobby.
My budget won't allow for huge purchases, and I have what suits my style, so i strongly doubt a new camera any time soon.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Graphic 4X5!?! I know I'm jealous! Knowing film cost, you have to be a careful and selective photographer.

Almost all my shooting revolves around travel. As much as I love my film cameras, I don't have a lot of time or the money anymore to shoot with them.

When traveling with film it was either a small outfit of my Olympus OM-1n and OM-4ti along with my 21, 28, 50, 100, and 2X teleconverter, or my larger outfit. Depending where we were going and how we were going, I could add a 28-70, a 40 pancake, or 400 lens to my smaller outfit.

My larger film outfit was a Hasselblad 500CW, motor drive, 45° viewfinder, two 12 exposure backs, two 24 exposure backs, 40, 80, 120 macro, 1.4X teleconverter, extension tube, bellows lense shade, tripod, Canon A-2E, 28-135, and Sunpack flash. That outfit was 35 pounds but could still fit under the airline seat in front of me.

My first digital travel camera was the Olympus SP-550. It had a range of 28-500 and fit into a fannypack. We were traveling with friends and there was no room for anything else.

Now with all the changes in air travel, I first traveled with an E-M5 and now travel with the E-M1 mrII. Lenses are 7-14, 14-54, 50-200, 1.4X and 2X teleconverters, and flash (travel with only two lenses at a time). Future possible travel lenses are 12-100 and 300 Pro lenses. It will be interesting to see how well the new 150-400 f4 will be as a travel lens. These new possible lens purchases will force me to get a bag larger than my 6 X 11 X 12 LowePro Off Road and go heavier than 7 pounds (which I don't like doing; the equipment and Off Road are easy to travel with). Flash bracket, reflector, and tripod (if they go with me) are placed in the checked bags.

Location / travel / people / culture / mood / food photography is the main objective of my shooting, mainly for my wife's travel business. And all other photos are for my own personal pleasure, to be shared when appropriate.