A Truth! Print, cut out and keep in your wallet!

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Print, cut out and keep in your wallet!

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

Sorry I have to disagree.
Pretty hard to take a photograph without a camera - no matter how primitive or advanced that camera is.

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

The real problem is that some people (including Peter Adams apparently) think that it has to be about either one or the other - when in reality it is about the combination of both.
The artist AND his tools.

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

lighthouse wrote:

The real problem is that some people (including Peter Adams apparently) think that it has to be about either one or the other - when in reality it is about the combination of both.
The artist AND his tools.

:thumbup:

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Pepper wrote:

lighthouse wrote:

The real problem is that some people (including Peter Adams apparently) think that it has to be about either one or the other - when in reality it is about the combination of both.
The artist AND his tools.

:thumbup:

This may start an entirely new debate. I think there are two general types of photographers: artists and technicians. I am a technician; I can do research and quote facts about photography from now until the sun burns out. But, as an artist, capable of recognizing, composing and photograph that pleases people because of its artistry, I might as well use a Lomo camera with a Lensbaby smeared with motor oil. I just don't have an artistic bone in my body!

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

The best photographer in the world won't set the world on fire using a Box Brownie, but a raw beginner can literally grab any modern camera, leave it on 'auto', & take some good pics with little technical savvy.

I believe a serious photographer needs good technical knowledge of general photography, know his/her camera & gear, & have an artistic flair & imagination when plotting a scene.

Unfortunately, some of us (me included), are not very artistically inclined, but we have fun anyway.

Brian46 Loc: Standish,Maine

lighthouse wrote:

The real problem is that some people (including Peter Adams apparently) think that it has to be about either one or the other - when in reality it is about the combination of both.
The artist AND his tools.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

lighthouse wrote:

The real problem is that some people (including Peter Adams apparently) think that it has to be about either one or the other - when in reality it is about the combination of both. The artist AND his tools.

I agree! Imagine the quality of those distant wild animal photos from National Geographic with a point and shoot.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Mogul wrote:

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I'm more in your camp than ther other - well put!

tomface Loc: California

Bridges wrote:

Print, cut out and keep in your wallet!

If I put that in my wallet, I'd never see it again!

amyinsparta Loc: White county, TN

The photographer has to set the camera. the photographer has to recognize a great shot when he sees it. The photographer has to have imagination. The photographer has to be brave many times. On the other hand, I also think that there are very,very few great photographers that don't use high end, expensive equipment! So. we are back to the age old question-is it the chicken or the egg?

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

Ditto lighthouse. Spot on.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bridges wrote:

Print, cut out and keep in your wallet!

True, up to a point. I think most of us know that a more expensive camera (Yes, I said it.) has capabilities that a cheaper model doesn't. Those capabilities can make the difference between getting the shot or not, or getting a good shot or a great shot.

Please, don't ask me for examples. :D

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

DOOK wrote:

The best photographer in the world won't set the world on fire using a Box Brownie, .

Hate to disagree with you Dook but the reknown photographer, Bert Hardy, did just that in 1951! He wanted to prove that you don't need expensive equipment to produce a great pic.
He set up a shoot in Blackpool and using a Box Brownie took a photo of two girls on the sea-front . It has become one of the most iconic pictures of post-war Britain.

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

farmerjim wrote:

DOOK wrote:

The best photographer in the world won't set the world on fire using a Box Brownie, .

Hate to disagree with you Dook but the reknown photographer, Bert Hardy, did just that in 1951! He wanted to prove that you don't need expensive equipment to produce a great pic.
He set up a shoot in Blackpool and using a Box Brownie took a photo of two girls on the sea-front . It has become one of the most iconic pictures of post-war Britain.

A good photographer can take a good or even great picture with any camera. But he has to find the right conditions to take these great pictures. Mr. Hardy was lucky enough to find two girls that were in good light with a good setting etc. to get a great picture. You wont find these conditions very often. You do need equipment that is adequate to get the picture under the conditions you have. You do need the fast or long or macro or tack sharp to get many pictures. - Dave