"What Type of Pictures Do You Take?"
Dec 5, 2018 07:28:48 #
I don't know how many times I've seen this question given in response to a question. "What type of pictures do you take?" I've been taking pictures for over fifty years, and if I had to buy different cameras and lenses for every type of picture I wanted to take, I'd be broke and have dozens of cameras. I'd need a different camera for dogs, cats, birds, boats, cars, planes, sports, landscapes, night sky, children, portraits - the list goes on. I take pictures of anything and everything, as do most people. When I decide I want a new lens, I don't make a list of what I'm going to photograph with it. Canon and Nikon do not advertise their gear to take pictures of one particular subject. It's a camera! Take pictures!
If the OP has to take hundreds of shots of a certain specific type of subject, maybe - just maybe - one particular camera or lens would be better than another. In that case, we would expect the OP to mention the one specific job the camera and lens is expected to do.
If the OP has to take hundreds of shots of a certain specific type of subject, maybe - just maybe - one particular camera or lens would be better than another. In that case, we would expect the OP to mention the one specific job the camera and lens is expected to do.
Dec 5, 2018 07:33:43 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I don't know how many times I've seen this questio... (show quote)
I take what I want to.
Depending on where I am and what I am doing.
I enjoy all types.
Same reason I became an Architect.
I do all things from client management, engineering, design, travel and hundreds of other activities in that work. Not focused on one little thing all the time day to day.
Dec 5, 2018 07:50:59 #
Architect1776 wrote:
I take what I want to.
Depending on where I am and what I am doing.
I enjoy all types.
Same reason I became an Architect.
I do all things from client management, engineering, design, travel and hundreds of other activities in that work. Not focused on one little thing all the time day to day.
Depending on where I am and what I am doing.
I enjoy all types.
Same reason I became an Architect.
I do all things from client management, engineering, design, travel and hundreds of other activities in that work. Not focused on one little thing all the time day to day.
Dot it all! That's my motto.
Dec 5, 2018 07:55:33 #
Dec 5, 2018 08:07:39 #
Dec 5, 2018 08:14:46 #
Of things that have meaning to me what ever it may be so I can share!
Dec 5, 2018 08:16:32 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Dot it all! That's my motto.
I stop at mopping and windows.
I have photographed such diverse and sometimes esoteric views that I can't even begin to list without going out on tangents.
(I've been shooting for the last fifty four (!) years myself. I'm not counting those couple of years using my dad's flip out camera.)
"Dot"?
Dec 5, 2018 08:23:44 #
Dec 5, 2018 08:26:45 #
If I take pictures for myself to enjoy I know when I leave this earth 99.99% of my pictures will be discarded. I take pictures for others to have memories. This weekend I will be taking pictures of Santa and dogs with their owners at a no kill shelter. Then the next Saturday I will taking pictures of a big Christmas party at a Children's home. I do this for nothing except for the satisfaction knowing I have given future memories for others. I think back of my youth where there are only a few pictures of my friends.
I use my Canon 5D M3 with a Tamaron 28-300 lens but any camera will collect enough photons to create a memory for those that would have none.
I use my Canon 5D M3 with a Tamaron 28-300 lens but any camera will collect enough photons to create a memory for those that would have none.
Dec 5, 2018 09:28:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Dot it all! That's my motto.
Yes,
That is what makes the hobby/profession enjoyable.
Variety and all the challenges that come with it.
You might like something more than others, I do with Architecture like some types of projects more than others (Usually low budget are the worst) but find challenges and rewards the same as in taking a variety of photos.
Dec 5, 2018 09:48:51 #
Dec 5, 2018 10:23:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I don't know how many times I've seen this questio... (show quote)
Jerry, I might agree with you in general, but I think your last paragraph kind of glosses over important aspects of choosing a camera and lenses. Weight/size, low light performance, close up/macro capabilities, buffer size, weather sealing, lens interchangeability, etc, etc, are all important considerations the importance of which depends on how the gear will be used.
Reminds me of a posting where someone said that you have to have a tripod to be a good photographer. No you don't.... it all depends on your "type of photography"!
Dec 5, 2018 10:53:01 #
I was once a professional transportation planner. Planning ahead is now firmly cooked into my brain. Before I go out with my camera and lens combination I normally have a pretty clear idea what subjects I intend to shoot and the equipment I will need to do it. I almost never sling my camera over my shoulder and head out looking for random subjects. When I purchase a new camera or lens it is almost always with a particular type subject in mind. I didn't buy a Sigma 180 MM f/2.8 Macro to capture BIFs. And I didn't buy my Tamron 15x30 for close-ups of insects.
Dec 5, 2018 17:59:32 #
Dec 5, 2018 19:42:21 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I don't know how many times I've seen this questio... (show quote)
Hopefully ones that are visually interesting - at least that is my goal -to get one (or more) visually interesting images each time I go out. When I used to do this for a living - I took whatever the person paying my invoices desired - so I would ask them the very same question - "what type of pictures do you want me to take?" followed by "what's your budget?"
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