jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

I attended a Canon seminar recently and they talked about their lens lineup. The whole seminar was about their lenses and uses for each lens. I was pretty impressed with the seminar because there were uses for some of them that I never thought about. One thing I can say is that there are special purpose lenses that can do more than one thing but they are special purpose and were made with those special purposes in mind.

Also, there are certain focal lengths that you wouldn't use for certain types of photos like a wide angle wouldn't almost NEVER be used to take pictures of wildlife. I say almost NEVER because I've used a wide angle lens to capture thousands of Snow Geese on a pond when the all took to flight at once. This couldn't be captured with a long lens.

pmsc70d Loc: Post Falls, Idaho

I mostly take pictures of things that can't run away from me.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

My photography would probably be widely identified as "documentary"--I document my travels and I document events at my church. Each venue requires a different approach. In documenting my travels I have 2 goals: first, to provide imagery of sufficient content to spur my reminiscences of the trip; and second, to (hopefully) produce some images that my friends and family might enjoy viewing. When working for the church, however, the goal there is principally to show people doing things, and especially children (parents do love seeing images of their children, and our audience is limited to church goers so privacy is less of an issue). When documenting my travels I tend to concentrate on buildings, bridges, towers, and natural features (landscapes) and people are typically just incidental. When visiting family, of course, I concentrate on "people" photos.

The above having been written, I take only one camera, a Nikon D7100 (at the present), and one lens (the Nikon 18-200VR2 zoom) and make do with that combination for every purpose. With a little experience and ingenuity, I've found very little that it cannot do. I don't even take a tripod, because on my tours there is not time to set one up and most places discourage or ban their use, anyway. One learns to find other ways to stabilize the camera when lighting is dim. (And the VR2 on the lens is a big help there, too.)

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Mostly bad ones. The delete function is the most used

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

Why "type?". The world is our oyster!

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I am strictly a wildlife hunter. I don't shoot over bait or from blinds. If I post a photo that is not a pure hunter shot I say so. Since I can't, and never will, afford long, fast lenses, full frame cameras, etc. I have to take what I get with my D7200 and 28-300 lens. Full frame wildlife shots are rare for me. Sharpness is something I strive for. The thing is, what I do is the best limited skill allows with what equipment I have. The most important thing when I go out with my camera is that I have fun. I feel sorry for those who have lost that. They have substituted the "ends" for the "means" and thereby lost the magic that brought them into photography in the first place.

Alan1729 Loc: England UK, now New York State.

Like most here I guess a bit of anything that's in front of me when I have a camera. Most of my best pictures were when I didn't have a camera. However my advice to someone asking what camera to buy would be buy one you can afford with a good lens and start shooting learn from there because you are going to buy many more cameras and lenses in your career amateur or pro. Of course it will make a little difference on what you want to make pictures of but that may only affect the lens choice at first. As you get better or change what you want to picture you will find that you will have to give up some other things to buy more equipment. And don't forget the GAS effect when you are hooked, this pass time is an adiction!

aellman Loc: Boston MA

"Whatever it takes." That's my motto.

Angel Star Photography Loc: Tacoma, WA

Same here! Anything and everything possible not only in photography but also where ever I can learn something new, explore new ideas, ...

kimbabrt Loc: Langhorne, PA

I sell retail items online & have to take many photos of each item before posting the listing, my biggest problem is if I see stock photos online of the very exact same item I'm selling the policies in which I sell under allow me to do this.
My biggest problem is editing them with the tools I have available on my PC so today I downloaded the PhotoScape App for Windows 8.1 version.
I'm new at it so I still haven't figured it all out but hopefully will by tomorrow it's the holiday season needless to say a very busy time so photos take allot of my time if I'm able to download and edit a stock photo it makes my job 100% that much easier!!
The largest pixel for my application I sell from is 500 pixels and when editing from the tools on my PC all I get is a larger photo with much blur and outlines not very appealing to me or customers I'm sure..
Could you give me a few pointers if your not to busy I would truly appreciate it!
Sincerely,
Kim

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

Hi, Kim, you should post this as a new separate thread, not on this one, since it doesn't fit here as an answer to the original post.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

kimbabrt Loc: Langhorne, PA

Thank you just registered didn't realize that...
Kimberly

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

Your question will get more viewers who know the answers that way.

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