Wow, just had an upsetting situation happen on Instagram. I made a comment on a non photography post on Instagram and someone must have gone to my page, or what ever you call it, and looked at my photos. They then went on to say that many of the photos were not mine! They even said they had seen one on Nat Geo and was not mine and I was not giving credit! I responded to this person saying they were certainly all mine and the response back was there is no watermark and why do others names show up? Then proceeded to ask if I worked for Nat Geo.... I can only assume the other names they referred to are the people I tagged who were on the trip with me and I do not use a watermark, as many on Instagram do not.

This just really upsets me to be accused of claiming someone else’s photo! I did once again reply that I guaranteed that 1,000% they are all my photos and I was honored they thought my photos were Nat Geo worthy....

Why is it that photographers are obsessed with obtaining so many lenses? I only have 3 lenses that serve me well. I have owned them now for about 8-10 years during which I have bought 4 new bodies. My lenses are the Canon 10-22mm efs, the 24-105mm L EF, and the 100-300mm EF. During the time i have owned these lenses I have owned the Canon XT, the 60d, 70d and now the 90d bodies. But I have never had a desire to buy new lenses. Why would I? My 24-105 is my general purpose lens. I use it for 75% or more of my shots. The 10-22 is for when I have to go wide and the 100-300 is for sports, wildlife and general telephoto needs. I cannot imagine needing anything else other than maybe a 50mm prime with a large aperture. I don’t have a camera bag big enough for anymore lenses.

How many lenses do you own?

There have been several posts lately in which the term "get it right in the camera" has been expressed. This seems to be expressed mostly by those who abhor processing.

Photography is and always will be a two-step process. The first being capturing the exposure. The second is processing that exposure to make a "print".

Those who rely on the 'in-camera' applications to produce a "print" are the equivalent of sending your film to a lab and having someone else do the work. These are the snapshot fans. Their main goal seems to be operating a shutter button.

The photographers, on the other hand, have an understanding of the mechanics of capturing the scene with the final "print" in mind and what it will take to achieve that "print". They understand the placement of tonal values and the process to achieve their visualization of the scene. Their "getting it right" is quite different.

So, here are a couple of examples of my "get it right in the camera". Each was taken with a different camera but the goal was the same, the final "print".
--Bob