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While there are endless debates about manipulation, when it comes to actual capturing of images, the photographic community (in my experience) has a healthy dos
by taejo 8y ago
While there are endless debates about manipulation, when it comes to actual capturing of images, the photographic community (in my experience) has a healthy dose of "the best camera is the one you're carrying" and "a great photographer can take great photographs with any camera but even a great camera won't help a lousy photographer take great photographs" to go with its love of gear (who can help but love gear?)
- beat 8y agoCamera nerds are the worst. They're worse than audiophiles, if that's possible. Good photography requires nothing more than a bit of reason and observable standard practice, applied to aesthetics. You don't have to look hard to find someone with a $5000 camera/lens combo who doesn't know what the Rule of Thirds is or how to apply it. Last weekend, I was in DC, and snapping pictures of the Washington Monument on my phone. My sister was shocked at how good they were. It's not hard, really.
- airbreather 8y agoGirl at work has 20k camera with 100k megapixels, but then again Huawei just asked to use her pics for their phone screen savers, so...