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Minimalism is also an exercise and lowering the kinds of outcomes you want as well. You see a bird at the top of a mountain you'd like to photograph? You simply

Minimalism is also an exercise and lowering the kinds of outcomes you want as well. You see a bird at the top of a mountain you'd like to photograph? You simply don't.

cat_plus_plus 4y ago
So if I see a memorable family moment I want to photograph in close quarters, I simply don't? This seems like too much commitment to minimalism or photography as art as a single priority. Sometimes there are things worth capturing even if I can't capture them perfectly or have to carry a backpack with a couple of extra lenses.
- lm28469 4y ago
  > So if I see a memorable family moment I want to photograph in close quarters, I simply don't? This seems like too much commitment Humanity did that until around 2010 so I would say you'd be fine.
  - cat_plus_plus 4y ago
    Say what? Pentax ES cameras where made in the 70s and had a good selection of wideangle and telephoto lenses. These were not even new, automatic shutter speed control was.
- nbk_2000 4y ago
  It helps me to separate photography into two areas 1) Art 2) Documentation. If I feel like "creating something" I might challenge myself to work within certain confines. If I need to "document something", I bring the proper tools for the job. If I didn't do this, then I wouldn't have had the joy of successfully executing pinhole photography (i.e. Art). While also capturing whales jumping out of the ocean a few feet in front of me in a small boat in the Pacific (i.e. Documentation)