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I shoot candid and I am at the age and stage where my philosophy is simply "Just bring anything and take the picture". Tomorrow's technology will easily fix it;

by esafak 1y ago

I shoot candid and I am at the age and stage where my philosophy is simply "Just bring anything and take the picture". Tomorrow's technology will easily fix it; it's already pretty close. Former Magnum and NatGeo photographer David Alan Harvey can get by with a cell phone. I will say that shooting with a camera was way more engaging, active, exciting in the moment. And I haven't done studio photography in years. But I still take pictures that give people joy, and that's ultimately what counts.

traceroute66 1y ago
> Former Magnum and NatGeo photographer David Alan Harvey can get by with a cell phone. I reluctantly joined them last year after selling my DSLR and lens collection. I enjoyed my many DSLR years, but recently its become problematic : 1. The whole personal security thing, the world has changed and not in a good way. The number of places you can comfortably walk around with $$$ worth of camera kit in a bag ... LET ALONE take the camera out of the bag without needing eyes at the back of your head is decreasing FAST. 2. I got sick and tired of being subjected to secondary screening at airports in certain parts of the world where the security guys are not used to seeing a bag of DSLR kit and/or it being a country where they are "sensitive" about what long-lenses can be (theoretically) used for. 3. The whole insurance thing has become a pain the backside. Premiums constantly increasing, but more importantly, so do all the get-out clauses which means you struggle to find a policy that deals with the reality of traveling with cameras. So, yeah, previously I would sneer at the iPhone brigade. Now I've joined their ranks.
mhb 1y ago
Just bring anything and take the picture f/8 and Be There: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/8_and_be_there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/8_and_be_there

by esafak 1y ago

traceroute66 1y ago

> Former Magnum and NatGeo photographer David Alan Harvey can get by with a cell phone. I reluctantly joined them last year after selling my DSLR and lens collection. I enjoyed my many DSLR years, but recently its become problematic : 1. The whole personal security thing, the world has changed and not in a good way. The number of places you can comfortably walk around with $$$ worth of camera kit in a bag ... LET ALONE take the camera out of the bag without needing eyes at the back of your head is decreasing FAST. 2. I got sick and tired of being subjected to secondary screening at airports in certain parts of the world where the security guys are not used to seeing a bag of DSLR kit and/or it being a country where they are "sensitive" about what long-lenses can be (theoretically) used for. 3. The whole insurance thing has become a pain the backside. Premiums constantly increasing, but more importantly, so do all the get-out clauses which means you struggle to find a policy that deals with the reality of traveling with cameras. So, yeah, previously I would sneer at the iPhone brigade. Now I've joined their ranks.

mhb 1y ago

Just bring anything and take the picture f/8 and Be There: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/8_and_be_there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/8_and_be_there