Great Camera = Great photography?
Off Beat Image said, 1715789415
You can capture a moment that just presents itself in front of you, or you can have a preconceived idea and execute it in front of the camera.
To get a good image from either of these scenarios you need an artistic eye, technical competence and "vision' in all its meanings.
Add to this, skill in editing the and presenting the image in an interesting way.
If you have these abilities in any quality then you are a photographer.
JPea said, 1715795754
I do think that many good photographs are a matter of chance.
By this' I mean that thought, preparation, lighting, dressing and working together of photographer and model mostly don't produce something special.
It is that fraction of a moment that produces the special image.
People seem to think that lots and lots of special images can be created if you do all the right things.
I don't. I think they are as rare as hen's teeth.
Huw said, 1715809716
JPea "It is that fraction of a moment that produces the special image."
Yes. Miss it, and it's gone.
Now, I can pretty much rely on my R6mk2 to catch anything I point it at, correct exposure, eye in focus.
Clever camera. However, it took me at least 12 hours hard work to set up three button AF and all the custom modes. So one still has to work at it. Just differently.
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CalmNudes said, 1715853868
JPea said
I do think that many good photographs are a matter of chance.
By this' I mean that thought, preparation, lighting, dressing and working together of photographer and model mostly don't produce something special.
It is that fraction of a moment that produces the special image.
People seem to think that lots and lots of special images can be created if you do all the right things.
I don't. I think they are as rare as hen's teeth.
The more I think about it there more chance seems to be big factor. Yes, there is the "the more I practice the luckier I get" thing.
But there are 101 things you do wrong which result in a lousy picture. And if you do none of them, you produce a picture with no faults, and yet there don't have that, magic something, where somehow the things weren't just "not wrong", but they were harmoniously right. Another day you do what seems to be exactly the same thing and picture after picture has the missing magic.
Jonathan C said, 1715858092
JPea said
I do think that many good photographs are a matter of chance.
By this' I mean that thought, preparation, lighting, dressing and working together of photographer and model mostly don't produce something special.
It is that fraction of a moment that produces the special image.
People seem to think that lots and lots of special images can be created if you do all the right things.
I don't. I think they are as rare as hen's teeth.
I'd agree that there's an element of chance - but as others have already alluded to, there are ways to stack the odds, as it were.
On the photography side, familiarity with the camera and lens (including choosing the 'right' lens for a given situation), style of shot, etc. all mean you are less thinking about how to take the shot, and more with taking the right shot.
The 'special moment' may not happen - but if it does, the photographer needs to be ready when it does, and that's where 'doing the right things' improves your chances.
(This applies to all photography, not just with models).