Hope this turns into a lively debate!
How much emphasis do we put on gear and is it worth it? Are you a technojunkie and think its all about gear, or is the end result what its about?
I ask this because for me there is definately split camps on this, and wonder if perhaps with todays technology, the mechanics of picture making and the art and emotion are being swept away on a tide of technology.
Discussion these days tends to be less on artistic content and more on technique and gear. When I exhibit, I am always asked what camera, film, (yes I still use that magic stuff!) is it digital, what printer etc...........this list goes on, but hardly ever, what moves you or inspires you! Yet surely these are the things that make a good photograph? Looking through books we see great images by great artists, images that move some of us, yet more and more these days, it seems that these issues concern us less and that "HDR" and pixels should be the main question?
If we dont have this basic understanding of what makes a good image and preoccupy ourselves with technology, are we in danger of loosing the very basics of image making? The pace of technology and equipment mean that we never get to full realize the potential of equipment to the point of being truely at "one" with it, so how can we fully develop into artists if after a year, Nikon or Adobe or Canon change their minds on how something is done?
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