Oct 4 2007, 02:08 PM
QUOTE(iamyuanwu @ Oct 4 2007, 02:04 AM)
Artistic skills (creativity, good vision) should always come first, followed closely by the equipments.
It's just like a writer mah. His creativity and skills in writing should come before the equipment. The novel can be hand written, a type-writer, computer...
But with better equipment, the writer can write faster, and better, with less hassle. With a computer, he can edit easily compared to a typewriter, therefore less interruption in his work --- which is writing.
All of us have computers, but does it make us good writers? Just makes us write faster & easier only mah.
Same thing with photography lah. You need to have good skills first. Then comes the equipments. Only when your skill becomes very good that the equipments will become the limiting factor.
If you are no good at taking anticipating sports climax moments, no point having a bazooka of a camera. But if you're good, then you would still be able to anticipate the actions with point and shoot. You'd still get good photos, but now the equipment becomes the limiting factor.
Same thing in other photography sectors like portrait and landscape and what not...
So, a good photog can produce good pictures with lousy cameras. But he can produce better/great pictures with better equipments.
A not-so-good photographer will produce mediocre pictures with a lousy camera. But he'll still produce mediocre pictures with a canggih manggih camera.
Equipments are still important, it's just not that important.
Well said, but creativity, good vision, composition, and other artistic skills is a different category of "skills". Being an artistic person doesn't allow him/her to handle the equipments better.It's just like a writer mah. His creativity and skills in writing should come before the equipment. The novel can be hand written, a type-writer, computer...
But with better equipment, the writer can write faster, and better, with less hassle. With a computer, he can edit easily compared to a typewriter, therefore less interruption in his work --- which is writing.
All of us have computers, but does it make us good writers? Just makes us write faster & easier only mah.
Same thing with photography lah. You need to have good skills first. Then comes the equipments. Only when your skill becomes very good that the equipments will become the limiting factor.
If you are no good at taking anticipating sports climax moments, no point having a bazooka of a camera. But if you're good, then you would still be able to anticipate the actions with point and shoot. You'd still get good photos, but now the equipment becomes the limiting factor.
Same thing in other photography sectors like portrait and landscape and what not...
So, a good photog can produce good pictures with lousy cameras. But he can produce better/great pictures with better equipments.
A not-so-good photographer will produce mediocre pictures with a lousy camera. But he'll still produce mediocre pictures with a canggih manggih camera.
Equipments are still important, it's just not that important.
Another category of skills is the technical understanding of the camera, lighting, and etc. That is the requirements to handling your camera to max effectiveness. Having said that, you can have a very artistic person who doesn't know how to handle the camera, or a person who knows how to handle the camera very well but isn't as artistic...both are skills. If you have both, great, if you have only either of them, that's is fine too because people will improved through experience.
As far as I am concerned, understanding the technicalities about photographic equipments is the first step to "knowing how to" create good pictures with your tools. Ever come across someone who tells you...damn...I have this concept and vision...but why can't i get the picture right...it is always under/over exposed.
Next thing is obviously practicing and being artistic....seeing things and thinking outside the box. It is better to know how to create something even though you dont know what to create, than knowing what to create but you dont know how to do it. The latter can be VERY frustrating. But knowing how to use the camera can sometimes get you good pictures through LUCK despite the fact that you maybe not a very artistic person
Of course...like you said, tools are just tools...it is the means to an end...having better means makes getting to the end easier, and vice versa. The quality of your creation will always be limited by the equipments you have...so whenever you can afford something good...go for it! But of course...be rational and moderate...don't buy a pro camera when you barely know anything about cameras....I said this once some time ago...you don't wanna put a n00b in a ferrari.
Luck is fully uncontrollable...I won't even bother talking about it.
Anyway, you summed up everything nicely, I just wanted to add on a little.
Added on October 4, 2007, 2:16 pm
QUOTE(ac98 @ Oct 4 2007, 03:05 AM)
1. Candids are impromptu situations where they call for immediate reaction from the photographer. When a model got into a pose or move that you like, quickly instruct her to freeze and do it again so you can take a picture. If it's done in public then anticipate a move and get ready for a clear shot. Getting a good shot and being timely takes experience and good gear.[U] Can your camera move as fast as you? Can you switch on, focus and shoot on time? No way if you're using a camera phone or a compact digicam, no matter how experienced you are. Having LUCK is about being at the right time at the right place and having the right subject to do the right thing and you happen to get that shot. I won't rely too much on luck to get a good shot.
Extremely true. Candid calls for reliable and good equipments, and a good deal of anticipation and experience. You need to know when certain things will happen and be prepared for it. Same thing with FPS games, especially quake, you need to know where you subject will land, and aim/fire your rocket before the subject reaches that place.You also need to make sure your equipment is fast enough and reliable enough i.e. you don't want the lens to hunt like crap.
Candid is easiest with small aperture and MF, get everything into focus....candid with shallow dof is the hardest to capture.
BTW, I never bother to mention about LUCK because it is an uncontrollable variable like I said earlier. It applies to every situation.
This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Oct 4 2007, 02:19 PM
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