Do I think too much gear hinders creativity? To be honest I have no idea. Because who's to say how much is too much? And who's to say which is more creative; to apply the tool with the best specs for a particular job, or to get surprisingly good results with a less prestigious tool?
Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >It has been said many times that abundance of equipment can suppress >the [necessity for] creativity. Or, maybe the opposite is correct: >lack of proper equipments boosts up the creativity. > >This guy, shooting Olympics with iPhones, has been feature in many >news/blogs: >http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/08/covering-the-olympics-with-three-iphones-and-some-binoculars/ > >Or see it with all photos at once: >http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/08/covering-the-olympics-with-three-iphones-and-some-binoculars/?pid=3287&viewall=true >Short link: http://goo.gl/bl2Qv > >Indeed, some of these photos may not have appeared if the photographer >were sitting in the photographers' row. >(Being in the photographers' row can be dangerous: >http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/08/01/photographer-in-focus-with-courtside-crash/ >) >Being challenged by the "inferior" equipment, he is looking for more >unusual shots. > >For example, when my wife takes photos with her P&S photo camera >at dance festivals, because of the short flash range, focus/shutter >lag, >and other inherent limitations of many P&S's, she is looking for shots >that she can take with her camera. >E.g. at one of tango festivals, she did this collection: >http://www.fluidr.com/photos/jprusakova/sets/72157630979383784/ > >Of course, the fact that you have your top-notch DSLR doesn't forbid >all >this creativity. But it doesn't stimulate it either. > >The question remains open, - does too much gear hinder your creativity? >What do you think? > >Igor > >PS. My wife made a suggestion for the actual reason why this >photographer >decided to use 3 iPhones instead of his 3 (5? 10?) DSLRs: >their office ran out of ponies that carry the heavy photo bags. So, he >had >to carry his gear by himself. > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
