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.
Seems to me there's truth in both statements.
A minimal amount of equipment can certainly lead to being more creative with
what you have but there are some situations you'll never overcome without
the 'right' equipment. I visited Denali many times without the 'right'
equipment. The longest lens I had was a 300 - never got close enough to get
'the' shot. My last 2 visits to Denali I had my 600 and came away with many
shots I could only dream about before.
Sure an abundance of equipment can cause confusion, but in my case when I
take my 600 out for a shoot, I'm already set on what I want to capture.
Likewise, a lack of equipment can help you become creative with what you
have.
So the answer to the above question is - maybe.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Roshchin" <[email protected]>
Subject: Creativity vs. gear?
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.
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