I think I saw this information mentioned elsewhere previously: http://connect.dpreview.com/post/2355497650/photographer-50-weddings-one-day
First, this guy is going to shoot 50 weddings in 1 day, whatever that means... But it cannot really mean a complete wedding coverage, does it? Maybe just the 5-10-minute civil ceremony... or, conversely, just a few shots of the couple and the family (analogous to "photo with the Santa" at a shopping mall). Second, he is going to do with an iPhone. While this publicity stunt might be a fun project, I feel some bit discomfort about it. (Despite the humanitarian effort it supports.) Yes, those people photographed will be happy to get a photo if otherwise they wouldn't have gotten any. But there a wrong message here. I am not a photo-equipment snob. And, yes, one can take great wedding photos using the disposable camera left on the table. But... ... (a) it is more challenging and (b) you cannot get an adequate "full coverage" shoot with those. This story sets up a trap for equivocation and redifinition fallacy (implicit here, but explicit in the potential folowups/conclusions) by using "shooting 50 weddings" in a different sense from what is commongly assumed. Once somebody sees this article, he/she can assume: it is OK to do usual (i.e. full coverage and/or posed studio/location session ) wedding photography with any equipment available since some famous photographer does that. Besides, the photographer himself (and/or the journalist?) commits several fallacies in these quotations: "According to Kuster, this DSLR photo doesn't reveal as much of the subject's personality as the iPhone portrait (left). Kuster believes that iPhone photography allows portrait subjects to let their guard down becuase they are not looking at an intimidating DSLR." First, this assumes that if one DSLR photo doesn't do the job right, DSLRs are not suitable. (Mind that he uses wide-angle lens in that which provides a bit of a non-serious if not comic effect.) Second, if this assumes that if one photo taken with iPhone is good, automatically, all photos taken with an iPhone are better than those taken with a DSLR. Third, it assumes that there is nothing in between (P&S, range-finders, ...) that can reduce initimidation (which may or may not be the predominant factor), while providing more options than an iPhone can. I wonder what other PDMLers think about this story. Igor -- 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.
