Igor, I am yet to hear someone tell me that my camera is nice. Which, I am telling you, will be met with a wide smile...
However, more than once I was told that I must be professional photographer or that my pictures look professional. This is always met with a strong denial. However, I oftentimes use: "Oh no, it is my gear that is so good at making pictures" lame excuse that fascinatingly works more often than not. Modern age common culture is built upon progressive disregard of human factor and hence reliance of gear/automatics/you name it. Boris On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Something just hit me, provoking this line of thoughts... > > Preamble: > How many times have you heard (usually from people you don't know closely): > "You've got nice photos, you must have a nice camera!". > I (and probably some PDMLers) have always been ... maybe "somewhat > frustrated" is the right word here. > (And I understand that they are just trying to say something nice, without > realizing how awkward it sounds.) > At some point, I had been happy to find (a few years ago) a nice joking > response to that: "Your food is delicious, you must have a great stove (or > pot, skilet...)!" > > Today, I realized that many people on PDML (myself included) frequently show > a photo, admiringly discussing the lens (or camera) it was taken with. > Ghm... Maybe I shouldn't be frustrated about people saying what appears to > be awkward... > > And then I thought that while cooking, sometimes I enjoy a very good knife > or a very nice set of skillets we bought several years ago. ... or a > convenient tea-pot for brewing tea that we've found after long search for > what we needed. Or that electric tea kettle that has been chugging along for > 15 years. ... and several other tools and items that are made well and work > well. > > ... But, I still feel awkward about "you must have a nice camera!" > > Maybe because those knives and skillets don't make me a better cook, and my > camera doesn't make me a better photographer. They only help me being more > effective (and efficient) in what I can do. > So, I guess that awkward feeling comes from the subconsious realization > that "you must have a nice camera!" undervalues my skills in favor of the > equipment. > > ... > 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. -- Boris -- 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.
