On 1/5/06, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i am reminded of the minimal 'gear' with which the legendary photographer
> Sunil Janah had shot most of his famous images of the Muria tribals...
> in the story goes - not sure if apocryphal - that Janah would wait for
> Margaret Bourke White to take her image, and he would shoot his frame using
> light from her flash...
Many photographers have made do with very simple (not necessarily
cheap) equipment. Cartier-Bresson, for example, used a Leica with no
appendages. So did Robert Capa.
I think it depends on the type of photography one is doing.
Photojournalism requires quite simple equipment. But, if you are going
to be photographing wildlife (say, birds) or sports, you better have a
good lens with image stabilization. If you are doing fashion
photography, you better have excellent film, backdrops and lights.
Thaths
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