For some reason where ever I am I always get to asked to take someone's photo. Probably because I'm carrying a 'proper camera' and they think I'm a real photographer 😉? Often I don't mind, happy to help, but when your frantically looking for a composition because the sun in setting quickly, these interruptions don't help 😂😂
I think it’s really a sensory matter for me. For some reason, I have always had a hard time tuning out the world. Busy places, department store, crowds have always overwhelmed me, and I think this is why I can’t compose with the iPhone, or any lcd screen for that matter. I get too distracted by the things around me, but when I put my eye up to a viewfinder, the rest of the world falls away, and I am isolated to what’s in view. I tell people all the time, I am a terrible iPhone photographer! I even put my finger in view a lot of times, it just feels unnatural for me.
But hey, I am in full agreement with you on one point, it is the carpenter and not his tools, no doubt there! I still reserve the right to choose my tools. ;)
Finally! Some good dissent! This is what I want, the free exchange of ideas. So thank you!
That all makes sense to me, for sure. In my own case, I have found since switching to mirrorless in my "real camera" work, I use the viewfinder less and less. And what's funny is when I DO put my eye to the camera, I definitely notice a difference. Like, the same sort of thing you're describing. I get immersed in the frame and ONLY the frame. Very good point.
I think the major thing I am hoping to get from my phone photography is to stop seeing it as second rate, unserious, or somehow "not photography." In the end, it's about the picture, right? So if it works it works. And if it's small and low-fi and you don't mind that, also fine! I'm trying to mind less.
And, I'd be lying if I said this is all not a direct reaction to the fact that in my day job I have to fuss over details and technicalities and all the stuff of being a photographer on an assignment. So when I can just shoot for me, and can just point and click, that feels heavenly and a shortcut to what I tend to enjoy most about photography.
No, I am honestly envious of that. It sounds liberating. My partner takes incredible photos with the iPhone and I’m always like, “what the hell? - why does yours look so much better than mine???” I wish I could enjoy it that way, but something about it, I just don’t connect. Maybe someday.
For some reason where ever I am I always get to asked to take someone's photo. Probably because I'm carrying a 'proper camera' and they think I'm a real photographer 😉? Often I don't mind, happy to help, but when your frantically looking for a composition because the sun in setting quickly, these interruptions don't help 😂😂
Good point! I should have sought out a “real” photographer. He would’ve been mad, but I might have gotten a better family photo!
Haha who knows 🙂 Btw nice play on words on Dr Strangelove.
I have no original ideas, only references to American popular culture of the last half century. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Interesting take. I couldn’t disagree more! Ha!
I think it’s really a sensory matter for me. For some reason, I have always had a hard time tuning out the world. Busy places, department store, crowds have always overwhelmed me, and I think this is why I can’t compose with the iPhone, or any lcd screen for that matter. I get too distracted by the things around me, but when I put my eye up to a viewfinder, the rest of the world falls away, and I am isolated to what’s in view. I tell people all the time, I am a terrible iPhone photographer! I even put my finger in view a lot of times, it just feels unnatural for me.
But hey, I am in full agreement with you on one point, it is the carpenter and not his tools, no doubt there! I still reserve the right to choose my tools. ;)
Finally! Some good dissent! This is what I want, the free exchange of ideas. So thank you!
That all makes sense to me, for sure. In my own case, I have found since switching to mirrorless in my "real camera" work, I use the viewfinder less and less. And what's funny is when I DO put my eye to the camera, I definitely notice a difference. Like, the same sort of thing you're describing. I get immersed in the frame and ONLY the frame. Very good point.
I think the major thing I am hoping to get from my phone photography is to stop seeing it as second rate, unserious, or somehow "not photography." In the end, it's about the picture, right? So if it works it works. And if it's small and low-fi and you don't mind that, also fine! I'm trying to mind less.
And, I'd be lying if I said this is all not a direct reaction to the fact that in my day job I have to fuss over details and technicalities and all the stuff of being a photographer on an assignment. So when I can just shoot for me, and can just point and click, that feels heavenly and a shortcut to what I tend to enjoy most about photography.
Thank you for reading and commenting!
No, I am honestly envious of that. It sounds liberating. My partner takes incredible photos with the iPhone and I’m always like, “what the hell? - why does yours look so much better than mine???” I wish I could enjoy it that way, but something about it, I just don’t connect. Maybe someday.
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