3 posts tagged gear
Some argue lesser photography vilifies gear serving “practical,” “efficient” or “appropriate” purposes. Not quite. Lesser photography is about the rejection of the notion of “practical,” “efficient” and “appropriate” in photography.
How many times have you been inspired by the “practical” nature of a photo?
This week you’ll hear a lot about innovation in photography on your favorite blogs. Unfortunately, they’re talking about innovations in objects, not ideas.
How much time could you save and how much more could you learn, if you tuned out the blogs that fall in love with objects?
The talk of the web today was the new Lytro Camera:
By substituting powerful software for many of the internal parts of regular cameras, light field processing introduces new capabilities that were never before possible. Sophisticated algorithms use the full light field to unleash new ways to make and view pictures.
It’s great design. It’s revolutionary tech. It’s the most exciting camera in years.
It will do nothing to make you a better photographer.
