Thanks for your kind words, Godfrey! That's exactly my problem with traveling. If I go abroad, I normally don't get the second chance, let alone a chance number one dozen :-) to visit the place. There are some rare places that we visited more than once or that I visited multiple times. In fact, this is my second visit to Chengdu and I had a chance to visit one of these tourist locations second time over. But indeed, two times is still way too few to start feeling the place, so to say.
I must say that I find street photography extremely difficult. Even with small camera, small lens, with full confidence in my gear and what not - it is really very hard to make a shot that makes sense. So, I have my challenges that keep me going. In terms of gear, I don't have much to complain about, or in fact nothing at all. I have what I need and if/when I buy anything, it is more out of whim rather than because I really need some specific gear. Modern cameras and lenses far surpass my abilities as a photographer. That, by the way, includes m43 system. On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 8:20 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > "Incense" is my favorite, Boris. I really like "Street Food Vendor" too, > but I'd probably crop the idea way down to focus on the vendor and her > wares if it were my photo: seeking the minimum to put in the frame and > bring the context alive. > > Personally, I shoot a lot when I'm traveling, but until I've been to a > place a dozen times or so it's mostly the happy accident that makes the > good shots. I shoot less when I'm nearby home but I see far more > interesting photos here and capture them more consistently. > > I'm finding that I really, really like shooting with the Polaroid SX-70 > cameras a lot. The film is quirky and difficult to master, but I love that, > when done right, I have an original print right there with no further work > required. My good friends from Cape Cod were out visiting their daughter > and grandkids: we had lunch yesterday and I brought a tripod, the > self-timer, and flash. They suffered through my setting up and making four > exposures, and then were delighted to have two finished prints in their > hands right then and there... It's a very different mindset from the > digital capture world, and even from the 35mm/etc film world. The prints > are precious objects and stick around a long long time, both in your home > and in your memory. > > Thanks to everyone for their thoughts. I'm making some changes this year, > mostly to my mind. Focusing myself differently with respect to activities > and ideas. > > As they say, "Equipment is transitory. Photographs endure." > > G > — > "It's a new year. Do epic sh@t!" > > -- > 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.
