Camera choice and artistic impression
Years ago I attended a seminar with George Lepp. At the time I was on the brink of purchasing my first digital camera, still capturing in film. George spoke about his digital images and showed images on the projected screen and printed on stage with his 2.1 Megapixel digital camera. They were all fabulous. George even spoke about the billboard images that he was capturing with the same camera.
Fast forward to today, you have a race to infinite on camera megapixels. Are the images that much better? I am going to say NO. I am not going to say that technology doesn’t rock, but what I want to say is that if you have an eye for good photography, and capture in a professional manner, then the results will be consistent across the board no matter what the camera.
This is a lesson that I learned a long time ago. I rarely purchase the biggest and best, especially if my images are not suffering from lack of equipment. Take for example the Canon 580ex that I own multiples and the new Canon 580exII that just came out. Basically the same flash with more sealing and tougher body, plus a few new features. Will this change my life, no. I always have professional gear that will get me the results that my clients and I want. Before I purchase new equipment I always ask if I can make better images with this equipment or if it will streamline my workflow. If the answer is yes than I am sold. I don’t believe, like so many other photographers, that higher end equipment yields higher end images, just simply not true.
I have been an Canon Shooter since the age of 10. Back then I was developing my own film in the darkrooms at school for Yearbook. I learned from a Professional Photographer and Teacher how to create images. In the past 25 years I have refined my skills with numerous photography classes, seminars, workshops, and lots of on the job training. You can’t imagine how many cameras in all shapes and sizes and brands that I have held in my hands. Any of those cameras I could be using today to capture my vision and get similar results.
Always remember that a camera is a structure to document a photographer’s vision.
