Troponin
Senior Member
and you will see a completely different forum. It changes about every 4 to 5 months. Do a search for threads about a year ago-- some the same and some very different.
Troponin (Trop)
I must admit, I gotta problem with typo's
--it's been a while since i've read one of those "time to move on"
posts, so i thought i'd stir things up with one of my own. i've
been here long enough to see just about every topic go into
syndication. it's kind of like watching re-runs of the dating
game...once you know where an episode is going, all the fun is gone.
reasons i have stayed as long as i have: 1) keeping up-to-date on
canon annoucements, 2) reading people's hands-on accounts of
specific equipment, and c) learning about workflow.
i've reached a point where i know just about all one can know about
the equipment and for those things i don't know, there are other
forums that are "all business" where my questions can be answered
without people on the forum taking it personally.
but, more importantly, i've reached a point where it's not about
the equipment for me anymore. it's about the final product. over
the past month or two, my love for photography -- brought about by
finding some photographers that inspire me and, more importantly,
my purchase of a DSLR three months ago, has transcended the
particulars of the equipment. i've devolved into using $16 plastic
films cameras, polaroids, and medium format film cameras combined
with scanning. i mostly shoot digital, but, at one level, i don't
notice anymore. i figure out the feeling i want to convey in a
photograph and then pick up the proper camera for the job.
sometimes it's 5 ounces and has a plastic lens and sometimes it's
almost 5 pounds and has percision glass.
someone once posted in my pbase account guestbook that i don't
deserve the equipment i have. that post could have only come from
someone on this board and that attitude is what i consider to be
the darker side of this community -- not with everyone, but with
enough people to make it not interesting to me anymore.
what does it mean to start caring about the result more than the
equipment? to me, it means moving to a forum that is all about
sharing photos and sharing critiques blindly among both peers and
superiors. in my case, that forum is http://www.photopoints.com (thank
you to whomever recommended it on this forum). i've only posted
two photos thus far, but the enjoyment i have from participating in
that forum makes me feel like i'm finally on track.
and, when i see some of the beautiful images on that forum created
by cameras that some people on this forum laugh at, i realize that
i have been a bit brainwashed by what i've read here again and
again.
this forum is an important first step for anyone diving in to DSLR
photography and without it, i'd still be living in the DSLR dark
ages. i recommend it to every newbie i encounter.
my advice to anyone who identifies with what i'm saying...dive
deeper into photography, not photography equipment.
my style has evolved to a point where my pbase photos no longer
represent my interests so i've removed my gallery. if you want to
discover what i'm up to, join me in a different arena -- the one
where L glass is never mentioned and there are thousands of
beautiful images produced by thousands of photograhers using
thousand of different tools.
thank you to everyone who has helped me learn about photography
hardware and software. i've attached one of my recent photographs
to shorten this message by a thousand words. what camera did i
take it with? who cares...
image: untitled (predisposition to motion)
smoody
Troponin (Trop)
I must admit, I gotta problem with typo's
My break showed me that I don't need C1 and that Yarc is just fine. There are still lenses that I want.
