Jamgolf
Member
I started this retrospectives thread last year and it lead to some thoughtful conversation...
So, now its been two years since I purchased Cambo WRS. I've slowly divested myself of all other camera equipment. Cambo WRS is now my only camera. I am all in.
The upgrade to IQ3-100 this year from Credo 60 was monumental, for me, in several ways. It was obviously a huge financial parlay. As nervous as I was, that was absolutely the right move for me. I think my photography is progressing in a direction that I want and with a trajectory that I like. Its still a learning process for me, but I feel a lot more confident in what I am doing.
As Jack (the curator of GetDpi) says "Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence." - I feel I did so and captured a couple of images this year that I feel can stand the test of time. I think if these large prints were hanging in a gallery, they would hold their own. I am proud of them and looking at them makes me want to keep chasing the afore mentioned perfection.
As I started to feel more at home with my technical camera, I came to the realization that its all about camera movements. I think almost every single photograph that I captured this year had either back-fall, back-rise, left/right shift or tilt i.e. some type of movement for compositional or framing purpose or subject focus or depth of field purpose. Add to that consideration for LCC, reference dark frame, choosing the right amount of movement(s), camera height, subject distance and height etc. and this is quite the opposite of point & shoot. But on a few occasions stars aligned and things turned out just right, then I was proud to know that I had something to do with the outcome and it was not achieved by chance.
Graham Welland keeps changing his signature punch line but it used to be 'if you want to take interesting pictures then stand in front of intersting things' - so I drove 25K miles this year and hiked/walked more than ever before (yet managed to gain weight), stayed put while I got attacked by mosquitoes to capture something I thought was worth it, stood in frigid temperatures without gloves until my fingers turned purple, walked back a few miles to a spot right after I arrived to my motel room in hope of better conditions. My kids think I'm kinda nuts (my wife already came to that realization) - but I think they also see that 'no pain no gain'. Yes, it has been quite enjoyable.
On a more somber note, ever since the passing of forum member JLM (John Milich) I've thought about him. A few days ago in Death Valley I was at Artist's Pallet. It was 30 minutes after sunset and it felt like I stood in the spot where he might have once stood. I felt how temporary my existence is. Things that I think are so meaningful and important, my own perceived self importance - its all insignificant. I want to remember that to keep things in perspective.
I am eagerly looking forward to this new year and "get busy livin'..." (in the words of Andy Dufresne)
Cheers!
So, now its been two years since I purchased Cambo WRS. I've slowly divested myself of all other camera equipment. Cambo WRS is now my only camera. I am all in.
The upgrade to IQ3-100 this year from Credo 60 was monumental, for me, in several ways. It was obviously a huge financial parlay. As nervous as I was, that was absolutely the right move for me. I think my photography is progressing in a direction that I want and with a trajectory that I like. Its still a learning process for me, but I feel a lot more confident in what I am doing.
As Jack (the curator of GetDpi) says "Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence." - I feel I did so and captured a couple of images this year that I feel can stand the test of time. I think if these large prints were hanging in a gallery, they would hold their own. I am proud of them and looking at them makes me want to keep chasing the afore mentioned perfection.
As I started to feel more at home with my technical camera, I came to the realization that its all about camera movements. I think almost every single photograph that I captured this year had either back-fall, back-rise, left/right shift or tilt i.e. some type of movement for compositional or framing purpose or subject focus or depth of field purpose. Add to that consideration for LCC, reference dark frame, choosing the right amount of movement(s), camera height, subject distance and height etc. and this is quite the opposite of point & shoot. But on a few occasions stars aligned and things turned out just right, then I was proud to know that I had something to do with the outcome and it was not achieved by chance.
Graham Welland keeps changing his signature punch line but it used to be 'if you want to take interesting pictures then stand in front of intersting things' - so I drove 25K miles this year and hiked/walked more than ever before (yet managed to gain weight), stayed put while I got attacked by mosquitoes to capture something I thought was worth it, stood in frigid temperatures without gloves until my fingers turned purple, walked back a few miles to a spot right after I arrived to my motel room in hope of better conditions. My kids think I'm kinda nuts (my wife already came to that realization) - but I think they also see that 'no pain no gain'. Yes, it has been quite enjoyable.
On a more somber note, ever since the passing of forum member JLM (John Milich) I've thought about him. A few days ago in Death Valley I was at Artist's Pallet. It was 30 minutes after sunset and it felt like I stood in the spot where he might have once stood. I felt how temporary my existence is. Things that I think are so meaningful and important, my own perceived self importance - its all insignificant. I want to remember that to keep things in perspective.
I am eagerly looking forward to this new year and "get busy livin'..." (in the words of Andy Dufresne)
Cheers!
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