I'd love to be proven wrong and it's the only reason why I stay on here as long as I have.
Because I love to learn and be proven wrong.
A lot of people on here gave me the opposite vibe... They think they know everything and will only accept communication if it means they will convince others that their way is the right way and the only way...
Well, surely you must have been here longer than I have. The dismissive comment earlier "what's next - sequins on a camera" could have offended people who don't share a straight white male aesthetic. Sequins are awesome and so is fake fur.
As a reference to others who may be new to this forum the above statement is complete bollocks from several perspectives. Bringing ethnicity into this discussion is frankly odd as well...
Hopefully I'll be proven wrong if I can stand the conservatism long enough.
I do appreciate the use of "bollocks" in your sentence, I wish more people'd use it.
I've just been around so many old photogs that some behaviours and patterns become instantly recognizable...
Well, that's just like, your opinion, man. I think the comment that person was that we're not here to agree on everything?... Or that discussions can become heated?... Your "bar" sounds like a tea salon more than a real dive joint
Well, that's just like, your opinion, man. I think the comment that person was that we're not here to agree on everything?... Or that discussions can become heated?... Your "bar" sounds like a tea salon more than a real dive joint
In my experience the most gear fixated people I've come across have been via the various YouTube channels, not the "real-world". Additionally I'm very much of the view that good photographs can be made with a range of gear, i.e if someone produces great work with a Holga pinhole camera that doesn't invalidate for example Hasselblad / Linhof / Mamiya as options for other approaches.
I don't really agree with that, sure to some but not always .. its a FA mainly by people who think more about their gear than making photographs with it, you know like someone who would carry a book around with them to make it seem like they read it when they had no clue. not sure what the breakdown is but there's always been lots of posers, and a lot of people who use their cameras as light traps. then there is one of my heroes https://www.outsiderartnow.com/miroslav-tichy/
didn't have much bling..