Thursday, April 11, 2013

Photography is not about cameras gadgets and gizmos

Last time when you went to your favorite restaurant and loved the food they had made, you would tell them that it is because of the nice kitchen they have, nice cookers they have, nice plates the food was served in ?
No. You loved the food food because the chef and cooks there poured in lots of efforts to make delicious food that you would lick your finger. They took the right ingredients in the right quantity and mixed them in right order and burned them for right time. Had they made any mistake in this process, you would not have loved the food though the utensils used by them remains the same in both the cases. Yes utensils are tools without which they could have not cooked so tasty food items. It is not the tools, but the people who use the tools.

Same logic applies to photography. If it was ever about Camera, Gadgets and gizmos, all canon 5D holders would have become best photographer. Camera is just a tool which helps photo artist to capture his vision.
Of course camera matters. And expensive cameras some time necessary in professional work, but just owning them does not make you better photographer.  The difference a good camera will make is the control  over light, colours and depth of field. It will not tell you what to click and what not to click. A better photographer is the one who uses god given lens i.e. to see the things differently. Whether you use film camera or dslr, Mobile cam or ipad, they are just tools. A better photographer would come out with better images with anyof this tools while a bad pr ordinary photographer would take bad or ordinary tool with great  gadgets. Hence...Photography is not about cameras gadgets and gizmos :)  Try more time behind improving your vision then searching about various cameras, lenses and accessories. 

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