Upgrading a digital camera via a firmware is now part of a photographer routine. Yes, we are always looking to better our technical base of taking picture, as for to be able to cope with more difficult lighting contexts. Many times we don't really understand which technical challenges that are involved in the process and more important what technical compromises and par extension which creative bias will be applied in the complete process. We look at a pleasant result but often knowing that we aren't really in full control of it (which is also ok).
In some ways we may need a "neural" upgrade to better understand the hardware and software limits of our marvelous photographic tool, the digital camera. How many of us have even taken time to read and learn from their camera operating manual (I am the first to blame for this). It is true that those last have became more and more lengthly complete to apprehend and I don't blame you to get annoyed by their obvious absence of a more friendly approach that should be illustrated by good examples of pictures. Let say they are for the most of them boring to say the least. Considering all the "ambassadors" at their disposal, the manufacturers should do better by far!
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But on the rear side of the viewfinder, there is the photographer her/himself that may need to be upgraded as well. Doing photography is shorting a lot more than picture snapping with a smartphone as we may seen today. It is about "controlling" many if not all the photographic aspects of a picture from the preparation, the decisive moment and the edition of the final result to share. And this why we choose to own and work with a real and firstly designed device for photography.
The world surrounding us is a lot more than only a 2D virtual picture shown on a screen representation. It is a intensive dynamic light universe in perpetual motion that can be difficult to apprehend even partially. So, our first photographic "task" is surely observing its complexity and try to understand its constant evolution. That way we refine our "photographic" mind to retain and store many diverse imaging subjects and contexts that will be references for future experimentations. We explore first instead of blindly picking without any creative premeditation.
Interrogating ourselves is another important part of the creative process of any artistic approach (as for many other approaches in life) because curiosity has to be fulfilled with some all sorts of answers that will get us further into the learning process of life. We are still into our humanity infancy or may be a bit further into an ado crisis thinking we know everything based on a fragmentary experience level in life. Be modest but having great expectation is OK and better more if we feel confidence in our (personal) star. Doing photography is more than only repeating ourself as it first seems but it is also going a bit further.
Master the basic of photography can essentially definite by the light, the composition and the decisive moment. All those element can be analyze through our visual perception and mind deduction. Yes the technical translation of these ones depend of the hardware/software we are using to record them but the initial and inspired impulsion is done before the final clicking. We can compare cameras and lenses as photographic tools as for painters brushes, palettes and colors that will be selected, adjusted and applied on the virtual canvas of the image sensor. Each elements will impact the final result and transmit the emotions that will generate the picture share to others.
Introspect your work and share your pictures. That are may be the most evaluating part of your creative process. Looking to what you have done on a critical positive point of view will motivate you to extend your photographic search and try further experimentations. Sharing your pictures can help you to understand your personal place into the photographic universe which can be far different from the usual stereotype proposed by the pseudo traditional approach in art.
Updating ourselves is a never-ending quest to push ourselves to higher levels of creative expression and might be one of the best way to appreciate our photographic passion.
In some ways we may need a "neural" upgrade to better understand the hardware and software limits of our marvelous photographic tool, the digital camera. How many of us have even taken time to read and learn from their camera operating manual (I am the first to blame for this). It is true that those last have became more and more lengthly complete to apprehend and I don't blame you to get annoyed by their obvious absence of a more friendly approach that should be illustrated by good examples of pictures. Let say they are for the most of them boring to say the least. Considering all the "ambassadors" at their disposal, the manufacturers should do better by far!
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But on the rear side of the viewfinder, there is the photographer her/himself that may need to be upgraded as well. Doing photography is shorting a lot more than picture snapping with a smartphone as we may seen today. It is about "controlling" many if not all the photographic aspects of a picture from the preparation, the decisive moment and the edition of the final result to share. And this why we choose to own and work with a real and firstly designed device for photography.
The world surrounding us is a lot more than only a 2D virtual picture shown on a screen representation. It is a intensive dynamic light universe in perpetual motion that can be difficult to apprehend even partially. So, our first photographic "task" is surely observing its complexity and try to understand its constant evolution. That way we refine our "photographic" mind to retain and store many diverse imaging subjects and contexts that will be references for future experimentations. We explore first instead of blindly picking without any creative premeditation.
Interrogating ourselves is another important part of the creative process of any artistic approach (as for many other approaches in life) because curiosity has to be fulfilled with some all sorts of answers that will get us further into the learning process of life. We are still into our humanity infancy or may be a bit further into an ado crisis thinking we know everything based on a fragmentary experience level in life. Be modest but having great expectation is OK and better more if we feel confidence in our (personal) star. Doing photography is more than only repeating ourself as it first seems but it is also going a bit further.
Master the basic of photography can essentially definite by the light, the composition and the decisive moment. All those element can be analyze through our visual perception and mind deduction. Yes the technical translation of these ones depend of the hardware/software we are using to record them but the initial and inspired impulsion is done before the final clicking. We can compare cameras and lenses as photographic tools as for painters brushes, palettes and colors that will be selected, adjusted and applied on the virtual canvas of the image sensor. Each elements will impact the final result and transmit the emotions that will generate the picture share to others.
Introspect your work and share your pictures. That are may be the most evaluating part of your creative process. Looking to what you have done on a critical positive point of view will motivate you to extend your photographic search and try further experimentations. Sharing your pictures can help you to understand your personal place into the photographic universe which can be far different from the usual stereotype proposed by the pseudo traditional approach in art.
Updating ourselves is a never-ending quest to push ourselves to higher levels of creative expression and might be one of the best way to appreciate our photographic passion.
Photos Daniel M: Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III / Lumix G 25mm F1.7 ASPH; Olympus Pen-F / M.Zuiko 14-42mm R; Panasonic Lumix GX85 / Lumix G Vario 35-100mm F4-5.6 ASPH OIS
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