What's in a name?
Since i'm always forgetting which battery is full and which needs to be charged, I've decided to name my batteries. I hope this will help me remember which is charged and which isn't. Only time will tell if this part boredom part frustration induced scheme will work.
And NO, I am not kiasu for having 5 batteries; you'll be surprised how fast a battery dies when shooting at -20 degrees.
It was really tough narrowing the list of names down to just 5; and on hindsight I really felt that I should have included an impressionist. Oh well. Anyway, here are the reasons behind the names.
Velazquez; notably for Las Meninas in which he taught me the value of composition and perspectives.
Picasso; for showing me how life should really be seen, for showing me that it is actually possible to capture emotions and feelings on an inorganic medium.
Cartier-Bresson; for teaching me the importance of the "decisive moment"
Capa; "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."
Brassai; Surrealism through photogrpahy.
Photography is more than just mere reproduction. If you give a monkey a range topping camera and let it snap away, chances are it'll produce at least one decent image. Top of the range "L" lense and expensive cameras are important. But what good is it if you don't have a message? If your photo can't convey the emotions and the feeling of a moment that was so special to you? Such equipment are supposed to aid you in delivering your message, not to do it for you. Alas, I am guilty of being a monkey sometimes.
Check out these 2 links, all that was used were mobile phone cameras. Proof that you don't always need a "power" camera.
Martin Parr
Henry Reichhold
posted by Jammy at 11:01 pm
3 Comments:
Picasso is one of my favorites... I didn't like his work until I saw his drawings and realistic paintings. I realized how talented he was and then came to admire his abstractions...
It's obvious you've mastered what you love. Peace.
Yes! Exactly!He is a very accomplished painter in the traditional sense. Most people don't see that! I think his rendition of Las Meninas offers a good insight. I was moved by Guernica when I saw it in the flesh at the Reina Sofia. I actually felt a shiver down my spine. Thus far, no other work of art has been able to move me like that. THAT IS ART.
hee hee you're sucha camera geek. but well in the words of the famous paris hilton, "that's hot!"
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