Jock Elliott
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Troy, NY
1. Take a camera everywhere and see what happens.
2. (corollary to number 1) The best camera is the one you have with you.
3. Content trumps everything. (There is a photo from the Newtown debacle that shows a mother and child running from the scene. Their hands are reaching for each other but are separated by a few inches. For me, it is a very moving image, but if you examine it critically, the grass behind them is in sharpest focus, not the mother and child. Nevertheless, it works.)
4. Sometimes you can't zoom with your feet. (For example, when the geese are in the middle of the pond.) Sometimes it's nice to have a big, fat zoom lens.
5. Take the picture that moves you.
What are your "rules" if any?
Cheers, Jock
2. (corollary to number 1) The best camera is the one you have with you.
3. Content trumps everything. (There is a photo from the Newtown debacle that shows a mother and child running from the scene. Their hands are reaching for each other but are separated by a few inches. For me, it is a very moving image, but if you examine it critically, the grass behind them is in sharpest focus, not the mother and child. Nevertheless, it works.)
4. Sometimes you can't zoom with your feet. (For example, when the geese are in the middle of the pond.) Sometimes it's nice to have a big, fat zoom lens.
5. Take the picture that moves you.
What are your "rules" if any?
Cheers, Jock