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douglasf13 wrote:
Whether you shoot one lens, 3 lenses, or 20 lenses, there will always be lost opportunities. Of course, there's a big difference in needs from a pro sports shooter, wedding photographer, fine art photographer, etc.
Generally the longer you've been doing it the less end of the world a missed opportunity seems as well. I remember my first few seasons covering NCAA and NFL football, basketball etc. Man, missing a touchdown catch because I couldn't switch bodies fast enough, missed focus, had the exposure wrong because the field was in half shadow/sun...man, that stuff really ruined my whole day, if not week.
After about 10 years though, its just not that big of deal. I strive to miss as little as I can, and try to learn from past mistakes, but really, there will be another touchdown pass, there will be another amazing sunrise, or another poignant street scene etc.
You can only plan and prepare for so much, and sure, you could haul 14-400mm worth of glass every time you as much as go for a walk, hoping not to miss a great shot, but at what cost ? and what benefit ?
Basically getting every shot just isn't that important, but making the most of the ones you do get is.
You just have to let go and accept your going to miss stuff.
Be happy walking the streets of an ancient city shooting urban landscapes and the people with a single focal length. IF some hawk happens to land on a building across the way and your not carrying a 400mm, well, your going to miss that shot, but life goes on.
Make a choice for what your going to carry, be that 1 lens, 2/3/4/5 etc and make the best of what you can shoot with them, not worry about "what if" and what you might miss.
Ironically I've found I always ended up with more images just walking around with a camera like my X100 with its 35mm equiv than when I was carrying the kitchen sink worth of gear in a big Lowepro bag weighting 30+lbs. Sure I had 16-400mm plus a 15mm fisheye, couple of bodies, speedlight, tilt/shift you name it but usually what I wanted was in the bag and by the time I took it off, switched lens and was ready to shoot, the moment was gone, traffic changed and the scenic I wanted now had a truck parked right across the street etc.
There is always going to be what if's, and usually lens range is the least of ones worries. I mean what if your shutter curtain blows, or you drop the camera, or your CF card goes corrupt ? What if you get food poisoning and miss a week of shooting because your laid up ? What if it rains every day and everything is closed.
Just so many possible things to worry about in life that missing some photos, even if for a job, just isn't really going to be that big of deal, unless you choose to make it a big deal.
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