johnvanr wrote: chiron wrote:
I have thought about this a lot, and I have come to the conclusion that I do best when I limit myself to one or maybe two lenses at a time. I have acquired a lot of gear, mainly lenses, over the years, so I do rotate what lens I am using. But my focal length preferences are very limited--24mm to 90mm at a stretch and mainly 35mm-50mm.
If I am trying to "cover" something like a travel location or a family barbecue, I will often use a zoom. But otherwise, I think I usually do better with a single focal length at a time. I am experimenting with using a Sony 24-50 zoom and a very small and light Sigma 18-50 APS-C on full-frame (effective focal length of 27 to 75) for photographing my lithe and leaping grandchildren with their parents.
For an upcoming trip to Naples and Sicily in October, I am thinking about taking two small bodies, a 24-50 and a 16-25 Sony zoom, with a Sigma i seires 24/3.5, 45/2.8 or 50/2/0, and 90/2.8. I would take the two zooms and one prime out with me each day, with each mounted on an A7CR. Travel is mostly a coverage situation for me. I may experiment with using my i Phone for the "coverage" shots and using an A7CR with one of the above five lenses for shots that aspire to go beyond coverage. I also like Chez's selection of lenses--the three Batises are wonderful and can cover a lot in a beautiful and inspiring way. I could take those three instead of the Sigma lenses.
Sometimes I think the zooms are all about FOMO on an image. But I think that in truth not getting a satisfying image has almost nothing to do with what gear you have with you. There is always an image to be had, if one can see it. To torment and inspire myself, I sometimes wonder what Henri Cartier Bresson would have done with the various situations I have wandered through with my camera.
Of the three photographers you site, I most like Leiter, one of my all-time favorite photographers, and Sebastiao Salgado, whose photography I deeply admire and enjoy viewing but whose style is entirely removed from anything I ever try to do. Leiter always worked with simple gear and photographed within a few blocks of where he lived. Some of his best shots, usually of women he was involved with, were made in his apartment. But I love his images of the city also.
Moriyama's images have never appealed to me. If you like his work, you might enjoy seeing some of Jeff Ascough's >recent< videos on street shooting where he undertakes something similar using his Leica. But I much prefer the documentary wedding work for which he is justly famous, most of it made with a limited set of Canon gear, that contains so many wonderfully beautiful images.
I don’t see documentary wedding work on Ascough’s site. I only know him from recent YT videos.
Yes, for some reason he seems to have taken his wedding photography site off-line. It used to be very extensive. You can still see many of the photographs if you just google "jeff ascough wedding phitography." Here are four to start you off.
johnvanr wrote: chiron wrote:
I have thought about this a lot, and I have come to the conclusion that I do best when I limit myself to one or maybe two lenses at a time. I have acquired a lot of gear, mainly lenses, over the years, so I do rotate what lens I am using. But my focal length preferences are very limited--24mm to 90mm at a stretch and mainly 35mm-50mm.
If I am trying to "cover" something like a travel location or a family barbecue, I will often use a zoom. But otherwise, I think I usually do better with a single focal length at a time. I am experimenting with using a Sony 24-50 zoom and a very small and light Sigma 18-50 APS-C on full-frame (effective focal length of 27 to 75) for photographing my lithe and leaping grandchildren with their parents.
For an upcoming trip to Naples and Sicily in October, I am thinking about taking two small bodies, a 24-50 and a 16-25 Sony zoom, with a Sigma i seires 24/3.5, 45/2.8 or 50/2/0, and 90/2.8. I would take the two zooms and one prime out with me each day, with each mounted on an A7CR. Travel is mostly a coverage situation for me. I may experiment with using my i Phone for the "coverage" shots and using an A7CR with one of the above five lenses for shots that aspire to go beyond coverage. I also like Chez's selection of lenses--the three Batises are wonderful and can cover a lot in a beautiful and inspiring way. I could take those three instead of the Sigma lenses.
Sometimes I think the zooms are all about FOMO on an image. But I think that in truth not getting a satisfying image has almost nothing to do with what gear you have with you. There is always an image to be had, if one can see it. To torment and inspire myself, I sometimes wonder what Henri Cartier Bresson would have done with the various situations I have wandered through with my camera.
Of the three photographers you site, I most like Leiter, one of my all-time favorite photographers, and Sebastiao Salgado, whose photography I deeply admire and enjoy viewing but whose style is entirely removed from anything I ever try to do. Leiter always worked with simple gear and photographed within a few blocks of where he lived. Some of his best shots, usually of women he was involved with, were made in his apartment. But I love his images of the city also.
Moriyama's images have never appealed to me. If you like his work, you might enjoy seeing some of Jeff Ascough's >recent< videos on street shooting where he undertakes something similar using his Leica. But I much prefer the documentary wedding work for which he is justly famous, most of it made with a limited set of Canon gear, that contains so many wonderfully beautiful images.
I don’t see documentary wedding work on Ascough’s site. I only know him from recent YT videos.
Yes, for some reason he seems to have taken his wedding photography site off-line. It used to be very extensive. You can still see many of the photographs if you just google "jeff ascough wedding phitography." Here are four to start you off.
johnvanr wrote: chiron wrote:
I have thought about this a lot, and I have come to the conclusion that I do best when I limit myself to one or maybe two lenses at a time. I have acquired a lot of gear, mainly lenses, over the years, so I do rotate what lens I am using. But my focal length preferences are very limited--24mm to 90mm at a stretch and mainly 35mm-50mm.
If I am trying to "cover" something like a travel location or a family barbecue, I will often use a zoom. But otherwise, I think I usually do better with a single focal length at a time. I am experimenting with using a Sony 24-50 zoom and a very small and light Sigma 18-50 APS-C on full-frame (effective focal length of 27 to 75) for photographing my lithe and leaping grandchildren with their parents.
For an upcoming trip to Naples and Sicily in October, I am thinking about taking two small bodies, a 24-50 and a 16-25 Sony zoom, with a Sigma i seires 24/3.5, 45/2.8 or 50/2/0, and 90/2.8. I would take the two zooms and one prime out with me each day, with each mounted on an A7CR. Travel is mostly a coverage situation for me. I may experiment with using my i Phone for the "coverage" shots and using an A7CR with one of the above five lenses for shots that aspire to go beyond coverage. I also like Chez's selection of lenses--the three Batises are wonderful and can cover a lot in a beautiful and inspiring way. I could take those three instead of the Sigma lenses.
Sometimes I think the zooms are all about FOMO on an image. But I think that in truth not getting a satisfying image has almost nothing to do with what gear you have with you. There is always an image to be had, if one can see it. To torment and inspire myself, I sometimes wonder what Henri Cartier Bresson would have done with the various situations I have wandered through with my camera.
Of the three photographers you site, I most like Leiter, one of my all-time favorite photographers, and Sebastiao Salgado, whose photography I deeply admire and enjoy viewing but whose style is entirely removed from anything I ever try to do. Leiter always worked with simple gear and photographed within a few blocks of where he lived. Some of his best shots, usually of women he was involved with, were made in his apartment. But I love his images of the city also.
Moriyama's images have never appealed to me. If you like his work, you might enjoy seeing some of Jeff Ascough's >recent< videos on street shooting where he undertakes something similar using his Leica. But I much prefer the documentary wedding work for which he is justly famous, most of it made with a limited set of Canon gear, that contains so many wonderfully beautiful images.
I don’t see documentary wedding work on Ascough’s site. I only know him from recent YT videos.
Yes, for some reason he seems to have taken his wedding photography site off-line. It used to be very extensive. You can still see many of the photographs if you just google "jeff ascough wedding phitography." Here are four to start you off.
johnvanr wrote: chiron wrote:
I have thought about this a lot, and I have come to the conclusion that I do best when I limit myself to one or maybe two lenses at a time. I have acquired a lot of gear, mainly lenses, over the years, so I do rotate what lens I am using. But my focal length preferences are very limited--24mm to 90mm at a stretch and mainly 35mm-50mm.
If I am trying to "cover" something like a travel location or a family barbecue, I will often use a zoom. But otherwise, I think I usually do better with a single focal length at a time. I am experimenting with using a Sony 24-50 zoom and a very small and light Sigma 18-50 APS-C on full-frame (effective focal length of 27 to 75) for photographing my lithe and leaping grandchildren with their parents.
For an upcoming trip to Naples and Sicily in October, I am thinking about taking two small bodies, a 24-50 and a 16-25 Sony zoom, with a Sigma i seires 24/3.5, 45/2.8 or 50/2/0, and 90/2.8. I would take the two zooms and one prime out with me each day, with each mounted on an A7CR. Travel is mostly a coverage situation for me. I may experiment with using my i Phone for the "coverage" shots and using an A7CR with one of the above five lenses for shots that aspire to go beyond coverage. I also like Chez's selection of lenses--the three Batises are wonderful and can cover a lot in a beautiful and inspiring way. I could take those three instead of the Sigma lenses.
Sometimes I think the zooms are all about FOMO on an image. But I think that in truth not getting a satisfying image has almost nothing to do with what gear you have with you. There is always an image to be had, if one can see it. To torment and inspire myself, I sometimes wonder what Henri Cartier Bresson would have done with the various situations I have wandered through with my camera.
Of the three photographers you site, I most like Leiter, one of my all-time favorite photographers, and Sebastiao Salgado, whose photography I deeply admire and enjoy viewing but whose style is entirely removed from anything I ever try to do. Leiter always worked with simple gear and photographed within a few blocks of where he lived. Some of his best shots, usually of women he was involved with, were made in his apartment. But I love his images of the city also.
Moriyama's images have never appealed to me. If you like his work, you might enjoy seeing some of Jeff Ascough's >recent< videos on street shooting where he undertakes something similar using his Leica. But I much prefer the documentary wedding work for which he is justly famous, most of it made with a limited set of Canon gear, that contains so many wonderfully beautiful images.
I don’t see documentary wedding work on Ascough’s site. I only know him from recent YT videos.
Yes, for some reason he seems to have taken his wedding photography site off-line. It used to be very extensive. You can still see many of the photographs if you just google "jeff ascough wedding phitography." Here are three to start you off.
