Re: Getting the photo vs the experience of getting the photo
gdanmitchell wrote: Grenache wrote:
Maybe a different way to think about it is that the best gear in a shoot allows you to forget about the gear…basically to be confident that it will deliver.
Ironically, that does not mean that the gear doesn’t add to the experience. It instead means that it enables the experience NOT to be about the gear.
I would rather think about the gear prior to purchase than while I am shooting.
I think, based partly on my photography background but also on my music background, that while good “instruments” are not unimportant, they don’t do much of anything to get you to that “forget about gear” point. That comes from a whole lot of doing, to the point that you think consciously less and less about the mechanics of the doing.
While I do not make much $ taking photos - I have had decades of experience playing music. Yes - getting the tunes in your head and under your fingers is the most important thing.
That said having equipment that doesn't hold you back is absolutely useful.
As a saxophonist - timbre, responsiveness, intonation, keywork that facilitates rather than hinders - all very important.
With regard to photography - my gear isn't holding me back.
When it comes to music a subpar horn, mouthpiece or reed they can absolutely be detrimental to a top shelf performance.
Just for fun and a chance to errr... blow my own horn (sorry!) I recently had a chance to play with some amazing young ladies from Japan - Tokyo Groove Jiyoshi at a club in Vegas. So much fun!
There is no way I would have done that gig on one of my lesser horns/mouthpieces/reeds so gear matters - at least for me.
Truly operating on the life is short principle here and trying to have all the fun possible while still able to.
To get back on topic of the thread -I'm all about having fun with photography and hopefully getting some memorable images in the process.
Mar 05, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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