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Forum: General Photography
06-10-2018, 08:44 AM
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I've been thinking about this a little bit. So many photographers have a tendency to embrace speed. They want to run around in a way like they have ADD unable to focus on one thing for more than 3 minutes. When their AF doesn't work fast enough, their airplane doesn't fly fast enough, their Internet is slow, their Cel phone only has two bars...
The point is people are trained to want results "right now".
The problem is lots of things don't work fast, but they do work.
Nobody plays golf going "I finished in just over an hour!" like that's a badge of honor. One hour but they shot it in 126 strokes.
Painting pictures sometimes takes years.
I would argue that photography falls into this category too. The click of the shutter is fast, but everything up to that is not fast.
If you are observant, pay attention to detail, look at the light, premeditate where you will be and so forth a whole lot of photos will be right in front of you.
You might not ski up to a mountain bluff or get a shot while scuba diving but there is a whole lot more turf to cover than just that.
Able bodied or not the really good photographers will discover genres that they excel at and go with it.
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Forum: General Photography
06-09-2018, 09:13 PM
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Steve McCurry only has the use of one hand.
While I can't give specific advice but adapt and overcome.
Try to make use of a tripod maybe?
Also the mindset to get it right the first time might help. Become methodological about the shots you take.
The power of observation is your friend. I'm not saying any injury is good but it could cause you to be much more thoughtful and mental about what you do.
I've told this story here before but a friend of mine was an old school photographer for NAT Geo back in the day.
After an around the world trip that took months the editor met him at the airport anxiously waiting for the film so he could get it developed.
My friend wound up the roll that was in the camera and handed it over.
Boy did he ever hear it. He got cussed for the next hour.
In the end though he got 3 or 4 shots from a single roll of not even finished 36 exposure film published in National Geographic.
Quality over quantity.
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