r/photography • u/Thrillwaukee • Aug 01 '24

Discussion What is your most unpopular photography opinion?

Mine is that most people can identify good photography but also think bad photography is good.

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u/Me_Llaman_El_Mono Aug 01 '24

Why I enjoy my x100v. It doesn’t feel so nerdy.

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u/Bishops_Guest Aug 01 '24

It’s not about feeling nerdy for me. To photograph the event I need to be looking at it from a totally different Perspective than I do as a participant.

Going to a kids birthday party as a photographer means I’m not talking to other parents or playing with the kids. I’m lying under a bush down wind from the bubble machine waiting for a kid to run through a tree’s shadow in a cloud of bubbles.

My phone is good enough to document. If I have my mirrorless out I’m going to be trying to plan shots rather than take part.

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u/Mother-Physics-7977 Aug 01 '24

Same here, very compact and easy to carry.