Comments on: Expensive Equipment Alone Does NOT Make a Good Photographer http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/ Photoshop, Lightroom, and Photography Tips for Photographers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: photography http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15523 photography Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:24:22 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-15523 Thanks, I enjoyed your post immensely. It's nice to see someone writing something worth reading Thanks, I enjoyed your post immensely. It’s nice to see someone writing something worth reading

]]> By: Feats of Artistic Strength Award: Jorge Colombo and The New Yorker iPhone Cover » Phillip Mackenzie - Photographer http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12501 Feats of Artistic Strength Award: Jorge Colombo and The New Yorker iPhone Cover » Phillip Mackenzie - Photographer Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:05:04 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12501 [...] to the vision of the artist. To paraphrase Jodi Friedman’s recent blog post at MCP Actions Blog, A professional camera does not a professional photographer [...] [...] to the vision of the artist. To paraphrase Jodi Friedman’s recent blog post at MCP Actions Blog, A professional camera does not a professional photographer [...]

]]> By: Kirsty-Abu Dhabi http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12363 Kirsty-Abu Dhabi Fri, 29 May 2009 15:41:01 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12363 I'm totally with you - I never get pics of my whole family so at an event recently I handed my old D80 to a guy with a D300 saying "I thought I'd ask you to take a pic of my family as you look like you know what to do" oh no - big mistake - he took 3 photos and not one was in focus and I was gutted. a good camera means nothing... I’m totally with you – I never get pics of my whole family so at an event recently I handed my old D80 to a guy with a D300 saying “I thought I’d ask you to take a pic of my family as you look like you know what to do” oh no – big mistake – he took 3 photos and not one was in focus and I was gutted. a good camera means nothing…

]]> By: JM http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12362 JM Fri, 29 May 2009 15:39:53 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12362 I'm so glad someone mentions this every now and then! As the end quote on all my email states: "If you buy a camera you're a photographer. If you buy a piano...well, you just bought a piano" it is so appropriate nowadays when everyone has a digital camera. I know many who have purchased the latest and the greatest and have NO IDEA how to use the equipment--as an example one person I know still has the camera's flash pop up whenever light is low... Anyway, great post. I’m so glad someone mentions this every now and then! As the end quote on all my email states:
“If you buy a camera you’re a photographer. If you buy a piano…well, you just bought a piano” it is so appropriate nowadays when everyone has a digital camera.
I know many who have purchased the latest and the greatest and have NO IDEA how to use the equipment–as an example one person I know still has the camera’s flash pop up whenever light is low…
Anyway, great post.

]]> By: Hee hee! « http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12350 Hee hee! « Fri, 29 May 2009 14:03:54 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12350 [...] May 29, 2009 by Mim Reading my usual blogs this morning, I had a little giggle at this, on the MCP actions blog [...] [...] May 29, 2009 by Mim Reading my usual blogs this morning, I had a little giggle at this, on the MCP actions blog [...]

]]> By: honey http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12346 honey Fri, 29 May 2009 13:47:19 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12346 jodi, your last comment is so true. I ended up doing the whole yearbook because i have such a good camera. I love to volunteer but my husband swore if he woke up at 3am and saw me cloning zits off a 5th grader we don't even know one more time ...!!! Hours of your actions ... I would be better off (much less work) running the pta! jodi, your last comment is so true. I ended up doing the whole yearbook because i have such a good camera. I love to volunteer but my husband swore if he woke up at 3am and saw me cloning zits off a 5th grader we don’t even know one more time …!!! Hours of your actions … I would be better off (much less work) running the pta!

]]> By: Jodi http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12341 Jodi Fri, 29 May 2009 12:50:26 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12341 Oh - the other comment that "kills" me - is when I bring my camera to a school function - to get pictures of my kids... I always get asked' "can you take one of my kids since you have the better camera." OR even the principal or teachers asking, "since you have such a great camera can you just snap some of the event so that we can put some up in our classroom/office, etc." I do not mind, but I much prefer when asked like this, "since you are an amazing photographer, can you..." Anyway, they assume it is one in the same. I mean shooting in a dark school multimedia room? I would love to hand the camera to someone (it has no flash) and see what they could do with it if they did not know photography. Fun experiment. Oh and then the post processing end... When you do that favor - they assume you just get home, dump them in an email. Nevermind the processing in LR and PS for say 100 school shots (yep - hours). It is the least I can do, but still, as photographers I know you will appreciate this. Jodi Oh – the other comment that “kills” me – is when I bring my camera to a school function – to get pictures of my kids… I always get asked’ “can you take one of my kids since you have the better camera.” OR even the principal or teachers asking, “since you have such a great camera can you just snap some of the event so that we can put some up in our classroom/office, etc.” I do not mind, but I much prefer when asked like this, “since you are an amazing photographer, can you…”

Anyway, they assume it is one in the same. I mean shooting in a dark school multimedia room? I would love to hand the camera to someone (it has no flash) and see what they could do with it if they did not know photography. Fun experiment.

Oh and then the post processing end… When you do that favor – they assume you just get home, dump them in an email. Nevermind the processing in LR and PS for say 100 school shots (yep – hours).

It is the least I can do, but still, as photographers I know you will appreciate this.

Jodi

]]> By: Johanna http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12328 Johanna Fri, 29 May 2009 02:08:36 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12328 happens all the time! I love wtd! thank you Jodi!! and the responses to that stupid comment are so great on the link from Kelly Ann above. I love the one..."I bought it at the same place DaVinci bought his paintbrushes." now all I have to do is remember the smart comebacks! :) happens all the time! I love wtd! thank you Jodi!! and the responses to that stupid comment are so great on the link from Kelly Ann above. I love the one…”I bought it at the same place DaVinci bought his paintbrushes.” now all I have to do is remember the smart comebacks! :)

]]> By: Rose http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12324 Rose Fri, 29 May 2009 01:04:27 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12324 I am a beginner, and this post is awesome! I have a Nikon D90 and really just want to know how to use it inside and out. As it is I shoot on manual mostly, but thanks alot of generous bloggers, I'm getting more creative and testing out different functions, and seeing what I can do with this camera. :) I am a beginner, and this post is awesome! I have a Nikon D90 and really just want to know how to use it inside and out. As it is I shoot on manual mostly, but thanks alot of generous bloggers, I’m getting more creative and testing out different functions, and seeing what I can do with this camera. :)

]]> By: Danielle http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/05/28/equipment-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12323 Danielle Fri, 29 May 2009 01:03:43 +0000 http://mcpactions.com/blog/?p=2278#comment-12323 A-le-lu-ia!!!! A-le-lu-ia!!!!

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