Telephoto lens, no engagement. Guess I'm just looking for some clarity...
clear as mud.
I do like Damon's statement though--and that's what I will continue to strive for (the end result)--with my non tele, because that works for me.
It doesn't matter at all whether you use a wide, a normal, or a super tele or whether or not you engage or whether you use a digital sensor or film. The only thing that matters is the photograph.
I hate to be a trouble-maker - oh, okay, I actually enjoy it - but this statement, while a very good summary, is only almost true. What would be more true is if the last sentence were emended to "The most important thing is the photograph." If the only thing that mattered was the photograph, then ethical standards would have to be tossed out the window, for example, getting a shot at all costs, even at the cost of a life or a person's dignity.
I hate to be a trouble-maker - oh, okay, I actually enjoy it - but this statement, while a very good summary, is only almost true. What would be more true is if the last sentence were emended to "The most important thing is the photograph." If the only thing that mattered was the photograph, then ethical standards would have to be tossed out the window, for example, getting a shot at all costs, even at the cost of a life or a person's dignity.
OK Sara, but with respect, ethical standards apply to photographers, not photographs. We have no idea what was involved in the making of the vast majority of the pics we see, yet we evaluate them regardless.
OK Sara, but with respect, ethical standards apply to photographers, not photographs. We have no idea what was involved in the making of the vast majority of the pics we see, yet we evaluate them regardless.
If the only thing that mattered was the photograph, then ethical standards would have to be tossed out the window, for example, getting a shot at all costs, even at the cost of a life or a person's dignity.
:poke since I couldn't find the gasoline on fire emoticon.
Sara's statement of "ethical standards" brings in the dividing line between PJ with an actual code of professional ethics, and B.D.'s beginning statement on "street" photography and the ancillary back and forth.
I interjected on a similar thread when this forum first opened several years ago so I'll just sit back and :lurk while everyone :duel
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Telephoto lens, no engagement. Guess I'm just looking for some clarity...
clear as mud.
I do like Damon's statement though--and that's what I will continue to strive for (the end result)--with my non tele, because that works for me.
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OK Sara, but with respect, ethical standards apply to photographers, not photographs. We have no idea what was involved in the making of the vast majority of the pics we see, yet we evaluate them regardless.
I agree.
www.SaraPiazza.com - Edgartown News - Trad Diary - Facebook
Sara's statement of "ethical standards" brings in the dividing line between PJ with an actual code of professional ethics, and B.D.'s beginning statement on "street" photography and the ancillary back and forth.
I interjected on a similar thread when this forum first opened several years ago so I'll just sit back and :lurk while everyone :duel
-Fleetwood Mac
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