It has been said many times that abundance of equipment can suppress the [necessity for] creativity. Or, maybe the opposite is correct: lack of proper equipments boosts up the creativity.
This guy, shooting Olympics with iPhones, has been feature in many news/blogs: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/08/covering-the-olympics-with-three-iphones-and-some-binoculars/ Or see it with all photos at once: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/08/covering-the-olympics-with-three-iphones-and-some-binoculars/?pid=3287&viewall=true Short link: http://goo.gl/bl2Qv Indeed, some of these photos may not have appeared if the photographer were sitting in the photographers' row. (Being in the photographers' row can be dangerous: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/08/01/photographer-in-focus-with-courtside-crash/ ) Being challenged by the "inferior" equipment, he is looking for more unusual shots. For example, when my wife takes photos with her P&S photo camera at dance festivals, because of the short flash range, focus/shutter lag, and other inherent limitations of many P&S's, she is looking for shots that she can take with her camera. E.g. at one of tango festivals, she did this collection: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/jprusakova/sets/72157630979383784/ Of course, the fact that you have your top-notch DSLR doesn't forbid all this creativity. But it doesn't stimulate it either. The question remains open, - does too much gear hinder your creativity? What do you think? Igor PS. My wife made a suggestion for the actual reason why this photographer decided to use 3 iPhones instead of his 3 (5? 10?) DSLRs: their office ran out of ponies that carry the heavy photo bags. So, he had to carry his gear by himself. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
