I've spent years reading books, watching tutorials, walking round galleries, trying the latest softwares, gadgets, gizmos, expensive lenses etc...
I lend my wife my very old 10D, a 430EX flashgun, talk to her a tiny bit about focus lock, exposure lock, and using AE shift to balance E-TTL flash with ambient..
She comes back with technically competent exposures. But she does more than that. She comes back with images of subjects engaging with and interacting with the person behind the camera. Not on command. Naturally.
She's came back with portraits, from her very first shoot, that I would be over-joyed with, anybody can work a camera, it's an unteachable gift to make a connection with people.
Hands up!. She's miles better than me.
Has this realisation crept upon any other forum users?
I lend my wife my very old 10D, a 430EX flashgun, talk to her a tiny bit about focus lock, exposure lock, and using AE shift to balance E-TTL flash with ambient..
She comes back with technically competent exposures. But she does more than that. She comes back with images of subjects engaging with and interacting with the person behind the camera. Not on command. Naturally.
She's came back with portraits, from her very first shoot, that I would be over-joyed with, anybody can work a camera, it's an unteachable gift to make a connection with people.
Hands up!. She's miles better than me.
Has this realisation crept upon any other forum users?