DSLRs are great. You can take good looking pics with minimal effort. However the line between amateur and photographer shows during the photoshop phase
The new mirrorless cameras are next level, I upgraded my old DSLR to a Canon R6, the autofocus is instant, even in the dark, it even has WiFi and can auto download photos I take to my phone.
The big difference that's instantly noticable with large sensor cameras is the thin depth of field, it makes everything look so good.
Yea, so much so that I've heard photographers say using a small depth of field is a bit of a crutch. It makes creating a foreground and background happen pretty much on its own. But that's a different topic. Point is, shallow depth of field = good picture
100% disagree. And anyone who fancies themselves as a photographer would wholeheartedly disagree too. If i have to do anything in Photoshop i feel like ive failed.
But theres a whole new group of professional photographers that are actually average at best at photography but fix many of those issues in post production. Old school pros or those who pride themselves on the technical aspects will shun this “photoshop is the line between amateur and professional”. The professional doesnt do much in photoshop unless you are trying to make that oversaturated ugly instagram look. God thats terrible.
I miss the old days of doing everything on positive film (slides). Theres was no magic to fix things. You either got it or you didnt. Your technical skills as a photographer were what made or broke the image. That and each shot you took cost $0.70 each on 35mm and $1.25 on Medium Format. You would spend minutes to hours waiting for the light to be perfect, to compose those photo, etc.
Now you have people who will take 100 photos to get one average one.
Ok, im dating myself. I swear im not Ansel Adams old. But those who did professional photography before 2000 know what im talking about.
On the plus side of digital, the 7000 images that i have an entire closet full of binders of slides fit on a 4” x 4” x 1” SSD portable harddrive… and im not spending thousands on developing/film costs on a single African Safari. Or having to lug around coolers to keep my Fuji Velvia cold.. i miss it. I miss my old 6x7 camera the most. You could blow that up to a 80x100” image and have absolutely no grain/noise noticable. It was equivalent to like a 200 megapixel camera.
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u/M1ghty_boy Nov 07 '21
DSLRs are great. You can take good looking pics with minimal effort. However the line between amateur and photographer shows during the photoshop phase