what is up people Dunna here it is a beautiful Wednesday morning and I
actually mean that sincerely spring is finally coming around up here in Canada
went for a walk this morning with my wife and it was nice anyway the last
couple of videos that I made have been kind of based around photography gear I
got a new camera recently so I've been really excited about all that stuff I
made a video about getting the new camera I made a video about some
accessories that I like for it and then last week I made a video that was all
about the best lenses for that camera and because of those videos a lot of
people have been asking me questions on Instagram DMS and on the comments of the
videos about gear and stuff where we've been having a lot of really cool
conversations I love talking about that kind of stuff all the tech that goes
around it but it has started to kind of bring up a couple of things about people
and the way that they approach gear and how much does it really make a
difference so I'm here today to talk about my personal opinion on the
question does photography gear matter and the short answer is yes... but no... let me explain
Does Photography Gear Matter?
this is a bit of a loaded question because I think there are a lot of
things that need to be considered and so I want to break it down into a couple of
parts but before I get into that I want to talk about when I was first starting
getting into photography and videography and I started watching Casey Neistat
vlogs and there was one thing that he said about gear that really stuck out to
me if you've ever heard anyone speak on this topic you've probably heard the
saying the best camera is the one you have on you and this is referring to the
fact that most of us nowadays have a super-powerful camera right in our
pocket that we literally carry around with us all the time
but Casey kind of took that to the next level and described it as maybe I'll
show the clip here if I can get it
always use the very best camera you have
at your disposal so right now I'm shooting this on my big camera this is
the best I have right now but when I'm out running in the morning and I want to
film my runs the best I have is my cell phone and I think this applies not only
to physically being able to carry the camera like in certain situations it
just makes sense to film with your phone because that'll be easier but I think it
also applies to let's say budget for example not everybody can afford to buy
a six thousand dollar canon DSLR and sometimes they already have the phone so
maybe it just makes sense to shoot with the phone because that's literally all
they have but the question of the day is not what the best camera is does
photography gear matter the first point that I want to make on this and one of
the reasons why I say yes it does matter is because there is actually a minimum
amount of equipment that you need to shoot photos or videos. If you think about
10, 15 years ago not everybody had a digital camera on them or had a nice
camera that they could go out and shoot things with so we can kind of take that
for granted nowadays because most of us have our phones on us and they all have
cameras in them but generally what you're gonna need is something to shoot
with something to edit with if you want to edit and something to post with
because generally if you're creating content you're
gonna want to put it in somewhere so in that sense I say yes photography gear
does matter because if you don't have that you can't do anything but that's
pretty base-level I think pretty much everybody understands that part of it
diving a little deeper into the question does having better photography gear make
you a better photographer and this is where it gets a little bit more
complicated in my mind I want you to imagine for a second being in a plane
now a plane technically is a piece of equipment that will allow you to fly
however if you don't have an understanding of the controls of the
plane do you think that you're gonna get up off the ground probably not that is a
lot of buttons a lot of knobs if you don't know what you're doing with it
first of all you're probably not even going to be able to get the thing
started by yourself second of all if you do manage to get the thing moving you're
not going to be able to get it up off the ground and if you do get it up off
the ground you're probably gonna crash it and I
think cameras are kind of the same without the public danger a camera
technically allows you to take a photo or a video or whatever it happens to be
but if you don't understand the principles and you don't understand how
to use that camera then what good does it do I shoot on a sony a6500 it's a
mirrorless camera and I've done a lot of research on all the settings and that
kind of stuff but if you handed me a red camera or any kind of like film camera
or anything like that I would have no idea what I'm doing I wouldn't be able
to shoot a video on it think about it like this you generally understand how a
car works but when you hop in somebody else's car and try and drive it all the
buttons and stuff are all in weird places windshield wipers are in a
different place and you don't know where the gear shift is it automatic is it a
standard so even though you know how to drive a car you might not know how to
drive that specific car you might not know all the controls of it all the
options it has so in that sense as much as more expensive gear and gear with
more options might actually give better quality it doesn't necessarily mean that
you're gonna be able to make a better product on it unless you actually know
that gear really well so again gear does matter it gives you more options it
gives you higher quality that kind of stuff but if you don't understand how to
use it it's not gonna do you any good but the second point
that I want to make is the complete opposite reverse of that take someone
who really understands photography and videography and lighting and all of
those kinds of things based around these visual mediums and hand them an iPhone
and they can make a feature-length film great example of this the movie that
just came out called unsane was completely shot on iphone that kind of
blows my mind a little bit now granted on a technical level if you're looking
at pixels iPhones not gonna shoot us nice as an Arri or a red cam or whatever
but this is where the argument comes in when people say stop worrying so much
about gear your gear doesn't matter because if you truly understand what
you're shooting and that photography and videography are about the stories that
you're capturing and not necessarily about the quality of the image and you
can still make great content with lower quality gear now again I'm not a
believer that gear doesn't matter at all I have seen the progression of even
upgrading from my sony a6000 to my sony a6500 and how the quality has stepped
up i'm able to do more with it but if i didn't understand what to do with this
new footage that i have 4k and s log and that kind of thing if i didn't know how
to use it it wouldn't be doing me any good so this is why at the same time i
both do and don't think that photography gear matters the most important thing is
understanding the principles understanding the basics of light and
photography and how a camera really captures that using all of that
information to make the best content that you possibly can then it's about
understanding how your specific piece of gear works if you want to learn all the
ins and outs of the iphone camera app all the little hacks that you can do to
make better products great you're gonna make better content than most of the
people out there who have super fancy stuff but don't know how to use it
properly so in conclusion I think that understanding the principles of
photography videography that stuff is the most important then understanding
the gear and then I do think the gear really can make a difference but on a
base level of like can you take photos how are you gonna take better photos I
think it's much more important to understand photography and videography
than it is for you to run out and spend all your money
fancy camera and this is coming from a guy who is totally gear obsessed but I
definitely have a good understanding of what's within my reach and what is going
to work for me and actually make things better what I can understand and what I
can afford obviously what do you guys think does photography gear matter does
it make your pictures better have you upgraded recently and found that your
photography and your videography is just like gone way up hill
leave a comment below let's get a conversation started if you want to see
more videos like this make sure to let me know by hitting that subscribe button
tap that Bell so you get our notification every time I post a new
video *notification squad* if you want to help let YouTube know to share this video
around give this video a thumbs up it really does help click here to be
friends click here for another video and I'll see you guys next time
Does Photography Gear Matter?
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét