Can anyone with a good camera take good pictures?

yogestee wrote in post #5179819
Can anyone with good golf sticks play golf??

"Golf sticks"?

Samanax

Best comeback I've heard:

"Maybe you're right. Here, give it a go."


(Most effective if you use back button focus)

I believe that the comment is made with refrence to the overall IQ rather than the composition of the shot. Composition aside, the images that come out of my 40D are much better IQ than the images that come out of my SD750. I would think that most of the folks making this "good camera" comment are focusing solely on the IQ of the photo, and in that sense they are absolutely correct.

hec I know several people who can take good pictures with crap cameras

I ask myself this after almost every shoot... I doubt my abilities\skill....

Everyone is so impressed by all my work, but I feel they are either being nice to me, or they are impressed because of the quality, such as the background blur (their little p&s's don't really produce blur, so they think it looks really cool), the color, the sharpness, ect. But I don't feel they are that special\good! Not sure why though. I guess because when I take the photo I don't think about composition, or the small details, it is all either natural or people are just impressed by the quality. I feel like I am getting worse, as a photographer, but people keep commenting on how much better I am getting...
So I guess I am just under-estimating myself, and I am looking at the technical details, unlike clients\customers\othe​rs who look at it, looking for the moment that was captured, and how that moment is illustrated in the photograph.

1000arms wrote in post #5177481
Can anyone with a good scalpel perform good surgery?

I said the same thing to surgeon friend of mine and he was not amused. "Yours is hardly life threatening work."

bwolford wrote in post #5181511
I said the same thing to surgeon friend of mine and he was not amused. "Yours is hardly life threatening work."

So be it, but he still took offence to the comment.

My first Father in Law was an orthopedic surgeon, once at a dinner party the host carved the joint at the table and did a really great job of it, he turned to David (my FIL) and said could you have done that any better? David said no that was really very good, now put it back together again

perryge wrote in post #5178120
Technical stuff aside, even if they made a camera that could read your mind and get all the technical stuff absolutely perfect (exposure, focus, etc)...the camera can't be creativite or compose for you.

If my camera could read my mind, it'd reach out and tap me on the forehead twice and say "hey you! I have nothing to go on here!"

Anyone can take a good picture and on anything.

It takes a certain amount of skill and equipment to do it every time.

yogestee wrote in post #5179819
Can anyone with good golf sticks play golf??

Err... HALLO!!! They're "golf bats"

yes they can... thats why im saving for a MKIII.. i want to take good shots !
Iguess i will need "L" lenses too..... Hmmmmm its expensive to take good pictures, Maybe ill stick to my cheap 30D and keep taking crappy photos.

lol

charel wrote in post #5181588
Anyone can take a good picture and on anything.

It takes a certain amount of skill and equipment to do it every time.

well said! With my point and shoot a few would turn out good, but it was mostly do a angles others wouldnt do. Just different photos which looked good. I want to get to were every photo is great with the SLR now. Its gonna take alot of learning though


ive seen some people take a simply awesome shot with a 50buck camera, but again.. it was one shot and pure luck

hdd wrote in post #5181629
I want to get to were every photo is great with the SLR now.

I have been at it for over 35 years and am at about 75% keepers & 10% special so good luck with your goal

bildeb0rg wrote in post #5181615
Err... HALLO!!! They're "golf bats"

Now your really confused, they don't use bats in Golf, your thinking of a Football Bat..

Anyway, I got this really nice set of pro kitchen equipment, nice stainless pans with copper clad bottoms..

It did not help me cook better either.