Great post dude, you couldn't be more right. Time, Motivation and Hard Work are absolutely bloody essential. It's such a fast paced environment that the truth is 'if you're not moving forwards you're moving backwards'. Even when you've been in the game a while things still change every year, I've got my 10,000 hours and I know how to take photos, but keeping up with the industry - or rather, keeping AHEAD of the industry - takes serious commitment.
It's a fantastic job that has a totally unique lifestyle, but newcomers need to understand the commitment it takes!
Great point! So much new information is coming out, and tons of new technology. If you had told someone they could fly a tiny little drone and capture higher quality photos than some of the best cameras around, they wouldn't have believed you. Staying ahead of the game is super important too. Which it seems like you're doing a good job of :) Great pics man
Absolutely, it's gone nuts! To be honest I think we've reached a point where we're not even seeing things like image improvements. Not in any meaningful way anyway, we're seeing the same tech downsized, extra features, Dynamic Range, ISO etc, but not just raw image quality.
I'll be interested to see where the industry goes over the next decade!
Thanks dude, much appreciated! And likewise!
Interesting, but I think you have a point. Though, for at least the regular photographer (aka, one's not printing their works on billboards etc), is there a need for higher resolution cameras (to an extent)? Curious what your thoughts are on that.
Absolutely not, I don't expect to see innovation there as I really think those days are gone, even for those printing (all but billboards maybe!) I'm not sure what I WANT to see from the industry really, maybe just options that cut out all of the crap. I'm a wedding and portrait photographer, I really have no use for Video capabilities and I could probably do without WiFi, certainly without GPS, yet I've essentially paid for those things regardless. I suppose it's all marketing really anyway!
I got you man, I completely understand. I'm both a videographer and a photographer (mostly photo), so I benefit from having cameras that have both. But I also completely understand where you're coming from as well, since you don't need any of that other fancy stuff.
I guess there is a market, but I just wish someone like Panasonic, with their GH5s announcement would just think about things a bit more in terms of practicality. Take a Sony or a Panasonic for instance, they are built like stills camera's and the ergonomics favour that kind of shooting, yet the GH5s has gone down to a 10.28MP sensor. NOBODY is buying a GH5s at $2500 for photography, so what's the point dressing it up as a photography camera? Just all feels a bit pointless to me!