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A down-to-earth approach to gear

A down-to-earth approach to gear

From the course: Narrative Portraiture: Foundations of Portraiture

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A down-to-earth approach to gear

When I was a kid I had this really cool T-shirt. It's one of my favorite shirts. It was a Spiderman shirt, and I liked it so much I hardly wore it. As a matter of fact, I barely ever wore it, but one day I finally decided, this was the day, this was the day where I was going to wear my Spiderman shirt and I went to put it on and it was too small. And even as a little guy I remember thinking about this concept that you know some things are just meant to be worn. and the same thing is true with a camera,. It's meant to be used. It's so easy to think about our camera gear this way: well, it's expensive. You know, this cost me a lot of money. I may as well put it up on a shelf, put it in a glass case. I don't want it to get dinged up or dirty. We have to let go of that thinking, especially if you want to create great photographs. I love bringing my camera with me wherever I go ,whether it's by water, out in dirty locations, rain, snow, whatever. Because the camera is a tool, a tool that's…

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