Photography Trends That Reveal Everything Wrong With Modern Society
Photography Trends That Reveal Everything Wrong With Modern Society
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Photography Trends That Reveal Everything Wrong With Modern Society
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"Gear Acquisition Syndrome"
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that was a tough thing to get past when I was first starting. everything was changing so fast from film to sensor size to removing the reflex to adding video.
i've always felt like 10 years behind the imaginary "you need this gear" curve
getting comfortable shooting with what you've got is a hurdle
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I'm not a photography guy (browsing all while I wait on a 2am Uber so I'm not out driving drunk) but GAS is huge in musician circles. I remember when I was younger I wanted one of every guitar, one of every pedal, one of every amp.... Eventually I realized I could get credible results with a handful of guitars, a few decent amps, and one intentionally curated pedalboard.
I still have a pile but that's because I'm building and not acquiring these days.
I imagine it's a little different in photography circles since there's probably no good way to build new lenses with solder, a box of components, and a bad idea. However, I wanted to reach out both in solidarity (I know how you feel) and to let people feeling behind the 8 ball right now gear wise know that it's not just them. A lot of us with gear heavy creative endeavors have felt the same way.
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I imagine it's a little different in photography circles since there's probably no good way to build new lenses with solder,
Those photographers shoot film, and develop their own images in a hastily thrown together darkroom in their home :)
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A big step is to realize that you're just falling for marketing. Tech media, including music and photography tech, is one big advertisement and the industry serves itself, not you. This usually doesn't dawn until you've bought some of the things the journalists get breathless about and discovered that the gear is OK but not earth shattering, and you still have the same creative challenges as before.
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@Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world for example modded a scanner to be a camera: https://lemmy.world/post/18023559
There's also abundant experimentation with pinhole cameras such as https://lemmy.world/search?q=pinhole+camera&type=All&listingType=All&page=1&sort=TopAll
Or homemade light-sensitive materials even. (though i haven't seen that here yet)
just thought you might be interested :)
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That's a lot of words to say "Things were better when I was young".
It's a clickbait article, showing the same distress at younger generations that every generation before has complained about
I don't agree - to me, it feels the article is not about generations but about society. For example, take the fact that right now aesthetics are shaped by algorithms, and anyone from any generation needs to tailor their photography to what the algorithm likes. This is not a "gen z bad, millennial good" complaint - this is cross-generation and the complaint here is "we're all letting corporations dictate our tastes like never before".
The other points such as FOMO, Monetization of human relationships (influencers), can be similarly linked to social interactions being primarily corporate controlled.
I don't think it's fair to dismiss those issues as "things young people like", nor to put the blame on them and say "these issues are caused by how young people interact socially".
FOMO is a genuine cause for anxiety and it's a direct consequence of a modern society where social media exists - not something that Millenials, Gen Z or Gen Alpha like or are responsible for.
"noooo, you are doing it wrong! you have to do it my way! WHY AREN'T YOU DOING IT MY WAY?!"
I don't know, I agree with these points and I see them occurring in all generations in my life. You don't?
It does mention specific trends and their implications for people's relationship with photography and their own experiences though, which I thought was interesting. It's not just grumbling about the kids; it's observing how particular ways of taking photos can have unwanted consequences.