Man wins it all with a point and shoot
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This guy won a photo contest with thousands of entries using only a point-and-shoot and a $20 tripod (oh and he was unemployed at the time).
lol, I know exactly where he took that shot. First thing I noticed was the “Red Rocket” ( streetcar) and said, “thats Toronto”.
The shot actually does nothing for me, compositon seems boring if at all existant, and the lights are over done. All it really does is convey the mood a bit.
That said.
Thats my subjective view and one reason why I like photography. You never really know whats going to appeal to the general audience. It’s also why I never enter contest, aside from being rights grabs.Used to follow a few contest closely and 9 times out of 10 shook my head at what the “expert” judges picked. Just gave up trying to see what they see, theres no accounting for it 🙂
What a lift to read this tonight!
I was out this morning just taking some snaps of my dog and the ducks and geese and thinking how marvelous the digital point and shoot camera is and pondering how easy and inexpensive it is to get a nice shot compared to, say, twenty years ago, let alone what guys like Edward Curtis had to work with.
The Tram photo is the result of that universal access,but moreover, three hours in the damp waiting for the light and use of a tripod.Surely the photo would have been better if it was taken with a high end camera, but many of the most memorable photos are taken with small basic equipment. The Leica with its small form factor being easy to carry and use has taken many historical and artistic images in the hands of Cartier Bresson, Robert Capa and Larry Burroughs. Its like they used to say f8 and be there. Having a small easy to carry camera obviously paid dividends for this person.
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