I’ve also been shooting with a lot of older cameras that you may not find in Amazon links but are great like
The Olympus Pen EP3
Panasonic G9 and Em5 MKIII micro four-thirds bodies.
Jason is using the Nikon Z9 if you want to go all in. But smaller bodies like the Guji XT5 can do almost anything.
Prefer used. Try an XT3 and grab a 50mm f2 or the Fuji 90mm for portraits that I use constantly. You’ll still have money left for a flask like the Godox AD600 for big stiff or a small guy like the Godox TT350
Or some of those micro-four-thirds bodies. Grab a Panasonic Leica 15mm for street work and a 12-60 Leica for all around. The lenses work on any Micro Four Thirds body new or old.
Landscapes and even war-torn news images are being faked constantly and you don’t even know. Cameras make near-perfect photos and more so every day. But is that what a photo is all about?
Get Gavs Filmist 2 film presets even if you don’t shoot film. There’s a free pack you’ll love too.
I got bored of AI fast. I wanted natural images with practical effects that create an atmosphere. I’ve been studying icons like Stegliz and Hamilton as I work on a new editing pack inspired by their styles. These are not like Ai, they are not pretending to be something they are not.
On this weeks Pro Photography Podcast… Are photos even real anymore.?
On this Professional Photography Podcast we talk about photo news, the Cine Still scandal, and what Ai is doing to photography. The conflicts in the world are showing how deceptive it can be and new tech like Content Credentials is making systems to know what we are seeing.
Real photos from real people not from AI and we need to start using that. I shoot film and make things like Filmist film presets to keep a grounded focus on that.
Real photos tell a story of a person place or thing. They are the nouns of images and they matter. Ai-generated images will never be real photos. That does not mean they are not a real part of the market now. Only that we need to understand the difference.
Videos and other important things mentioned on this show.