I'm excited to see where all the pins take us! I really think that your photography can show more of Intermediate-Advanced level Japan. Have you been to Shikoku yet? So many beautiful places that are just waiting to be discovered and given a little more representation on the photography and tourism front.
Thanks for answering my question Pat! Your answer was really reassuring and I'll try your method over the next few weeks! Really love your work and congrats on 300k!
For me, a "slump" is when I'm not producing at a high level that I'm typically good at...so when I'm in a slump I identify something I'm terrible at and try to improve on it. There's only one direction to go if you're already terrible at it...that's how I wound up taking up photography...historically I've been terrible at it. By the time I've gotten better at this thing, I'm usually out of the slump and I haven't wasted my time.
Totally hear you. I think for many different people, "slumps" can mean many different things. Most certainly not producing at a high level is one of those things, and I can also imagine not producing anything at all, it being difficult to produce anything regardless of level, issues related to motivation and/or desire, and a plethora of others.
Question! I’m a landscape photographer living in Arctic Lapland. But I just have a 50mm. I’ve been looking at getting a 15-35mm. What do you suggest my next lens should be?
@@patkay Thank you for the advice. I have been a big fan of your work for a long time. Hope all is well in Japan! Excited to visit that side of the world one day soon!
EDIT: Ah dear. I didn't realise you were replying to my question. I had this on in the background and thought "Huh, what a good question, I'll put my thoughts in the comments" - idiot. Anyway, have a read lol. From what I understand, APS-C historically was classed as an amateur product category as soon as FF (or APS-H even) was produced at scale. Features from (in Canon's case) the 1D and 5D series were not similarly matched in the APS-C (maybe the 7D). Due to that and a good bump in image quality, FF was the standard and go-to. 15-20 years later, APS-C has caught up greatly to FF and feature sets are similar between the form factors. The number of differences between the two have shrunk over the years so there are less things to consider when deciding between crop and FF.
APSC is not going to die for sure. if anything it is getting more popularity as people start to realize more and more that what bad back then is not bad now. APSC like the A6700 is so great and I am pretty sure with great lenses like Sigma, Viltrox Pros and some Sony (sorry they don't release many dedicated APSC lenses!) the image quality is going to be great and I doubt anybody will be able to tell if the image is taken by which sensor size. Edit: I asked him about APSC too! What a coincidence.
Definitely. I think for now in Sony world, APS-C doesn't quite yet have the right form factor, even if the IQ is almost there. I'm sure people would be all over it if it was smaller than it currently is as well.
@@patkay FF lenses in general should weight more than the APSC right? Especially when you carry 2-3 lenses with you all the time. This is more apparent when we carry the FF zoom lenses vs APSC zoom lenses. The weight different could be 1-2kg different or more if the said zoom is telephoto lenses.
Thanks so much! Yeah for me there were heaps of difficulties with getting a Visa etc. I don't have a bachelors degree or anything like that, so my options are extremely limited. I documented the process here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tp03_XabOhY.html
