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Monday, March 01, 2021

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"Which is all preface to a larger issue – the digital age’s fetish for large aperture lenses. Like most fetishes, it can’t be justified rationally. It makes no sense. In the digital age, when hyper ISO is a reality (10,000 ISO being common), there simply is no need for them. None, other than to pimp the one-trick pony that is ‘bokeh,’ which, to my eyes, is the single worst visual affectation brought about by digital capture. Suffice it to say that, as a general rule, the more you rely on bokeh to make your photographs interesting, the shittier the photographer you are. Full stop."
Sure, a little background separation is nice in certain types of portraiture, and the ability to make it vanish...mostly, at least...can be handy for some kinds of pedestrian product shots, but if you're running around shooting everything with the lens WFO, that's just poor craftsmanship.

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Posted by Tam @ 11:20 AM
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