{"id":144243,"date":"2019-05-23T18:22:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T01:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=144243"},"modified":"2019-05-23T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T01:45:03","slug":"camera-barbell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/23\/camera-barbell\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography, Camera, Life Barbell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Embrace the extremes with your photography and cameras:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Phone (super convenient) x Film (very inconvenient) camera<\/li>
  2. Phone (super small) x Digital Medium Format (super big, but best image quality). <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Let us avoid the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153middle\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (one size fits all) strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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    Beyond \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one camera, one lens\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    In the past I advocated for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one camera, one lens\u00e2\u20ac\u009d approach as a way to overcome the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153paralysis by analysis\u00e2\u20ac\u009d we often face in photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But my thinking has evolved (as well as the camera technology). It ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about just owning one ultimate camera which fulfills all your needs \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it is about embracing the best of both world (hybrid approach) to maximize your tools\/power as a photographer and visual artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Barbell technology <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Some ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Instead of owning a kindle paper white for reading books, better to read paper books AND ebooks on your phone. <\/li>
    2. Instead of owning a family \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sports\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sedan, better to own a family van AND a Lamborghini or extreme sports car. <\/li>
    3. Instead of using a tablet or a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hybrid\u00e2\u20ac\u009d computing device, better to use a powerful desktop computer at home, and a phone when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re out and about town. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Life barbell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Only eat at super cheap fast food restaurants ($) and super high end restaurants ($$$$) instead of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mid-brow\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ($$-$$$) restaurants <\/li>
      2. Better to own a few very expensive articles of clothing (all Merino wool everything) than lots of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mid-range\u00e2\u20ac\u009dclothing. <\/li>
      3. Better to own one Rolex watch, than lots of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mid-tier\u00e2\u20ac\u009d watches. <\/li>
      4. Better to do extreme fasting (no eating food during the day) and have one massive dinner, than lots of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153normal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d meals throughout the day. <\/li>
      5. Either stand or lie on your back (don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sit). <\/li>
      6. Extreme frugality x Extreme luxury<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        For more ideas on the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153barbell\u00e2\u20ac\u009d theory \u00e2\u20ac\u201d read the chapter in Antifragile by Nassim Taleb. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Embrace the extremes with your photography and cameras: Phone (super convenient) x Film (very inconvenient) camera Phone (super small) x Digital Medium Format (super big, but best image quality). Let us avoid the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153middle\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (one size fits all) strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BBD400BF-2980-4CE4-96C6-2B035F701CFB.jpeg?fit=2720%2C1937&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144243"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144264,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144243\/revisions\/144264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}