Professional Results
Whoops, I guess I just went half a year without posting anything on here. My bad, that’s on me.
As I return to this blog and website, I wanted to weigh in on an important topic of discussion with regards to photography: sensor size. Though it may upset some, I need to put my foot down and assertively state that size does in fact matter and anything less than full frame is unacceptable for professional work; furthermore, it is not at all preferable for any amateur who aspires to be a “real” photographer. Basically it comes down to being able to get sufficiently high quality images, as well as the flexibility afforded by having the a full frame sensor with accompanying lenses.
Lighthouse Keeper
This photo was taken on a very foggy day with super low ambient light. In order to get this shot, I had to carefully manage my aperture to get sufficient image sharpness and brightness, as well as keeping my ISO at minimal levels to get a sufficiently clear and beautiful image.
Iron Eddy
In order to get this image of the tides swirling around a piece of scrap iron as darkness fell, I needed my biggest brightest lens. Luckily the huge frontal element on my lens was able to gather just enough light to capture this fleeting instant as the water rushes around the metal to rejoin the sea.
Pensacola Beacon
Finally, it goes without saying that to try to take night photography with anything besides a full frame camera is ludicrous, to do so without a tripod even more so. Cameras with smaller sensors lack the dynamic range to be able to capture both the highlights and shadowy details in this image. without the tripod I would have had to use a wide angle lens in order to be able to slow the shutter speed down without causing undue camera shake.
As most were probably able to guess, everything I just wrote is utter hogwash. I shot all of these pictures handheld, using a tiny lens (90mm equivalent), on my Micro 4/3 camera. Though my opinion might be slightly biased, I think the results turned out extremely well and most people would struggle to tell that the following images were taken on a camera with a small-ish sensor. Digital cameras have generally been able to take very good pictures for the better part of the last decade and a half. Find a reasonable deal and get to shooting, I will be posting about a new to me camera I just picked up very soon.
