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Photography of buses (or for the matter, anything as the
subject) - never start to box yourself in to rules, it's your
freedom to photograph the way you want it, and to create the
stories you want to tell.
But I never believed in photographing following one standard
angle + sunlight at all. Sunlight on the subject - "a requirement"
in some sgforums (which was the main bus forum before it
collapsed)? Why the hell is some enthusiasts setting up rules like
the one in the screenshot back then?
90% body, 10% head for the angle, cannot be pok (intruded) by
shadow, cannot be pok by car, cannot half bright half dark.It's
understandable, people don't want to look back regret pictures side
dark and "sian-ed", EDS display must be perfect full etc. Head
cannot be "big" (too much front, bus cannot blur if not is "fail".
And get restrict the flexibility and locations of just
photographing buses... Sure, it's advisable and encouraged, that's
totally fine..
But what disgusts the most is the last paragraph of the third
post.
People don't appreciate their efforts on trying to help them and
they continue to snap "not too good" photos, throw them aside? And
those "hopeless", bin them? This kind of attitude is seriously
stupid. This was why i got boycotted because I felt those "rules"
were too restrictive and I had attempted to voice out to photograph
more freely as is. And then, the attempts to continually badmouth
this page and me...
To you, might be pieces of rubbish low quality shots. To the
others, some of them tells a story to many others who may
appreciate it even though it's dark at the side, or is not of some
"high standard".
High standards...I've seen many overseas bus pages with photos
that technically would be having a lower "standard", some taken
with low megapixel cameras or sunlight at the "wrong direction",
but those photos are able to tell the stories to the many others
who visit the page! Some of their photos had a bit of blur but is
still useable and they just upload it to tell and share the stories
to others!
What really matters is that one one is able to freely enjoy or
relax in a hobby, there was never a requirement in any hobby afaik,
or some made up "rules" by some childish kids trying to dominate
the hobby. Being able to tell the stories from your memories and
your good or bad photos regardless of any camera models be it
handphone, compact or DSLRs...i believe that's what matters.
There are times when there might be this only one chance to snap
and even though blur a bit or side a bit dark or "fail shot" but
you might have caught a piece of history! There are past photos
when cameras weren't even common, there were dark photos of
pre-1980s buses which you can't tell too much details or get
covered by shadow, but they contained the important clues of the
snapshot of the bus at that time!
Sometimes I do play about a bit with panning, rules of thirds,
but most of the time i photograph things as is regardless of
weather condition or stuffs...just try my best.
And for those who want to bother CSI-ing, ngjy22 (I heard) was
the one who initiated that group boycott against me back then in
2009 which was mentioned in the 1st May post.. Look at this page
today. Fail shots, low quality shots, so what? I bent the rules to
be more flexible to photograph more freely, short and simple. I
tell my own stories the way I want it to be.
