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Prison Break

R0014723 (Small)(Office Prisoners: This photo was taken inside the Juren Tower, or literally Giant Tower, a first-rate office tower and tallest building in Shenzhen.  The reflection reminded me of the bars in a prison cell.  The office workers are walking into the prison)

Office workers can easily tell you that how humdrum an office life is, except probably for those lucky folks in the Google office.  If office workers have to break away from the office prison to regain creativity, photographers have to shed the belief in just the cameras to reposition to the right mindset in photography.

R0014720 (Small) (Looking head-up at the Juren Prison)

The best camera is inside our head which is our thoughts.   But when we see a great photo, the first thought leaping into our mind is usually which camera the photographer used to take the photo.  Seldom do we think of the long years of learning and practices behind the success.

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Of course, a technically great camera helps photograhers a lot for snatching the decisive moments.  But examples of great photos taken with cheap cameras are aplenty.  It is our thoughts that matter the most.  A photographer should aspire to train himself or herself for not only a flair for photography, but also the flexibility to get the best out of any cameras.

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R0014715 (Small) Photography takes more than a camera.  We all know it but don't really put this into practice.  There are cameras which suit a photographer better, especially in this digital era when the imaging machine and materials are combined.  Some cameras offer images with characteristics to the liking of some photographers for sure.  It is perfectly okay to get in love with a specific camera as long as the photographer focuses on how to use the tool to practice what he has learned.

This is another epiphany of mine on photography at Shenzhen.

(Juren Tower; the Chinese characters
say "Development")

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R0014721 (Small)Postsctipt: As good photos do not hinges on cameras and my GX200 is so portable and controllable, I am moving further away from the bulky DSLR.  If I had brought a full-fledged DSLR and tried to shoot this set of pictures in this first-rate office tower, chances were that I would have been stopped.  The stealthness of a serious compacts is a great assest for that matter.

And I hope to post this photo to show the whole scene of the above images.  I just moved half way towards the doors and half kneel on the floor to shoot the pictures.

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