This afternoon I ran into a young man carrying a Leica with a friendly countenance apparently showing his passion for photography. The Leica was mounted with a Voigtländer lens, if I was not mistaken. Nice choice. Just because those state-of-the-art cameras offers tons of features, doesn’t necessary mean that the owner will be happier. In fact, as far as I know what the psychology theory suggests, more options oblige us to work our brain harder lest we may miss the good stuff which can make us less happy. On the contrary, simplicity allows us to enjoy ourselves more. With a Leica, the shooter just needs to focus on the basic scheme of taking a good photo. And that is all. I had a little chat with the young man and just two years into photography he has acquired a sophisticated, expensive taste. Though with 20 years in the hobby under my belt, maybe I can learn a lot from him. One never knows. We all can move on to perfect ourselves each and every day, don’t we?
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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