Put up your dukes
Tue Aug 5, 20:45 | RandomWherever I go, I have to fight something. It’s like it’s built in to how I interact with the world. If I don’t take a stand then no one will, it seems.
Be it:
- at home, fighting against squalor and hoarding
- at the farm, fighting to keep home at home
- on the web, fighting for standards and disciplining bad design
- at college, fighting for failure when it’s justly deserved and fighting against the dilution of programs I take seriously
- in the visual community, fighting against photocopies of body parts being considered art
- at work, fighting to figure out a way to introduce web standards and fighting with systems that don’t quite work correctly
- with friends, fighting to be taken seriously, to be moderately respected, to be understood in my generally negative viewpoints
- in the photography world, fighting to get people to realize the head behind the camera is infinitely more important than the camera itself
- in my age group, fighting against the retail and university mindsets that permeate people my age
- in my apartment hunt, fighting to find something I like before someone else takes it
- in politics, fighting against old men with no computer experience making copyright laws and for rapid transit
- with myself, fighting to try to gain a positive outlook despite negative situations
- in love, not fighting, per se, but working to be seen as someone worthwhile
- with my finances, fighting to find a balance between savings and finding things I like and protecting a future I don’t look forward to
- on my to do list, fighting to get things done despite being perpetually tired
- with my health, trying to stop feeling so tired and feel healthier and gain muscle structure again and lose weight that no one should be encouraging me to retain
- with my own work, fighting to make it better at every given point so it doesn’t seem like such a failure
I get called arrogant, annoying, wordy, stuck up, stubborn. No one really likes talking to me because they know I won’t keep quiet. It’s tiring, taking a stand and never settling for less-than-right.
I’ve been thinking of taking up boxing.
On Ongoing Camera Hunts To boldly go where every fan has gone
Jamie….
Talking to you is the highlight of my day.. Your far from arrogant or annoying.. In fact I find you refreshing and fun..
Your not the only one to see the world like this.. Your just more vocal than most..
Boxing is great… But I think that kicking something would be more productive!!
JB
— jb Wed Aug 6, 11:30 #
“In the photography world, fighting to get people to realize the head behind the camera is infinitely more important than the camera itself.”
... And you have the audacity to say this immediately after you swear to never buy a Canon because you don’t like some of the people you’ve met who own Canons? :)
— Aaron Wed Aug 6, 13:24 #
Absolutely! Because to them, being a Rebel is more important than being a good photographer.
— Jamie Wed Aug 6, 13:39 #
But… but… you’re directly contradicting yourself! Madness!
So, the head behind the camera is more important than the camera, unless you don’t like the camera, in which case the camera becomes more important?
— Aaron Wed Aug 6, 14:15 #
The head behind the camera is more important than the camera except in cases where there’s nothing in the head that bought the camera in the first place. And in the case of Canon’s Rebel line, more people buy it because of the status than because of the quality of camera or the value it has to them.
— Jamie Wed Aug 6, 14:19 #
Really? I don’t know anyone who bought a Rebel because of its status. Actually, before you said so, I had no idea there was any sort of status associated with it. Everyone has Rebels. Half my co-workers have Rebels. Caitlin has a Rebel. I think you see lots of horrific art-house photography taken on Rebels because everyone has them. They’re widely considered to be the best cameras on the market under $3000.
As far as I’ve seen, if there’s a status associated with them, it’s a status that you’re personally applying.
So, when you say that “more people buy it because of the status than because of the quality of camera”... I’m going to go ahead and vehemently disagree :)
— Aaron Wed Aug 6, 15:09 #
143,000 from deviantart.com for “pentax”.
431,000 from deviantart.com for “olympus”.
545,000 from deviantart.com for “fujifilm”.
1,380,000 from deviantart.com for “nikon”.
1,920,000 from deviantart.com for “canon”.
I think we’ll agree to disagree, but the numbers seem to speak pretty loudly here. :)
Everyone has Rebels the same as everyone has iPods.
— Jamie Wed Aug 6, 15:18 #
http://flickr.com/cameras/
The numbers from Flickr pretty much mirror DeviantArt, if not skewing things even further towards Canon ownership. And if you’re going to argue that Flickr is also the breeding ground of Fine Arts students with black roses:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/stats.asp
Here’s a site that skews toward the professional side of photography. Guess what? The results are mirrored by Flickr and DeviantArt.
Again: I’ve never seen a Canon stigma other than your own. People just like Canon.
— Aaron Wed Aug 6, 15:29 #
And I sincerely dislike the people who like it without properly shopping around for it and the brand itself.
Everyone has university degrees, but you don’t see any quality coming out of that either. :)
— Jamie Wed Aug 6, 15:37 #
“Everyone has university degrees, but you don’t see any quality coming out of that either. :)”
(Jamie bows)
And… scene.
:)
— Aaron Wed Aug 6, 15:44 #
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be accepting a truckload of roses out back if anyone would like to give me more.
— Jamie Wed Aug 6, 15:46 #