Hi Neale - you have a great way with words and also a great podcaster to boot. As a long time photographer ( started around 1970 ) I agree about the techy stuff. I find I'm still learning new techniques after retirement from some 20 years as a wedding photographer. Tech just keeps moving but it's fun to keep exploring what you can do with it without always knowing why. I really enjoy watching my grandkids playing football every weekend but still don't fully understand the offside rule!
A wonderfully thoughtful – and cleverly humorous – rumination, with a conclusion I can’t disagree with. I used most of the functionality on my D200; but am not sure (although it’s early days) that I will ever get close to that with my Z6III – one of the reasons being that I will no doubt quickly forget a lot of things it is intensely capable of doing when I don’t use them (for a while/ever).
Oh, and I am convinced that most football players don’t understand all this technical stuff, either; and just keep booting the ball (often to an opposition player). Admittedly, I have only got the England men’s team as an example.
Beautifully crafted reflection Neale. I loved the way you compared the evolution of what has become, at times, baffling tech in photography with the, now, apparently mandatory gobbledegook commentary offered bynthe football pundits. I too experience the same reaction as you when talking to my boys (Gooners) and my son-in-law (United) about the game….. and that was no more painful than this last weekend after the débacle at the Emirates………
Hi Neale - you have a great way with words and also a great podcaster to boot. As a long time photographer ( started around 1970 ) I agree about the techy stuff. I find I'm still learning new techniques after retirement from some 20 years as a wedding photographer. Tech just keeps moving but it's fun to keep exploring what you can do with it without always knowing why. I really enjoy watching my grandkids playing football every weekend but still don't fully understand the offside rule!
A wonderfully thoughtful – and cleverly humorous – rumination, with a conclusion I can’t disagree with. I used most of the functionality on my D200; but am not sure (although it’s early days) that I will ever get close to that with my Z6III – one of the reasons being that I will no doubt quickly forget a lot of things it is intensely capable of doing when I don’t use them (for a while/ever).
Oh, and I am convinced that most football players don’t understand all this technical stuff, either; and just keep booting the ball (often to an opposition player). Admittedly, I have only got the England men’s team as an example.
Ha... I'm sure they operate on the Bengeo Tigers concept of kick and run! I knew it!
Beautifully crafted reflection Neale. I loved the way you compared the evolution of what has become, at times, baffling tech in photography with the, now, apparently mandatory gobbledegook commentary offered bynthe football pundits. I too experience the same reaction as you when talking to my boys (Gooners) and my son-in-law (United) about the game….. and that was no more painful than this last weekend after the débacle at the Emirates………
I enjoyed reading this post. Is that Bengeo in Hertford? If so, I lived there for a few years after moving from North London.
Indeed it was! :-)