[j4coh]

Might depend on your personality a bit. Basically all my favorite photos of lost relatives and friends were taken on awful cameras by people with no knowledge of lighting or composition for that matter. The photos (to me) are valuable for a wholly different reason, it never even occurred to me until this moment that they were probably bad photographers.

[lukan]

Yup, the best pictures I have, are those snapshots of real life action. Not the super prepared professional ones requiring set up (we also have those, my sister is a photographer).

[Aeolun]

Isn’t the sign of a professional that they don’t need that setup?

I have some friends that seem able to snap these perfect moments effortlessly.

[lukan]

Ah no, I was talking about my own pictures. Some of the staged pictures my sister make of us, are nice as well, but overall I much prefer the blurry snapshot or video of a nice scene.

(But then again, my sister especially recommended to me to choose my partner as she would look very good on pictures, I replied I have other priorities, but ended up with her anyway)

[dragonwriter]

> Isn’t the sign of a professional that they don’t need that setup?

A professional should be able to get good results without it, but also when you are a professional, the incremental benefit of having the equipment available and using it where appropriate is more than worthwhile.

[MarkMarine]

Agree, I strongly dislike the staged, hostage photos. Almost no one looks like they are having fun.