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Originally Posted by JP-pornshooter
Deano is best when he controls everything and have lots of lights and scrims etc kinda playboy style i guess.. but his natural light stuff is not as good as your or Robs (imho).
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I was shooting natural light years ago - way way before we knew each other. It was fun at first but quickly became boring. After I figured out a few basic lighting principles, natural light shooting just wasn't a challenge to me anymore. I then set my sights on learning more complex lighting setups and that was when I REALLY began to love photography. Not to knock those who shoot with natural light .... but for me it just became boring and not challenging enough
It's like being a pilot. Most pilots start out learning to fly a single engine plane. Some of them decide they want more of a challenge to they start learning to fly twin-engine planes and even go on to learn to fly jets. There are some who are happy to fly the single engine plane for the rest of their lives and then those who want to learn more, grow more and challenge themselves more. That's the category that I'm in
By the way, your advice to Eddie to ... "stick to what you are good at" - I would disagree with, unless he's "only" interested in a paycheck and not improving his photography. I always encourage experimenting and testing new lighting setups and post-processing methods in an effort to grow. The real challenge here is finding clients that support your experimenting and testing and who aren't going to shit their pants when you turn something in that they find less then appealing. Because when you're experimenting and testing, not all of your work is going to set a new standard. Unless your clients support you in this, you'll find yourself kicked to the curb