Scatto foto con il mio iPhone almeno da quando ho avuto il primo modello, ormai dieci anni fa. Recentemente ho ripreso a farle con la mia macchina fotografica, per capire come fosse cambiata la mia relazione con una vera e propria. Continuo a pubblicare pi\u00f9 foto scattate con l\u2019iPhone perch\u00e9 \u00e8 pi\u00f9 facile e veloce, ma vorrei condividere alcune considerazioni che ho fatto sulla differenza tra la fotografia mobile e le buone vecchie fotocamere reflex.<\/p>\n
DSRL (or mirrorless as well) disintegrates any mobile phone in terms of quality. Mobile photography has evolved to incredible levels until a few years ago but a photo taken with a camera has a kind of feel and vibrations that no cell phone can deliver. Paradoxically \u2014 although they both are digital media \u2014 it is as if the DSLR were the vinyl correspondent in the digital music scene. They\u2019re not better nor worse: they\u2019re different, and by different I mean \u201csomething that vibrates\u201d. Clear, right?
\nVinyl are said to add some kind of depth to the listening experience; DSLR do the same, adding a sort of 3D effect that are almost impossible to get with a smartphone (although they find out some software trick to do something similar \u2014 but still a trick is).
\nA camera is still more intrusive than a cell phone but this is less true than years ago. Being photographic subjects is nowadays well accepted and the distance or embarrassment that a camera once created is disappearing. We are now used to take and also be in pictures, no one cares anymore. I use the DSRL more and more easily. Not like my iPhone but at least I\u2019m not shy anymore. \u201cIt\u2019s a camera: have you ever seen anything like that?\u201d.
\nChe una reflex sia pi\u00f9 intrusiva di un cellulare \u00e8 ancora vero ma lo \u00e8 meno di anni fa. Oramai sentirsi soggetti fotografici \u00e8 pi\u00f9 facilmente accettato e la distanza o l\u2019imbarazzo che una volta creava una macchina fotografica stanno scomparendo. Siamo abituati a fare e farci fare foto, nessuno ci bada molto pi\u00f9. Io uso la reflex sempre pi\u00f9 disinvoltamente.<\/p>\n
Questo aspetto \u00e8 pi\u00f9 sottile ma \u2014 credo \u2014 piuttosto interessante: mi sono reso conto che quando utilizzo una reflex le persone nella stanza tendono a essere pi\u00f9 teatrali. Sanno che stai usando una macchina fotografica e si atteggiano in un certo modo. Questo non vuol dire che stanno fingendo; \u00e8 pi\u00f9 come se stessero recitando, accentuando le loro personalit\u00e0. Come se diventassero pi\u00f9 veri dei loro veri s\u00e9.<\/p>\n
The fact that a camera puts you in a peculiar state of concentration is only positive. When I photograph with my cellphone I do it with disengagement (even if seriously); when I photograph with a SLR I only do that and I am involved in a more complete and profitable way. I physically set my posture in order to take photos. I do just that \u2014 taking pictures \u2014 and I am stretched in a positive way. I am focused and I welcome reality.<\/p>\n
Taking a photo with a smaller viewfinder is, once again, paradoxically an advantage. It forces you to concentrate on pure composition and you are less distracted by the unnecessary details that a relatively large screen shows you. Less is more, it is appropriate to say it.<\/p>\n
Even if I\u2019ve always said that the tool doesn\u2019t matter because you only need your eyes, I must admit that it counts, indeed. You still need your eyes but now I\u2019d add that the tool matters because it requires attention and places you in a particular state of mind. If the camera requires special attention and settings and care, that\u2019s even better. You must be there, present in the moment. Automatisms are sometimes just bad.<\/p>\n
Everything eventually leads back to the technical quality of the photo and being present. To live the moment in its becoming something. Cell phones do amazing things but cameras still have a lot to give.<\/p>\n
I do not know how much but for now it is still a lot.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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