Oded Balilty takes on the Cheap Camera Challenge
Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:32 by Michelle Peeters | 4,239 views | 1 commentThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
The popular Cheap Camera Challenge is back with a new host and a new victim. This time, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Oded Balilty, who usually photographs all over the world for the Associated Press, takes on the challenge.
He takes on the challenge of photographing Tel Aviv without his trusted DSLR. Instead, he uses a brand-new toy camera.
These kinds of challenges are always inspiring to watch. In our gear-focused world, it is good to see what someone can still achieve with an absolutely unsuitable camera for a job like this.
The images, with a good feel for life, are just good enough to show how important experience is and how the right moment can be captured.
Photos by a professional photographer should hopefully stand out immediately among those taken by others. Their trained eye for light, emotion and timing is something that has to be learnt through practice. You cannot quickly pick up that knowledge from a textbook.
There is something refreshing about photography where you can work around limitations and expand your creative skills to create something beautiful after all. A way of thinking in art where you can be creative.
What do you think of this Cheap Camera Challenge?
Have you ever tried anything like this on your own?
About the author
Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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Chris wrote on Tuesday 4 December 2018 at 13:47 | replyPrachtige reportage.
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