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Anonymous asked: I am a 41 year old father of 3 who has worked a steady stream of meaningless, low wage "jobs" over the past 12 years. It's a constant struggle to keep our heads above water. That being said, I have had a camera in my hand ever since I can remember. I love to shoot. I'm fairly good at it. From time to time I make money with it. I have a website with a decent portfolio. Right now, I'm stuck in a job that I truly, truly hate. Should I just jump headfirst into shooting full time and not look back?
Well, that is one way to put a fire under your ass and sometimes it’s the fire under your ass that...
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Anonymous asked: Zack, I'm going to ask you the single most controversial question in photography. Seriously - I've seen people get REALLY wound up on this issue. When using an incident meter, do you point the dome at the camera or the light source? (I point it at my key light and it's usually dead-on balls accurate.)
All right. Light meters. Do you need them or not in the digital age? Let’s have a discussion about...
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Anonymous asked: How is it that many professional photographers rarely follow their own advice? I see SO many pros giving advice to people aspiring to make photography a career by saying "it's not about the equipment, you don't need expensive equipment". Yet you're out there with expensive lighting, $10,000+ medium format rigs, full frame DSLR's. Eric Kim says "buy books, not gear", yet he walks around with $10,000+ worth of Leica gear. If he followed his own advice, he'd be shooting with a P&S. What gives?
Because we got to medium format gear and Leica’s with crap gear. We started somewhere. Most of us...
