I’ll go first:
I am drawn to street photography not for my prowess in it, but for its elusive nature. Though I recognize exceptional street photography, creating an image that resonates with me as much as those by my favorite artists remains a challenge.
I acknowledge the fallacy in my desire, understanding that authentic street photography transcends time and can manifest in any era. Yet, my yearning is to transport myself back 60 to 70 years, immersing my lens in the streets of Porto, Portugal—the city I now call home. I long to freeze moments with its people, documenting a bygone era.
In this temporal journey, I yearn to encounter my grandparents in their youth, capturing the essence of their daily lives. When investigating century-old photos of Porto, a profound nostalgia envelops me, an inexplicable yearning for a time I’ve never witnessed firsthand. The allure lies in the people, the quaint streets, the absence of towering structures, the vintage attire—a captivating blend that fuels my desire to witness and immortalize it through my camera lens.
How about you?
Every camera manufacturer to include a perfect recreation film sim with a complete catalog of every film ever made so that I could remove post processing almost entirely outside of correcting occasional mistakes.
A small flash that is weather resistant. Sometimes I want to use a flash in the rain.
Olympus makes the FL-LM3. It’s awesome - tiny, weather sealed and powerful enough for most on-camera uses, including bounce flash provided you’re not trying to light a massive room. It’s also very useful as an optical trigger.
I yearn to encounter my grandparents in their youth, capturing the essence of their daily lives.
This would be pretty damn cool. I was just going to say for Panasonic’s eye AF to work, but yours wins.
To teleport to exciting locations (with my gear) all over the world and be back in time to pick up my kid from daycare. This would also allow me to extend my client base, since I could just show up wherever.
I’d want a sponsor funding me enough to quit my job as a school janitor and work full time on my art and documentary projects. No budget issues, ability to purchase all equipment i Need and maybe a publication deal. A wet Dream that would make my therapist Rich treating the imposter syndrome It would cause me
My ‘photographer’s fantasy’ is be to be ‘discovered’ by some Great-Expectations-like patron who would ingratiate me into being an actual artist.
Money and free time to travel the world photographing different cultures
Yours is beautiful. Mine is simply to photograph the earth from space.
This is mine too. If I got the chance to go to space but I was guaranteed to die in the next six months, I would still do it. It would fulfill basically everything I wanted through my life. I know that sounds crazy, but my dad and I have talked about this a lot and we both agree that it would be worth it. I really hope commonplace spaceflight for civilians happens in my lifetime.
Fuji xPro-4
P1000 with the same optics and size, but a larger sensor. Physics makes it what it is, but damn is it so close to being perfect.
If Nikon just put a faster processor in there it’d be damn near perfect as it is - anyone already dropping 1k on thst camera would easily pay another 200 for a faster processor to power the thing
High speed rail throughout most of the US. I drive to where I want to photograph, but I hate every minute of it. I would rather sleep or edit while traveling.
Marketing, I wish to be free to pursue my passion. I produce great images. I have sold many prints. My photos have been blown up and used as art in a locker room. But I work in IT, bored and frustrated but scared to take the leap to market myself.
To be able to sit out in the woods taking pictures and make money off my photos.
Being given appropriate credit for my work where it’s due. People have all the time in the world to write a dissertation on what a lovely wedding they had or how amazing their new little addition is, and while I don’t disagree, it’s odd that they couldn’t seem to spare five seconds to add a tag… this is so much of how we build a consumer base [sighs in photographer]
If I could get back all the thousands of deleted photos from a time when I don’t know any better or the images on drives I don’t have anymore that would be pretty fucking incredible. Don’t delete your images… ever. Seriously. It’s a philosophy worth having.