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How camera companies are losing to smartphones

How camera companies are losing to smartphones

I went to Venice yesterday. Even though I visited as a tourist and spent little time making images, I still brought my cameras and tripod with me. Just in case.

I also used my phone, of course.

Every time I use both systems for "image making" (not just snaps), I see how camera companies are losing to the increasingly more powerful smartphones. And I can't believe they aren't reacting.

The megapixel race has ended a while ago. Sensors are getting better and better, but it doesn't matter that much anymore. They are good enough, they have been for a while. Today, and in the foreseeable future, is the software that makes the difference.

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Building momentum

As photographers, we often have to deal with resistance. As Steven Pressfield puts it, resistance "is a force that will stop an individual's creative activity through any means necessary", including "rationalizing, inspiring fear and anxiety".

After a long trip through Spain, France and Germany, I took a break for 3 days. It was a short one, but enough to "break the momentum" I had.

In this video, I face that resistance and try build momentum again. From beautiful Innsbruck, Austria.

A week in Germany

8 days in Germany weren't enough, not even close. We visited many locations across SW and Southern Germany and we only wished we had more time. Bacharach and the Rhine, Freiburg and the Black Forest, Lindau and Lake Constance, Füssen and the Neuschwanstein Castle, Eibsee and Zugspitze. These are the highlights of our trip.

Zumaia, land of dragons

Rain and wind, the most feared elements by a photographer. They are also the forces that shape and build most of the cliffs, rocks and beaches of the coast. Here, they’ve been working on it for eons. Millions of years in the making, Zumaia shows the passing of time and tells a story, the biggest of all. Speaking of stories, Game of Thrones used a very near location as the spot for Dragonstone. I can see why they chose this place.

I only had a day there, but what was supposed to be a little appetizer for the rest of my fall trip, quickly became a major destination. I can’t wait to go back.

This short movie is the story of my day there, and the images I was able to make. I hope you enjoy it.