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Watch out, Tweetstorm in three, two, one.
A tweetstorm is like a mini blog entry. To my knowledge, web pioneer and venture capitalist Marc Andreesen (@pmarca, co-author of Mosaic, the first web browser) cultivated this form of communication and here’s my first effort. A tweetstorm is great to convey an idea that’s too complex for 140 characters but might still be valuable for a Twitter audience.
Anyway, here’s my first one, it’s in the widest sense about photography and happiness.
1/Aren't all these possibilities wonderful? No need to decide on the spot about white balance (RAW), exposure (HDR),
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
2/focus (Lytro) or composition (countless megapixels). Just delay until you finally have time to deal with it.
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
3/Only issue with that approach is that you're shifting the burden of the decision right on top of a big pile. Yes, I'm talking about DBS.
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
4/Digital Backlog Syndrome. That ever growing pile of delayed decisions. Most of us photographers are guilty in one way or another. Even I
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
5/have a bunch of not-dealt-with photos sitting on my HD, giving me that ever so slight feeling of guilt. The best thing that I can do for
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
6/now is this: A) try to move as many decisions to the beginning of the chain, e.g. get things right in camera as often as possible
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
7/and B) for the remaining pictures develop an effective workflow. A) is initially hard and takes time, but it's ultimately
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
8/enormously satisfying. B) is relatively easy to learn and do with the right tools, but can benefit massively from getting A) right.
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
9/In addition to the obvious time savings, getting A) right has one other benefit though, and that's a deeply psychological one.
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
10/Research shows that too much choice makes us unhappy. Harvard psych prof Dan Gilbert explains it well: https://t.co/RqqpJoJ1Z3
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
11/This perfectly applies to photography. But there's no right or wrong. Question is: where do we strike the proper balance? Personally I
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
12/think I found my way. What helped me was practice and drastic limitation in possibilities. Examples: One focal length (sneaker zoom).
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
13/Or shooting in boring places (composition). Analog work (12 shots per film in medium format). The list is long.
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
14/What are your ways to strike the balance? #strikethebalance #tweetstormoverandout
— Chris Marquardt (@chrismarquardt) October 14, 2014
So what are your ways to strike that balance? Let me know in the comments.
