Let it be known both far and wide … there exists a place deep and dark called, looks around so as not to shatter the fragile world of creativity… the land of boredom. Yeah, I know not many people in their lives ever never get bored. I sometimes do, and I gotta tellya… it ain’t a place for pretty pictures.
So Peter, the Ricoh GRIII, called to me and said, “Shooter, there is no such thing as boredom. Listen, it’s about life. Life isn’t where you go to find it; it’s where you live it.“ I think my Shrink at the VA has embedded himself into Peter the Ricoh GRIII firmware.
How could a camera be so smart? Actually, how could a camera even talk with me?
It’s about synergism. It’s about being at one with the things that seem to matter in your life. See, Peter, the Ricoh GR3, is a metaphor for my photography. I named my cameras because they solidify my connection with photography. It keeps it from being abstract and just a thing I do. It is a part of my life and deserves my undivided attention.
Sounds like a smart camera and a good theory for living.
Happy new year. Keep posting
Thanks, same for you
Thanks, same for you.
Hear, hear! Peter is a smart guy… GRuy? Anyway.
I’ve given up a GRIII (last one I owned was the x version, 40mm) for the more costly Pentax K-3 Monochrome. It was also about connection: only seeing and shooting in monochrome, not thinking too much about post-processing, knowing that part would be a couple of simple tweaks and that’s it.
The GR felt connected to my hand (because you hold it out from you in the hand), while the Pentax feels like it connects my eye to the world (because my eye sees through the SLR viewfinder). Both are connection, both are good.