Magic "Weather Bomb" Ice Crystals.

The intention of this post is to outline two clear factors. When it comes to photography, image quality is as much about the photographer as it is about the camera. The second subject I would like to draw attention to in this post is the amazing quality of work presented by photographer Alexey Kljatov, a humble photographer with breathtaking images and beyond average results. I call Alexey humble since for no money you can go to his site at the link below and if you are motivated for free learn how capture these kind of photographic masterpieces with used gear available to buy on sites like Craigslist or E bay for next to nothing.

For the record, I have already invited Alexey to join STEEMIT personally. It is my hope to draw as many photographic Masters to this platform as possible overtime. I look forward to teaching Alexey about whatever I can when he is ready to join Steemit and help as many photographers as I can learn about the site, when trying to wrangle in new talent to Steemit.

When I began to curate this post it occurred to me how amazing it was that Alexey seem's to use a point-and-shoot Canon Powershot a650 IS, to capture these exceptional images of individual snow flakes. From my perspective as a professional photographer having only worked with the best equipment throughout my career, the images presented in this post put to shame my theory that image sensors and high quality glass are the reason why photographers should go out and drop big bucks on expensive gear when servicing high-end clients and charging a pretty penny for doing so. I felt like I needed to set the record straight for young people out there who may not be shooting images for the fact they want to get a better gear or think it is about the camera more then it is about the photographers understanding of the limitations and possibilities available regardless of the camera a photographer has access too. In other words understanding over gear as a photographer is king!

I would often argue there is no time for a pro photographer's equipment to break down before or on a job ever. Day's when gear needs to be serviced can cost a lot money in missed revenue and potentially affect costumers who need service or maybe working on immediate deadlines, there is a lot of "hurry up and wait" in photography. Not every photographer is a working professional or require that level of gear. Modest point and shoot cameras have come a long way in the last 5 years or so and can now be used to distinctualize ones self regardless of the kind of money some companies pour into photo studios these days.

When working in dynamic or low lighting atmosphere as an event photographer being able to ramp up that ISO is everything to me when a flash was/is undesirable in a specific environment. Not all instances in photography call for the newest glimmering generality built into these modern cameras or latest gadget to capture the best possible image as demonstrated by photographer Alexey in this wonderful series of images. The excuse often made by amateur photographers usually comes down to a lack of proper equipment in combination with not being more motivated to get out and learn. .

Understanding of photographic techniques as well as exercising them are the kind of details that help photographers capture better images and help to create a outstanding body of work. Photography is more about understanding of basic photographic techniques and exercising light control as much as it is about buying a fancy big box name when looking for a camera. Knowing how to tape a vintage macro lenses on a point and shoot camera is not something everyone can figure out or understand, being able to adapt on the fly and exercise various photo techniques at will in my opinion is what separates the real photographers from the amateurs photographers using automatic camera settings regardless of who can afford the nicest camera ;D

I look forward to reading your comments and I want to take a second to thank you for checking out this post. With the deep freeze in full effect, stay warm out there and keep in mind in the spring is literally only a few months away.

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Written by STEEMIT user:Jazmin Million

Interested how these snowflake images are made?
https://chaoticmind75.blogspot.ca/2013/08/my-technique-for-snowflakes-shooting.html

All Photos by: Alexey Kljatov aka ChaoticMind75