29 | Part One: Great photography is all in the head

These days almost everybody's packing a very capable high-resolution camera, and nearly two trillion photographs are taken every year. (Note: we still don't have a decent shot of a UFO.)

Join the guys as they get back to their photographic roots in the first half of a two-parter that tries to uncover the essence of creative photography. Starting with memories of their first cameras and earliest photographs, they dig into existential questions like: Is Instagram food photography actual photography? Is the ubiquitous smartphone camera truly worthy of that name? And is there a 'cult of sharpness'?

Find out why Richard took 14 lenses, 2 flashes, and a tripod on his beach vacation one year and came back without any photos. Find out why Dave felt it was necessary to pack a compass and hunting knife on suburban photo trips where he was never more than a few hundred yards from his parked car.

And much, much more...

Music and image credits:
Fuji X100s camera porn by Dave
Semi-Retired “flipz” theme by tubebackr from SoundCloud
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Maple Leaf by Vectoro Artworks from Vecteezy
Perforated steel by YuriyC from VectorStock