A common refrain in landscape photography is to work slowly and enjoy nature. Doing this is supposed to let you draw inspiration and discover better results. However, this isn’t true for everyone. For instance, landscape photographer Mads Peter Iversen likes to work fast. Spending a long time trying to make something work isn’t worth it to him. He even has a name for this technique: the machine gun theory. Let’s get to know more about this in today’s video:
Traditionally, when taking landscape photos, photographers would choose a subject, take their time and end up with a beautifully composed image. The image would likely turn out great, but if there was a way to calculate the return on investment based on the time and effort put in, the result would probably be very low. One could have shot many more equally good photos had they worked quicker.
“Not necessarily hurry up, but working fast seems to work for me.”
Like Iversen shares in the video, he is not a fan of working slowly. He likes to work quickly, and not spend too much time on perfection. By doing so, he ends up with a bigger basket of images to choose from. From his experience, he can confirm that he gets far more images that work for him than he’d get by working at a slower pace.
Every person has their own way of working. Some can argue that working slowly is still better, because it increases your odds of ending up with successful images. Some photographers would still prefer to have three good images out of five, instead of winding up with three great shots out of 20.
What about you? Do you like to work fast or at a slower pace? Let us know in the comments.
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