{"id":539,"date":"2010-05-16T09:50:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T13:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=539"},"modified":"2010-05-16T09:50:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T13:50:46","slug":"you-dont-need-money-to-take-great-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/you-dont-need-money-to-take-great-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"You Don&#8217;t Need Money to Take Great Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People often tell me they wish they could take pictures like me.  Surprisingly, I feel the same way when I see pictures from the likes of Moose Peterson, Scott Bourne, Jay Maisel or Art Morris.  Take this picture for example.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_543\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/you-dont-need-money-to-take-great-pictures\/20100515_jupiter_0015_blog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-543\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100515_Jupiter_0015_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20100515_Jupiter_0015_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100515_Jupiter_0015_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100515_Jupiter_0015_blog-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jupiter Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>This image was taken with my iPhone and minimally touched in Ligthroom 2.<br \/>\nHow about this one?<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_544\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/you-dont-need-money-to-take-great-pictures\/20100516_jupiter_0019_blog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-544\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100516_Jupiter_0019_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20100516_Jupiter_0019_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100516_Jupiter_0019_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100516_Jupiter_0019_blog-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jupiter Inlet Sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>This image was also taken with my iPhone when I was waiting for the sun to rise at Jupiter Inlet, one of my favorite bird photography locations.  (I will have some bird photographs on the blog shortly).<\/p>\n<p>So you see, you dont need to spend a lot of money to take great pictures.  You need patience, perseverance and practice but not expensive equipment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People often tell me they wish they could take pictures like me. Surprisingly, I feel the same way when I see pictures from the likes of Moose Peterson, Scott Bourne, Jay Maisel or Art Morris. Take this picture for example. This image was taken with my iPhone and minimally touched in Ligthroom 2. 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