Meet Chris Schmid - SONY Global Imaging Ambassador
Photos by Chris Shmid
We are excited to share our conversation with awesome photographer and Black and White Nature Photo Contest guest judge Chris Schmid. "My body of work is the result of learning from mistakes and by experience. Most of all, I seek, appreciate, and respect a solid critique. There is nothing more humbling (or inspiring) than hearing an honest opinion of my work from a friend or other photographers." Since August 2014, Chris is very proud to be part of the Sony Global Imaging Ambassador program.
Tell us a bit about yourself, how do you describe your photography style?
As a photographer I think it's quite hard to describe its photographic style because it's like something you've inside of you. It guides you to decide to take an image in a specific way with your own perception of the surrounding. That's why two photographers in the same place at the same time will always have different images because they've two different perceptions. In my case I'm always trying to stay as simple as possible with my images like a shadowgraph. Making the main subject as important as the environment. Giving the opportunity to the viewer to travel inside the image in very important for me.
What do you carry in your camera bag?
It depends of the destination and the purpose of the shooting. For outdoor photography I'm travelling with my Sony A7r and A6000 coupled with the Sony FE 70-200, Sony FE 24-70 and the new amazing Sony FE 16-35. It gave me the ability to travel light without compromising image quality. After a long day of trekking your back will thanks your light equipment. On wildlife shooting, I primarily shoot with a D4s coupled with a AF-S 500mm and a Sony A77II or Nikon D810 with a 70-200mm. I rarely use flashes because I'm not a fan of artificial light. Some photographers use to work with flashes even in wildlife photography, making the animal even more stress and breaking the natural comportment that's why I avoid them completely.
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