Philosophy
A local paper is doing a piece on Einstein's Jewish Science and they sent a photographer to my office yesterday. Nice guy, I'm sure he's good at what he does. Put me in a few places in different settings and poses and laid on the shutter taking what seemed like thousands of pictures. TheWife was a photojournalist back in the days of film (look it up on Wikipedia kids if you don't know what film is) and thinks of folks like that as hacks. The art of photography, she argues, is in setting up and getting the shot. Timing is part of the art. This guy is using an automatic weapon in a skeet shooting contest. There's no skill, just luck. The art of being a photographer has been removed from photography, she claims. There is no doubt that photoshop and such have allowed photography to grow in ways that were inconceivable when you had to develop in darkrooms, but has the growth from the back end removed the artistry on the front end? Is photography still the same art form? Is it a different art form? Has it ceased to be an art form because of the technological changes?
- Part Of Eastman Kodak Will Close
I never thought that this would happen, but then I could see the trends: Digital photography and Kodak's film and paper selection greatly diminished over the years. It is a form of classic photography that will be missed by us old timers. "Kodak...
- Kodachrome--gone
All good things must come to an end. Eastman will dump Kodachrome film as it has done many other products like the fantastic Blue Toner [contained uranium nitrate that could actually make red prints], fabulous black and white printing papers [Extalure,...
- William De Wiveleslie Abney...technical Photographer
William de Wiveleslie Abney July 24th, 1843 to December 3rd, 1920 Wikipedia... Abney was born in Derby, England, the son of Edward Abney (1811-1892) vicar of St Alkmund's Derby. He attended Rossall School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and...
- Before Photoshop There Was...
Long before computers and Photoshop, photographs were mostly manipulated in the darkroom or by the airbrush and negative retouching in the photo studio work room. Yes, the airbrush that mostly removed male and female genitalia when the balloons or volleyballs...
- "digital/traditional Photography" Poll
Other than digital photography, have you participated in traditional photography? Yes...3 No...1 Convenience, ease, speed, cost--hallmarks of the digital era of photography. Yes, things change but the experience of "doing" photography in the traditional...
Philosophy
Has Digital Photography Removed the Art?
A local paper is doing a piece on Einstein's Jewish Science and they sent a photographer to my office yesterday. Nice guy, I'm sure he's good at what he does. Put me in a few places in different settings and poses and laid on the shutter taking what seemed like thousands of pictures. TheWife was a photojournalist back in the days of film (look it up on Wikipedia kids if you don't know what film is) and thinks of folks like that as hacks. The art of photography, she argues, is in setting up and getting the shot. Timing is part of the art. This guy is using an automatic weapon in a skeet shooting contest. There's no skill, just luck. The art of being a photographer has been removed from photography, she claims. There is no doubt that photoshop and such have allowed photography to grow in ways that were inconceivable when you had to develop in darkrooms, but has the growth from the back end removed the artistry on the front end? Is photography still the same art form? Is it a different art form? Has it ceased to be an art form because of the technological changes?
- Part Of Eastman Kodak Will Close
I never thought that this would happen, but then I could see the trends: Digital photography and Kodak's film and paper selection greatly diminished over the years. It is a form of classic photography that will be missed by us old timers. "Kodak...
- Kodachrome--gone
All good things must come to an end. Eastman will dump Kodachrome film as it has done many other products like the fantastic Blue Toner [contained uranium nitrate that could actually make red prints], fabulous black and white printing papers [Extalure,...
- William De Wiveleslie Abney...technical Photographer
William de Wiveleslie Abney July 24th, 1843 to December 3rd, 1920 Wikipedia... Abney was born in Derby, England, the son of Edward Abney (1811-1892) vicar of St Alkmund's Derby. He attended Rossall School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and...
- Before Photoshop There Was...
Long before computers and Photoshop, photographs were mostly manipulated in the darkroom or by the airbrush and negative retouching in the photo studio work room. Yes, the airbrush that mostly removed male and female genitalia when the balloons or volleyballs...
- "digital/traditional Photography" Poll
Other than digital photography, have you participated in traditional photography? Yes...3 No...1 Convenience, ease, speed, cost--hallmarks of the digital era of photography. Yes, things change but the experience of "doing" photography in the traditional...