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Speedfreak
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Apparently a lot of people do. Nothing wrong with that. Whenever I see a great picture I want to know how the photographer achieved it.
One possible point, yes.
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Apparently a lot of people do. Nothing wrong with that. Whenever I see a great picture I want to know how the photographer achieved it.
One possible point, yes.
bobbyrab
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I think there is something in what Arvay is saying and why are people quite so literal when someone is writing in a language not their own, try and understand the jist of what's being said.
My take, what we are seeing is mass participation in photography encouraged by the slick results you can achieve with the click of a button, years ago an entry level SLR didn't give you great photos straight off, you really had to learn to print and that takes how long before you get a skill set that would give consistently good prints. Now an entry level Nikon and your off, run it through a few filters and your a professional.
I make my living primeraly from weddings and there's been a seismic shift to the entry level of photographers entering the industry, when I started out, there weren't that many photographers comfortable enough in their competence to take on a wedding, you had to know your stuff, now an entry level Dslr, your friends all liked your photos from your trip to Vietnam, hey let's do weddings, polish everything up in some nik filters and your off to the races, and why not, it's good enough and most non photographers love the look of the filters.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not bemoaning my lot, I have had to adapt which has been a good thing, but personally I don't want to join the band using what are essentially cheap tricks.
My wife was recently asked to lend an item for a fashion shoot, I can see from the photos that the photographer is not that experienced, the lighting was flat and uninteresting and they weren't a great set of photos, but they'd run them through some filters and they looked ok, I was amazed when a main UK magazine ran them as editorial.
So no, i don't think it's killing photography, ultimately I think if anything they are popularising photography, there's never been greater demand for photography classes at my daughters school, she has a real talent for it and it's what she wants to be, but I find it difficult to give her my full backing as I think in the future publishers will pull photographs from a much larger pool of largely amature or semi professional photographers, their is no barrier to entry anymore, you still need the seeing talent, but the rest can be bought off the shelf.
My take, what we are seeing is mass participation in photography encouraged by the slick results you can achieve with the click of a button, years ago an entry level SLR didn't give you great photos straight off, you really had to learn to print and that takes how long before you get a skill set that would give consistently good prints. Now an entry level Nikon and your off, run it through a few filters and your a professional.
I make my living primeraly from weddings and there's been a seismic shift to the entry level of photographers entering the industry, when I started out, there weren't that many photographers comfortable enough in their competence to take on a wedding, you had to know your stuff, now an entry level Dslr, your friends all liked your photos from your trip to Vietnam, hey let's do weddings, polish everything up in some nik filters and your off to the races, and why not, it's good enough and most non photographers love the look of the filters.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not bemoaning my lot, I have had to adapt which has been a good thing, but personally I don't want to join the band using what are essentially cheap tricks.
My wife was recently asked to lend an item for a fashion shoot, I can see from the photos that the photographer is not that experienced, the lighting was flat and uninteresting and they weren't a great set of photos, but they'd run them through some filters and they looked ok, I was amazed when a main UK magazine ran them as editorial.
So no, i don't think it's killing photography, ultimately I think if anything they are popularising photography, there's never been greater demand for photography classes at my daughters school, she has a real talent for it and it's what she wants to be, but I find it difficult to give her my full backing as I think in the future publishers will pull photographs from a much larger pool of largely amature or semi professional photographers, their is no barrier to entry anymore, you still need the seeing talent, but the rest can be bought off the shelf.
FalseDigital
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Speedfreak - I don't mean that we shouldn't be curious as to how an image was created. There's nothing wrong with wanting to know that. However, I do think it's wrong to judge an image based on the gear used rather than it's content.
Also, just because something is made easier doesn't make it cheap.
Sometimes presets are all someone needs.
As far as taking jobs away from actual photographers I don't really feel that way. Someone who hires a kid who isnt skilled at taking photos wouldn't pay a professional price anyway. What I mean is, you get what you pay for and I highly doubt any of you would shoot a wedding for $100.
Also, just because something is made easier doesn't make it cheap.
Sometimes presets are all someone needs.
As far as taking jobs away from actual photographers I don't really feel that way. Someone who hires a kid who isnt skilled at taking photos wouldn't pay a professional price anyway. What I mean is, you get what you pay for and I highly doubt any of you would shoot a wedding for $100.
Lss
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Instagram is not available for any of my phones, so I have never tried it. And I have no real interest to use it anyway, since I have no desire to quickly post off photos. At least it will not kill my photography.
DRabbit
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Just saw this tonight... I guess it might make your head explode... LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P75rw0bgBkk&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P75rw0bgBkk&feature=share
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