I think you are entirely missing the point. My post was not about whether you like the examples I posted or my style or methods. The post was about whether people agreed with the proposition about "perfection" being found in the imperfect.
Do I put lipstick on the pig a.k.a. overprocessing? Of course I do.
Taken with digital Leica, applied similar to filters you have used for headshot.
Elora Mill Inn... by
Kostya Fedot, on Flickr
Contact print from digital Leica via negative printed on regular paper.
Untitled by
Kostya Fedot, on Flickr
The layers of imperfection are not limited.
The entry layer is to apply imperfection filters on digital images. Don't make false assumptions. This method examples are on my public Flickr.
It means I do like it.
As person who has grown on visual art from Impressionists it is just natural to have something with "missed focus".
My point is, the entry level approach prevails on photogaphy forums, where most are not into the art, but gearheads approach.
And if picture is not in focus, not framed under primitive rules, not technically right WB, crooked horizon and so on - it is called as imperfection.
To me, as person who has grown on impressionism this is way too simplified approach.
Back to Anna Bocharova photography. She is one of the few making living by photogaphy.
For money, she takes technically perfect product photos with DSLR. After work, she goes on the streets and it takes hours to tune in.
It is not about been in focus, framing and such. It is about starting to feel something inside and starting to react to it.
And she doesn't use digital. Only film and mostly Leica with some slow, old lenses.
I have same thing, I can't go out and shot instantly (I mean I could only do technically fine pictures right away), it takes times and walking distances to start to react on something not too obvious.
Photos often doesn't come anywhere technically perfect. The moment of feel is very short and not predictable.
So, it is always a struggle. Start taking technically fine photos or continue to find something you won't even expect.
Actually, it is one of the Lomography principals. But this days it is gone and replaced by Abu Dhabi style of consumerism.
Well, some are trying to re-live Lomography (originated on cheap film cameras) and using old digital P&S.
Polaroid, Instax is same thing, just more expensive, artsy and original form on technical imperfection
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