Archlich
Well-known
What is "rangefinder photography"? Sounds like it would intrinsically lead to gear talk anyway.
A few further thoughts:
Unless we take pictures just as a record, then whether we realise it or intend it or not, each photo is 'art' to some degree as it's a form of self expression about what we take a photo of...
...I enjoy it immensely.
I got deeper into photography during the years when I was in Graduate School in Virginia. I needed the relaxation to relieve the stress from course work and from research. I had then a Canon AE1 with the 50/1.8 FD lens. There was no "art" in sight! I enjoyed a lot hiking in the Blue Ridge Parkway and around Blacksburg (Virginia), always having my AE1 with me. It was and still is a very personal issue for me. I decide what I like doing and what I don't like doing in photography. It should be this way.
some of you make 'art' sound like a bad thing.
going a little off topic, but are the things you do to get better at craft different from the things you do to get better at art?
some would say craft requires more technical skill, though that's only the case sometimes. others would say art depends more on historical knowledge, but again, that's not universal.
could that be one reason why gear talk is more popular than art talk? people are less interested in history? i don't know. gearheads know an awful lot about camera history.
pkr: if we were in a bar, I'd buy you a beer. Then I'd buy you another. Thanks.
The handy thing is that definitions already exist; there is no reason to create them, and to argue about them is pointless.No matter what you enjoy doing, the biggest mistake you can probably make is getting hung up on how to define it. Art or craft? The question itself is pointless and does nothing for you, the creator, but distract from satisfying your need to create. Let the people that don't create deal with the definitions. And when they do, ignore them.
Hi,
Surely you need the craftsman's knowledge to get the picture how you want it but art might, or might not, make people go "wow" and so on?
Regards, David
PS OTOH; "Pictures of perfection as you know make me sick and wicked." Jane Austen Letter dd 23rd March 1817.
This thread has been dead for a couple of days now. This post may get a comment or two? But, the fact remains that, the premise was correct.. gear vs making imagery.
I picked this one as an example of the primary vector of this forum:
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=163787
QED
best, pkr
it's correct only for those seeking judgement on how others engage in their hobby or profession.
i think this thread is an abomination of judgement on others.
i love gear and i love using it and creating 'my' art.
gear is easy to chat about while images are harder...harder because it hits the heart way more than when our gear choices are judged.