Your Camera Will Make You Popular?

PKR said:
Yeah, that's too bad. Marketing people own those spaces.

I've always wondered why, if those who feel digital imagery is so superior to film imagery, they spend so much time trying to make their digital work look like it came out of a film camera? Why the "film simulation" options in camera modes?

Digital cameras can do many things a film camera can't. No argument from me. I use both. Digital work when printed, looks far different from film stuff.. at least mine does. They both have "their look". What's the big deal?

If your work is good, regardless of the media, it will find an audience.
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Yup.......
 
I don't see anyone really caring frankly. I had a young guy ask me recently why my camera was making so much noise when it was rewinding film. I told him it was a film camera and he just walked away. Yout's!

I never recieve any attention from anyone because I am holding a camera. Occasionally with a 4x5 someone will ask. When I was younger women would sometimes use it as a conversation starter, but I am not young and good looking anymore. Life goes on, forwards and downwards. Lol.

I have also seen how certain outlets value only digital images unless the images are old and taken by a famoso. Kind of sad....
 
patrickjames said:
SNIP

I have also seen how certain outlets value only digital images unless the images are old and taken by a famoso. Kind of sad....
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I think this is all foolishness spawned by camera makers and the web space they support. It's money driven, simple as that.

If you look at the gallery/auction world, where photographs are sold for big money, they don't care. Gursky , maybe the biggest earner, works in both film and digital media. All is digital before printing, often on (digital - conversion) silver papers.

So, most of the web photo world is out of touch with the real (art) photo world.. I think.

I see this stuff on "digital photo" sites and look at the lemmings who don't read outside their world, or never visit a serious photo gallery.

Good to have you back, pkr
 
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