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12/13/2013 04:08:58 PM · #1 |
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12/13/2013 04:22:21 PM · #2 |
| Nice article. Guess the last paragraph says it all. |
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12/13/2013 04:38:27 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by hajeka:
Nice article. Guess the last paragraph says it all. |
Pretty much my take on it.
I've noticed that I have been getting more and better compliments on my photography now that people are starting to realize that a good camera doesn't make them a good photographer.
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12/13/2013 04:41:52 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by hajeka:
Nice article. Guess the last paragraph says it all. |
I have seen some nice photos on InstaGram. Following National Geographic helps. |
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12/13/2013 05:59:08 PM · #5 |
A related thread from a couple months back: Is photography dying?
Me? I'm just a goofball with a camera... |
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12/13/2013 10:37:08 PM · #6 |
'Photography' is dying but photographs have never been healthier.
The last paragraph of the linked article is wrong. Phone cameras and Instagram DO make everyone better at taking photographs. More aware of composition, more conceptually energetic and adventurous, more sensitive to the decisive moment, more informed and curious than ever before about what makes good photographs.
Compare the average snapper's family and travel pictures now, with those of a generation ago. 'Now' wins hands down; they're vastly better photographs. All because of phone cameras.
Message edited by author 2013-12-14 01:58:59. |
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12/14/2013 01:42:23 AM · #7 |
I think it̢۪s great..
Back when I was young film was bought only for special days, mostly Xmass, and birthdays, and then you only got a few that made their way to the scrapbook. Now a young couple can get a used 2mp auto focus P&S and a used computer for near nothing and capture everything.
How about for the moral of our military. I remember every once in a while my dad was at sea we got a telegraph and occasionally we sent one back, but care was spent on words as letters where counted. Stop. Now a dad can see his new born child, first steps, or spouse sending love in a picture with nothing on but a smile.
I was born and raised in Connecticut on the coast, but live in the west, I get to visit with a few key strokes when ever I like.
There are 1,000 more reasons its all good, and getting better..
Message edited by author 2013-12-14 01:44:05. |
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12/14/2013 04:08:42 AM · #8 |
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12/14/2013 01:20:35 PM · #9 |
Yes, phones and tablets and all the digital cameras make it easy for people to keep records memories of their lives and events, but will they last? I have pictures still that I took in the mid 50's. I have pictures my dad took from the 40's and slides when slides started coming out. Different family members have pictures from our Grandparents that they took over 100 years ago. How many people have digital images they took a year ago or 10 years ago or will have them 10, 20 or 100 years from now? At least paper pictures had a chance to survive over the decades stored in shoe boxes in dark closets, basements and attics. Digital images go on memory cards that don't get copied off before they are erased to make room for the current shots of the moment. If they are put on a hard drive, the hard drive can crash and get thrown out with the trash or re-formatted. If they get written to a CD or DVD then they might not survive the photo takers life time... let alone what happens to them when someone cleans out their closet someday in the future.
Digital is great for a lot of things, but I think as a way to store long term personal memories and history for the masses, a lot of it is not going to survive like all of the tin, glass, film and paper images that are still around since photography was invented. Not that any of us will be around to worry about it, but it is a shame for the future.
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