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05/25/2006 07:51:48 PM · #1 |
Hi allâ€Â¦
I am very new in photography. I always wanted to take photographs of everything, and become a photographer long time ago, but because it was more expensive and more time consuming I couldn’t get a chanceâ€Â¦ until now that is.
Thanks to digital machines, we don’t have to develop films, or purchase films, work with large film machines to print films. Just few clikcs, and download to a computerâ€Â¦ that’s it.
Although things got easier for me to take photosâ€Â¦ I now started to see that many photographers rely on photo enhecment tools such as Photoshop. I never had to use photoshop, I use Microsoft Image Composer since it was released with Front Page 98 CDâ€Â¦ I used it only to edit my website imagesâ€Â¦ nothing photography related.
I know there are may kinds of photography, which I think have different goals and/or princeples. Like my princeple is to keep my photos as pure as I can. Maybe little sharpen here and little contrast there, but nothing major.
I also started see that many of the photographers uses tools to get their shots. Like digital sensors, motion film camerasâ€Â¦ hooks, clipsâ€Â¦ etc. I other hand like to take photos of allready in placeâ€Â¦ maybe switching places, sliding a littleâ€Â¦ maybe holding by hand.
I understand the value of the machineâ€Â¦ butâ€Â¦ what is the photography, and who is a photographer? Can photography measured by the quilty of the machine? Can a photographer valued by his or her editing capabiliy? or just a vision, that is reflected to photos?
As I said, I am very new in photography, and probably there are many treats created with the same subject, but I had to ask this anywayâ€Â¦ also use this apportinuty to introduce myself to DPC community.
So, here I am, and my questionâ€Â¦ am I a photographerâ€Â¦ even I am very new, even I do not own an expensive machineâ€Â¦ do my pictures worthy of “oooh”s and “aaah”? or worthy of a lemon face.
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05/25/2006 08:02:24 PM · #2 |
Ya know,
You have a lot of learning to do. Best not to come at things with a presumption of how they are. Better to go into them and see how they can be. You ask a lot of questions, but the questions and statements themselves seem to be loaded with presumptions also.
I submit to you Joey Lawrence and SJCarter as my only answer to your equipment vs. photographer questions.
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05/25/2006 08:09:06 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
You have a lot of learning to do.
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Yes... yes I do.
They are excelent photographers. I saw their work. I believe the vision of these people are excelent, and they seem like bring their dreams out with ease.... so it seems.
Thanks :)
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05/25/2006 08:10:24 PM · #4 |
there are different styles of photography
some are extreeemly 'raw' / unprocessed
some are overprocessed & not true to life
some appeal to DPC'ers & some do not
picking up from another thread ..
If Ansel Adams or Man Ray or Weston were 20yrs old now -
they would not be the fav'es of DPC'ers
in other words - learn & do your own thing, be good in your own space
- copy to learn technique, but don't limit yourself to the copy
oops .. starting to rant ... |
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05/25/2006 08:12:29 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by ralphnev:
oops .. starting to rant ...
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...not at all... I like to listen as much as take photos.
Thanks, and I think I will do just that... I was wondering, that's all :) |
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05/25/2006 08:20:13 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by ralphnev:
picking up from another thread ..
If Ansel Adams or Man Ray or Weston were 20yrs old now -
they would not be the fav'es of DPC'ers |
I think the thing is, if those guys were just coming around today, then the face of photography would be completely different. With their creative contributions only coming now, and with the the technology available to them now, they may have taken the world by storm.
Adams was notorious for his darkroom work, combining photo's, dodging, burning, post-processing if you will. I think he would have excelled to the extreme with todays version of photography. It IS the art, not the tools used to get there that is important.
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05/25/2006 08:20:27 PM · #7 |
Are you a photographer? Only you can answer that question. First and foremost art should be for the artist - and represent the vision of the artist. Or be for the client and represent thier vision.
Will people like your vision? Some will, some won't - them's the breaks.
DPC is in a world of it's own when it comes to what works. I'd have a hard time selling to my clients the types of shots that work here. Which is probably the reason my scores are just average. That doesn't by any means suggest that what I learn here isn't helpful.
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05/25/2006 08:41:21 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Are you a photographer? Only you can answer that question. First and foremost art should be for the artist - and represent the vision of the artist. Or be for the client and represent thier vision.
Will people like your vision? Some will, some won't - them's the breaks.
DPC is in a world of it's own when it comes to what works. I'd have a hard time selling to my clients the types of shots that work here. Which is probably the reason my scores are just average. That doesn't by any means suggest that what I learn here isn't helpful. |
Well said, no argument there.
About this site: I am speechless. Huge community, top photographers, and pictures that I can't even dream... awesome place to interact and learn about photography.
I conceder myself lucky :) |
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