Frapha Loc: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Interesting views from a reputable professional

http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/blog/jay-goodrich/2015/01/5-things-we-need-to-forget-about-as-photographers.html

kavner58 Loc: Portland, Oregon

I like playing with HDR. But I am not a pro, am not selling my photos.
I do agree with all other four no(s).

- AK

anotherview Loc: California

This text comes close: "What is most important is YOUR vision. How you see the world and then how you choose to interpret it with the equipment that you have."

I'd add the necessity of knowing the simple principles of image composition and using them for best ressults.

pixbyjnjphotos Loc: Apache Junction,AZ

Interesting information. Thanks for posting the link.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

I have to say that I agree with his points and basic point too. I don't sell images but I do tire of the HDR'd, no dynamic range, cooked-in-a-lab sort of approach.

But, to each their own I guess.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

Lets face it. The reason Mr Goodrich forgot about all those things he lists is that his employer forced him to. He now wants all of us to chuck the things that helped him get where he is. Bah! Humbug!

sumo Loc: Houston suburb

I think this is a great article.... however I quote him here.

"I use Lightroom 95% of the time and have zero regrets. I can edit 5000 images in an hour."

never have I edit that many pictures in an hour... hell that would take be a couple weeks....am I missing something here..maybe his definition of edit and mine differ.

also gonna have to get lightroom I guess...seems that is what the majority of folks on UHH use....I have I photo, aperture, smug mug and pic monkey....

anotherview Loc: California

Please bear in mind he does photography for money, and so will bend his work to that quest inherently biasing his efforts.

bearcat

Art is completely subjective...

Did Warhol's Chairman Mao or Marilyn "photos" reflect an accurate portrayal of the subjects?

Hardly...

But, they earned places in renowned art museums.

The effects Warhol used are easily duplicated in most post production photo software available today.

Nat Geo may have their standards, but it's what THEY require.

If you like some other effect or feature and/or people who view your photos like them, then you've accomplished the goal of every photographer: connect with the viewer in some emotional way...

IMHO

BC

Mike Hardisty Loc: North Wales

Last year I was employed to create a whole series of dark grungy looking HDR photographs. Four months of work went into those photographs

anotherview Loc: California

Your assertions suggest you have swallowed the hackneyed view of photographic endeavors:

(1) "Art is completely subjective."

(2) "If you like some other effect or feature and/or people who view your photos like them, then you've accomplished the goal of every photographer: connect with the viewer in some emotional way."

First, the practice of art rests on principles age-old. Art does not arise from the froth and the air-headedness of the times. The contemporary attempt to approve every stab at photography as art caters to the social ideology of feel-goodedness. The owl of Minerva must laugh at the shallowness rife among those individuals who praise dilettantes as worthy of a higher status in order to embrace virtually every human expression with a gooey approval. After all, doing art involves dedication to its calling and the struggle to attain its heights. Few arrive there.

Second, a sweeping generalization that begins with “the goal of every photographer” raises a red flag -- simply because in artistic endeavor, exceptions abound. We must stand ready to account for these departures from expectation and convention. Such will tell us, over time, of their value in the realm of art.

Additionally, an artwork may touch and move us, inspire us, reach us, without the fog of emotion clouding its impact on our perception.

You may wish also to bear in mind that an economic bias may dictate both the production of photography and its assessment by others. In this vein, the quip of Oscar Wilde may teach: When asked to define a cynic, he said: “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

bearcat

Anotherview...

As with all opinions, I know what I know...

From my POV, you can only believe what you believe...

I'm sure you feel inversely the same way.

Ahhhh... Human Nature.

BC

WB9DDF Loc: Knoxville, IL

Digital has at the same time made me a better and a worse photographer. I am better because I can afford to shoot more photos than I could in the film era. Practice makes perfect you know. BUT I am worse because since my film is now free, I am sloppy and take many shots that I know are poorly composed, out of focus or exposed wrong. Worst of all, I don't care because in my shotgun approach, there are always a few good ones to encourage me.

rocketride Loc: Upstate NY

I don't know about you, but I'm seeing a lot of pro work that obviously got sold which has obviously had some HDR work done on it. (Obvious because no camera or print/display system can show that many stops of image contrast without some help.) BTW, I'm not a pro, either.

rocketride Loc: Upstate NY

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