Why do we say "image", instead of photograph or picture
Jun 21, 2020 10:06:37 #
Some say that as soon as you apply editing to a photo you've changed it and it's not the original photo any more. Some take a more sensible approach and acknowledge that most photos need editing so it's OK to edit them as long as they still look reasonably natural at the end. Others see photos as just a starting point for their creative expression and any amount of editing goes. As a consequence the amount and quality of editing varies enormously as does our opinion concerning where to place the line between a photo and a created image. Referring to all of them as "images" frees us from the need to differentiate between what can be considered a photo and what should be thought of as a created image.
Jun 21, 2020 10:06:49 #
It seems that the use of the word image is to distinguish from digital and film. Popular Photography at a time changed their name to "Popular Photography and Imaging" in order to mean they cover digital as well.
Is it correct or not correct? I don't know. I am not good at linguistic.
Is it correct or not correct? I don't know. I am not good at linguistic.
Jun 21, 2020 10:14:06 #
Longshadow wrote:
Yes, nice is probably most common.
Could be this simple too:
"What was the photographer trying to say? Maybe he just liked what he saw...".
No story.
Unless the photographer explains the image, there could be a multiple of "stories" for am image.
One, or none, may be correct.
Could be this simple too:
"What was the photographer trying to say? Maybe he just liked what he saw...".
No story.
Unless the photographer explains the image, there could be a multiple of "stories" for am image.
One, or none, may be correct.
And what is "correct"? For photojournalism it's obvious. For a work of art?
Jun 21, 2020 10:15:14 #
Jun 21, 2020 10:15:25 #
When I worked at a photo lab back in the 1990's, we oftentimes used the term "images" when referring to slides/positive transparencies and negatives. The term "photos" was generally reserved for actual prints. As I recall, most of the professional photographers visiting the lab did the same.
To me, it makes sense to use the term "images" for digital files, even if the vast majority of today's digital images are never intended to be printed.
To me, it makes sense to use the term "images" for digital files, even if the vast majority of today's digital images are never intended to be printed.
Jun 21, 2020 10:17:53 #
BebuLamar wrote:
It seems that the use of the word image is to distinguish from digital and film. Popular Photography at a time changed their name to "Popular Photography and Imaging" in order to mean they cover digital as well.
Is it correct or not correct? I don't know. I am not good at linguistic.
Is it correct or not correct? I don't know. I am not good at linguistic.
Hahaha. Yes.
It depends how pitnicky {sic} people want to be...
If it uses a camera, it's photography.
I don't care what medium is used.
Jun 21, 2020 10:19:40 #
rook2c4 wrote:
.....The term "photos" was generally reserved for actual prints.....
That probably reflects how most of us think of it.
Jun 21, 2020 10:23:10 #
St.Mary's wrote:
Only five letters, and easier to spell?
Works for me ....
Altho we could just write “photo”.
Jun 21, 2020 10:23:52 #
JD750 wrote:
It is more generic. Not all images are photographs or pictures.
After performing extensive retouching or graphics work for example. Is it still a photograph? Or is it a graphic image?
After performing extensive retouching or graphics work for example. Is it still a photograph? Or is it a graphic image?
Not that again. Before digital I don't ever remember anyone saying an image was extensively manipulated in the darkroom so it was no longer a photograph.
Jun 21, 2020 10:26:22 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
Not that again. Before digital I don't ever remember anyone saying an image was extensively manipulated in the darkroom so it was no longer a photograph.
Jun 21, 2020 10:59:43 #
Nancysc wrote:
I first noticed the use of "image" about ten years ago at a photography workshop. Now I hear it all the time in YouTube videos about photography. Is there a reason for this usage?
I use image for electronic images, i.e., on the computer, and photograph for a printed image. Use whatever words you want, I don't think there is a "standard" on this.
Jun 21, 2020 12:13:15 #
An image is a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is or you imagine it will be. Imagination.
Jun 21, 2020 12:33:41 #
Graham Smith wrote:
An image is a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is or you imagine it will be. Imagination.
That too.
Jun 21, 2020 13:09:19 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
Not that again. Before digital I don't ever remember anyone saying an image was extensively manipulated in the darkroom so it was no longer a photograph.
Photographs were used extensively in advertising, with extensive retouching, adding text and other info, "graphics", long before digital cameras were invented.
Jun 21, 2020 13:10:53 #
Longshadow wrote:
Hahaha. Yes.
It depends how pitnicky {sic} people want to be...
If it uses a camera, it's photography.
I don't care what medium is used.
It depends how pitnicky {sic} people want to be...
If it uses a camera, it's photography.
I don't care what medium is used.
I have a phone that has a built in camera. Does that count?
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