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n3eg
Loc: West coast USA
boberic wrote:
Do photographers take or make photographs?
With my camera's image stabilization, I can shake and bake photographs.
boberic wrote:
Do photographers take or make photographs? Painters make or paint pictures. I know this is not a life changing topic, but I'm curious.
Depends. News photos and most honest photojournalism are "taken." Many other genres, especially studio work, are "made."
We all take pictures, some, like Adams, work the image over.
You can make a picture in the camera in some types of photography, or some subjects. Adams' major effort was in black and white; it's harder in color and he was not as successful. Some photographers go wild with PhotoShop, etc. and think they're creative but they rarely are.
You take pictures and you make photographs. Ansel Adams tend to use the term make the photograph.
Okay, guys (and gals), you really have me smiling and laughing at this rambling . . .
It is really pretty cool and interesting.
Now, someone pass the beer and let's get back on subject . . .
boberic wrote:
Do photographers take or make photographs? Painters make or paint pictures. I know this is not a life changing topic, but I'm curious.
Yes they do especially if they use a film camera they take develop the negitive at home with there own chemicals then make prints from the negitive. Its a hobby for alot of ole timers
BebuLamar wrote:
You take pictures and you make photographs. Ansel Adams tend to use the term make the photograph.
It was absolutely correct to say that the famed darkroom technician Adams "made" photos rather than "took" photos. He did have many accomplishments, including popularizing the use red filters, and indirectly helping save much of our wilderness from total ruination. Especially in the Sierras.
boberic wrote:
Do photographers take or make photographs? Painters make or paint pictures. I know this is not a life changing topic, but I'm curious.
They Take a photograph using a camera, but control the image made by the settings they select.
MT Shooter wrote:
Simple. The photographer "takes" a photograph (intangible item), from which he "makes" a print (tangible item).
Sometimes usage of "capture" and "Image" seem to better serve to describe the process. But the moment you choose to remember an image you made an artistic decision. Then all the steps before you push the button are art making decisions: exposure framing, focal length, point of view and on and on. And afterward, making an image into a tangible print so you can,as Degas said, "make others see" is all part of it.
I guess what I'm thinking is that there should be alot of "making" before, even, the taking. Good thing we have a Zillion Hertz speed computer behind the viewfinder!
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