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Nov 13, 2019 09:50:47 #
Mac wrote:
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I'm sure that a computer can create images that are better than those I take, but the pictures I take are mine, not something a computer created.
ps
I'm sure that a computer can create images that are better than those I take, but the pictures I take are mine, not something a computer created.
My computer never created anything for me, I always need to force it to do much of anything. Same as my cameras...
Nov 13, 2019 10:14:34 #
Save the change you get every time you buy something with cash and you will have the $10 for the month in no time. Hey - I think I just got another Creative Cloud update (they seem to be coming pretty regularly recently). Now I need to try and figure out what the new features might do for me.
Nov 13, 2019 11:03:51 #
Bob Mevis wrote:
Well I bit the bullet and joined creative cloud. I guess I'm going to be a photographer now.
Yea me to, I joined a month ago and blindly through the fog I am using Light room CC and classic now.
It really helps and betters my photos.
I already had a camera but I will not call myself a 'photographer' I just love to capture moments and events for memories sake and sharing.
Good luck sir,
bruce.
Nov 13, 2019 11:58:43 #
saxman71 wrote:
Save the change you get every time you buy something with cash and you will have the $10 for the month in no time. Hey - I think I just got another Creative Cloud update (they seem to be coming pretty regularly recently). Now I need to try and figure out what the new features might do for me.
Saving change that way is an excellent way to save for something. I had a friend who did that and saved his change every day. He bought two or three motorcycles with the money he saved.
Nov 13, 2019 13:04:22 #
BigDaddy wrote:
My computer never created anything for me, I always need to force it to do much of anything. Same as my cameras...
Maybe I could have stated it better. I would rather be out taking pictures than using a computer to create one.
Nov 13, 2019 13:24:21 #
Mac wrote:
It's getting to be that way. Just take parts of pictures that other people have taken, put them together on a computer, and there you go. No camera needed.
Haha...considering the amount of trouble and *work* it takes to do something like that, I personally will just take a shot. However, I certainly don't look down on people who composite photographs...
Nov 13, 2019 14:06:40 #
chasgroh wrote:
I certainly don't look down on people who composite photographs...
As long as the composite pieces come from pictures they've taken themselves.
Nov 13, 2019 16:04:52 #
Mac wrote:
As long as the composite pieces come from pictures they've taken themselves.
...OK, but it's an apples vs bananas kind've thing to me. A "photographer" makes a composite out of his/her work, or, an "artist" uses, let's say, stock images to realize a vision which he couldn't realistically/logistically complete on his own. It's all art to me, and sometimes brilliant composite work has no real bearing on *where* the original material came from...the result is simply bitchin'! It's just a different ballgame, but no less admirable...to me, anyway.
Nov 13, 2019 21:40:11 #
Nov 13, 2019 22:27:56 #
Bob Mevis wrote:
I fully agree. I'm not all that good as a photographer. I struggle with composition but, I'm getting better. I also have some color blind issues. Namely with, shades of green and brown and purple, it looks like navy blue to me. That's why I seldom post a pic. Because, what looks good to me, may not, to other people. But, I have learned a lot, from the people here. I want to explore RAW and my old copy of ps cc won't t open them.
I think the OP was firmly tongue-in-cheek. ;0)
Nov 14, 2019 02:41:21 #
Nov 14, 2019 09:34:43 #
Mac wrote:
Maybe I could have stated it better. I would rather be out taking pictures than using a computer to create one.
Don't mind me, I'm just an old curmudgeon.
I sort of understand those that dislike computers, they can be very demanding and fickle friends, particularly to those running MS. On the other hand, when I was a young curmudgeon, I would have given my left arm to be able to easily edit my SOOC "masterpieces".
There are two main reasons digital is awesome, one is it is cheap, with instant feed back, and the other is about anyone can edit the heck out of them as much, or as little as you want. To not want to spend time with your pictures, fixing them, improving them, creating "masterpieces" and just plain having fun with them is [to me] missing out on [at least] half the fun of photography.
My main point though is the camera/computer does nothing by itself. The person taking/editing the picture has responsibility for the results. Your digital computer is just an extension of your digital camera. Both are mainly computers totally under your control.
Nov 14, 2019 09:46:29 #
I imagine those who dislike using computers to enhance their photographs probably didn't do their own darkroom work either back in the film days. I spend less time working on the computer than I did in the darkroom, and I can do more things more easily.
Nov 14, 2019 10:33:01 #
Nov 14, 2019 10:40:26 #
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