Have you noticed? Technique has disappeared (Page 4): One's ability to "aim" is the art...if we can't pre see it, well, we can always talk about gear.

Peterfiore Loc: Where DR goes south

User ID wrote:

Uh huh. Phone pix are nearly 100% hardware and nearly zero technique. Most phones offer the user no control over the camera ... unless one thinks that aiming is a technique.

One's ability to "aim" is the art...if we can't pre see it, well, we can always talk about gear.

IHH61 Loc: Homestead Fl

E.L.. Shapiro wrote:

Perhaps there is no much of an appetite for delvin... (show quote)

Always enjoy your responses. Don’t usually comment because they are so complete. Should say thanks for your efforts so , THANKS!!

Hugh

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

The art of photography should be (and used to be) recording reality, including the wonders of the world. To hang a photograph meant hanging a window into a real part of the world. Paintings were the medium to display "artist's licence" - a good description for imagination, which is not what photography was. Nowadays photography is used too much by aspiring artists who will never know one end of a paint brush from another and can push the AI buttons instead.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Delderby wrote:

The art of photography should be (and used to be) recording reality, including the wonders of the world. To hang a photograph meant hanging a window into a real part of the world. Paintings were the medium to display "artist's licence" - a good description for imagination, which is not what photography was. Nowadays photography is used too much by aspiring artists who will never know one end of a paint brush from another and can push the AI buttons instead.

You're implying that photography shouldn't be used as a creative medium. Recording reality is one of the lesser aspects of photography. And painting is just one medium for providing a creative outlet for artists' imaginations. You don't have to be a painter to be an artist.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

LWW wrote:

I agree with all that, but many people use it as a crutch for never developing proper skills.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

LWW wrote:

I agree with all that, but many people use it as a crutch for never developing proper skills.

A photographer that hasn't developed proper PP skills is never going to realise his/her full potential.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

User ID wrote:

Uh huh. Phone pix are nearly 100% hardware and nearly zero technique. Most phones offer the user no control over the camera ... unless one thinks that aiming is a technique.

Or failure to understand a picture is more than a camera.

cmc4214 Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania

Linda From Maine wrote:

On the 11th I wrote, i "Very few long-time m... (show quote)

Part of the problem is that the "written word" does not convey emotion very well. For example: a constructive criticism can sometimes be taken as an insult when that is not the intention, or what one believes is humorous is taken as an attack etc.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

R.G. wrote:

You're implying that photography shouldn't be used as a creative medium. Recording reality is one of the lesser aspects of photography. And painting is just one medium for providing a creative outlet for artists' imaginations. You don't have to be a painter to be an artist.

I agree that recording reality is one aspect of photography, but I wouldn’t call it lesser.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Mac wrote:

I agree that recording reality is one aspect of photography, but I wouldn’t call it lesser.

I was referring specifically to recording reality in a journalistic sense. Capturing things like storytelling or the decisive moment is usually more important than capturing details.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

R.G. wrote:

A photographer that hasn't developed proper PP skills is never going to realise his/her full potential.

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

In photojournalism/documentary photography the goal is not to present an aesthetically pleasing result, but to present stark reality. But photojournalism/documentary is just one aspect of photography.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

larryepage wrote:

I would say yes. With good technique, it is possible to hand hold a camera at what would seem to be ridiculous shutter open times...like a quarter of a second at 50mm...or even a little longer.

I know how to hold both a camera and a pistol, but I inherited essential tremor from my father so I need vibration reduction.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Delderby wrote:

The art of photography should be (and used to be) recording reality, including the wonders of the world. To hang a photograph meant hanging a window into a real part of the world. Paintings were the medium to display "artist's licence" - a good description for imagination, which is not what photography was. Nowadays photography is used too much by aspiring artists who will never know one end of a paint brush from another and can push the AI buttons instead.

I hate to see anyone wanting to define what photography "should be" for others. The fact is, from the very beginnings of photography, some photographers have used it to try to imitate "reality", which is always an illusion anyway. But other photographers have always tried to create a purely photographic vision which differs from the way the eye sees things. Both are valid and photography is inclusive enough for different approaches. There's certainly room in photography for imagination.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

When you look at another's work that you admire, is it the composition, the focus, the colors, the processing, the subject or just the model of camera and the pixel resolution?