Have you noticed? Technique has disappeared
Oct 17, 2020 09:52:27 #
Photography has dumbed down. So many people buy a dslr or Ilc and call themselves a photographer. No real consideration to composition, posing, lighting. Sad
Oct 17, 2020 09:55:50 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
The art is gone and the software have made technicians. That is why we must have the NEW CAMERA or any tech thing tome our pictures BETTER.
What is also interesting is the appeal we have for the old photographers and photos.
NOISE is bad, PIXELS is good. All the equipment has to be new and we buy after market (cheeper) ink to display the final results.
What is also interesting is the appeal we have for the old photographers and photos.
NOISE is bad, PIXELS is good. All the equipment has to be new and we buy after market (cheeper) ink to display the final results.
Oct 17, 2020 09:59:59 #
Perspective qualifies as a technique under bringing the pertinent aspects of an image within the frame. This action involves including and excluding compositional elements by physical placement of the camera in relation to the main subject.
I speak from development of my own skills in photography and from observing how youngsters come to realize the value of placing the camera in position for capturing the subject. For example, youngsters like to take a picture of their meal when dining out. The meal serves as the main subject. Placement of the camera for this purpose can call for moving the camera to exclude, say, a water glass from the frame.
Etc.
I speak from development of my own skills in photography and from observing how youngsters come to realize the value of placing the camera in position for capturing the subject. For example, youngsters like to take a picture of their meal when dining out. The meal serves as the main subject. Placement of the camera for this purpose can call for moving the camera to exclude, say, a water glass from the frame.
Etc.
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.
Oct 17, 2020 10:03:38 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
Are we too intent on the tools and not the art? My thoughts are yes.
Oct 17, 2020 10:08:45 #
Architect1776 wrote:
You just went on endlessly with who shot john as well.
A funny thing just happened! As I read your post, this popped up on my screen:
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Anyway, WHO actually did shoot John? Which John?
Oct 17, 2020 10:10:44 #
srt101fan wrote:
Since you shot with an SRT-101 you are clearly a wise man and an outstanding photographer! ..... 😉
Not nearly either, neither, and/or nor!
Oct 17, 2020 10:10:48 #
Picture Taker wrote:
Are we too intent on the tools and not the art? My thoughts are yes.
I found a substantial improvement when I went from the 100-300mm to the 100-400mm L.
Same exact technique.
Oct 17, 2020 10:13:28 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
"Archect1776" How and why did you get this substantial improvement. Not being sarcastic but interested.
Oct 17, 2020 10:14:19 #
RJW
Loc: Oregon
Here's a discussion start from Ansel Adams.
Ansel Adams Quotes
‘A good photograph is knowing where to stand.’
‘Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.’
‘A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.’
‘There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.’
‘Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.’
‘Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer—and often the supreme disappointment.’
‘You don’t take a photograph, you make it.’
‘There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.’
‘We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.’
‘When I’m ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.’
Ansel Adams Quotes
‘A good photograph is knowing where to stand.’
‘Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.’
‘A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.’
‘There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.’
‘Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.’
‘Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer—and often the supreme disappointment.’
‘You don’t take a photograph, you make it.’
‘There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.’
‘We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.’
‘When I’m ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.’
Oct 17, 2020 10:19:18 #
The artist spends years learning to create images no one else could create in a life-time.
Oct 17, 2020 10:19:29 #
The widespread cynicism expressed in this thread is depressing. The death of photography as we knew it... Oh, my God, people use computers and call themselves photographers! Where does it end; will we be looking at moving images on a screen mounted in a box next!
And so many generalizations. As if photography were one monolithic endeavor for personal expression. (Let's not forget that colonoscopy imaging is a form of photography..... 😕)
True artists will express themselves in whatever medium suits them best. And they will work at mastering their craft.
And so many generalizations. As if photography were one monolithic endeavor for personal expression. (Let's not forget that colonoscopy imaging is a form of photography..... 😕)
True artists will express themselves in whatever medium suits them best. And they will work at mastering their craft.
Oct 17, 2020 10:22:33 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The artist spends years learning to create images no one else could create in a life-time.
True.
Oct 17, 2020 10:23:15 #
srt101fan wrote:
......Let's not forget that colonoscopy imaging is a form of photography..... 😕......
Whatever you do, don't try it with a full frame camera. There's not enough Vaseline in the world...
Oct 17, 2020 10:26:15 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Without the best tools, we're only as good as everyone else.
Yes...but it is a poor workman who blames his tools.
Oct 17, 2020 10:34:23 #
I agree. The foundation of that lies in the software available. The biggest draw is to equipment and software that do all the work for you. It creates a wonderful photo, in some cases of a scene that never existed, and then the user of said equipment and software can pronounce themselves a great photographer.
--Bob
--Bob
SteveR wrote:
Years ago, technique of various kinds was a big part of the discussions in this section. Now it seems it's all about equipment, software or problems relating to the two.
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