Hi I am here in the UK. I have been a professional photographer for nearly 40 years. Starting off in weddings, portraits, social, studio etc. & the last 10 years as an architectural, interiors, property & landscape photographer.

Something I notice regularly is how we in the UK & US view images differently? This is not a criticism, but an observation!

When I started out using medium format film cameras (Hassleblad & Rollei) for weddings etc. I used to study photographs from other photographers from around the world & soon noticed how we see things differently? Weddings, portraits from the US tended to have over filled-in flash (in my opinion & to my bosses & contemporaries & clients here) compared to UK images.
Now in the digital era I'm seeing images from the US in particular over Photoshopped (again in my opinion. We have some proponents of it here too. As we have adopted some US spellings into our language thanks to computers mainly. Though I have to say I resist using them in the interests of preserving the English language, as it is meant to be here).
They are some great images, particularly of landscapes & wildlife, especially on this site Uglyhedgehog, but to my eye they look unnatural? False colours, too much contrast & saturation, along with definition & over-sharpening? As I said this is definitely not a criticism, but I wonder if anyone agrees or can explain why it is? I know it is subjective & a matter of taste etc. but it does seem to separate us, on how two distinct peoples view the same thing?
As Winston Churchill once observed the US & UK are "two nations separated by a common language"? Now we seem separated by a common vision?

Anyone shed any light on this? No pun intended!

Hi I am here in the UK. I have been a professional photographer for nearly 40 years. Starting off in weddings, portraits, social, studio etc. & the last 10 years as an architectural, interiors, property & landscape photographer.

Something I notice regularly is how we in the UK & US view images differently? This is not a criticism, but an observation!

When I started out using medium format film cameras (Hassleblad & Rollei) for weddings etc. I used to study photographs from other photographers from around the world & soon noticed how we see things differently? Weddings, portraits from the US tended to have over filled-in flash (in my opinion & to my bosses & contemporaries & clients here) compared to UK images.
Now in the digital era I'm seeing images from the US in particular over Photoshopped (again in my opinion. We have some proponents of it here too. As we have adopted some US spellings into our language thanks to computers mainly. Though I have to say I resist using them in the interests of preserving the English language, as it is meant to be here).
They are some great images, particularly of landscapes & wildlife, especially on this site Uglyhedgehog, but to my eye they look unnatural? False colours, too much contrast & saturation, along with definition & over-sharpening? As I said this is definitely not a criticism, but I wonder if anyone agrees or can explain why it is? I know it is subjective & a matter of taste etc. but it does seem to separate us, on how two distinct peoples view the same thing?
As Winston Churchill once observed the US & UK are "two nations separated by a common language"? Now we seem separated by a common vision?

Anyone shed any light on this? No pun intended!

Hi I am here in the UK. I have been a professional photographer for nearly 40 years. Starting off in weddings, portraits, social, studio etc. & the last 10 years as an architectural, interiors, property & landscape photographer.

Something I notice regularly is how we in the UK & US view images differently? This is not a criticism, but an observation!

When I started out using medium format film cameras (Hassleblad & Rollei) for weddings etc. I used to study photographs from other photographers from around the world & soon noticed how we see things differently? Weddings, portraits from the US tended to have over filled-in flash (in my opinion & to my bosses & contemporaries & clients here) compared to UK images.
Now in the digital era I'm seeing images from the US in particular over Photoshopped (again in my opinion. We have some proponents of it here too. As we have adopted some US spellings into our language thanks to computers mainly. Though I have to say I resist using them in the interests of preserving the English language, as it is meant to be here).
They are some great images, particularly of landscapes & wildlife, especially on this site Uglyhedgehog, but to my eye they look unnatural? False colours, too much contrast & saturation, along with definition & over-sharpening? As I said this is definitely not a criticism, but I wonder if anyone agrees or can explain why it is? I know it is subjective & a matter of taste etc. but it does seem to separate us, on how two distinct peoples view the same thing?
As Winston Churchill once observed the US & UK are "two nations separated by a common language"? Now we seem separated by a common vision?

Anyone shed any light on this? No pun intended!

I do not agree with the term "over photoshopped" as it all comes down to photographer vision on how they wish to present their work. I don't compare my work to others as it is my own and don't care how my peers see it. My style is representing me and my vision how I see the world around me. Being American has nothing to do with it. My work would be the same if I was Any nationality. Art/photography has no nationality. However some nations in the past tried to control this by book burning, banning certain subjective things etc. That is more government and less nationality in my opinion.