Photos or Images - what's the difference?
Mar 28, 2020 12:39:11 #
Mar 28, 2020 12:57:16 #
Mar 28, 2020 15:29:29 #
rehess wrote:
I use the two words interchangeably.
Does it matter???
Does it matter???
Not to me.....
Mar 28, 2020 15:30:21 #
Mar 28, 2020 15:30:45 #
Mar 28, 2020 15:39:43 #
flyboy61
Loc: The Great American Desert
Gene51 wrote:
none - they are synonyms on this forum. And you may want to consider ceasing your trolling - no one likes a troll. But I do have a remedy.
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Mar 28, 2020 15:47:19 #
Mar 28, 2020 15:52:54 #
Mar 28, 2020 16:46:57 #
Thank you. I am heartened by *all* the answers.
I've been forced to evaluate the question recently.
One person asked my answer. I would say:
"Many things create images in modern life. Only a Photographer can turn an Image into a Photograph."
To me this depends on the "Photo" in Photograph meaning a (single-image-at-a-time) Camera is used to capture the Image.
But it takes more than a camera to produce a photograph. It takes a photographer with the drive and skill to master the camera, get their butt out there, where ever "there" is (it could be the kitchen table), plan and capture the image, and process it so that it inspires or tells a story to them first (why share an image that doesn't inspire you) and hopefully share it with another person on this planet.
We all die. What do you want to leave your survivors? A laptop or cellphone full of images? Snapshots and selfies have their treasured place. Most relatives sort through them (if the computer password is known) and post them at the wake. Sometimes it's all they have and they are priceless to them. But, what about the photographs UHH'ers? Will you leave any? It is 'kinda what we are about. Sure, publish them here but also, publish them to your friends and relatives, and possibly to other outlets.
I am not a good photographer. I have taken a large number of images and produced a small number of photographs from them. I've struggled with the craft. I just deleted my left-over images today and went out and took some images that hopefully, will produce a photograph or two for me to use.
I'm not sure what a "troll" is but apparently I may be one. I hope the stuff in the spray can pictured above isn't toxic (it is a good, graphic picture!)
Tom
I've been forced to evaluate the question recently.
One person asked my answer. I would say:
"Many things create images in modern life. Only a Photographer can turn an Image into a Photograph."
To me this depends on the "Photo" in Photograph meaning a (single-image-at-a-time) Camera is used to capture the Image.
But it takes more than a camera to produce a photograph. It takes a photographer with the drive and skill to master the camera, get their butt out there, where ever "there" is (it could be the kitchen table), plan and capture the image, and process it so that it inspires or tells a story to them first (why share an image that doesn't inspire you) and hopefully share it with another person on this planet.
We all die. What do you want to leave your survivors? A laptop or cellphone full of images? Snapshots and selfies have their treasured place. Most relatives sort through them (if the computer password is known) and post them at the wake. Sometimes it's all they have and they are priceless to them. But, what about the photographs UHH'ers? Will you leave any? It is 'kinda what we are about. Sure, publish them here but also, publish them to your friends and relatives, and possibly to other outlets.
I am not a good photographer. I have taken a large number of images and produced a small number of photographs from them. I've struggled with the craft. I just deleted my left-over images today and went out and took some images that hopefully, will produce a photograph or two for me to use.
I'm not sure what a "troll" is but apparently I may be one. I hope the stuff in the spray can pictured above isn't toxic (it is a good, graphic picture!)
Tom
Mar 29, 2020 05:46:35 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
Bill_de wrote:
All cleared up with six words to spare.
Google found a much more detailed answer including a photo ... of a picture and one of an image!
https://difference.guru/difference-between-picture-image-and-photo/
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Google found a much more detailed answer including a photo ... of a picture and one of an image!
https://difference.guru/difference-between-picture-image-and-photo/
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Well, that takes care of that !
Mar 29, 2020 05:52:23 #
AirWalter wrote:
Well, that takes care of that !
I'm glad somebody included mental images ("imagination").
Mar 29, 2020 05:53:46 #
A rather pointless question (not that unusual on here). The terms are interchangeable to a great extent. A photograph is the result of light falling upon a light-sensitive surface, be it chemical, as with film, or electronic - eg a camera sensor.
Mar 29, 2020 06:04:24 #
Image is a collective--all photos are images, but not all images are photos. In fact, "image" doesn't even have to be visual--the term has been used for sounds, too.
Mar 29, 2020 06:12:59 #
New Mexico Dave
Loc: Corrales, NM
Cha-ching. Just what we all needed to read. I continually get these questions to me from non-photographers and have a hard time defining the differences to them. But maybe they don't need that differentiation? Being a Type-A personality and detail-oriented... I do!
Mar 29, 2020 06:56:18 #
I am, apparently, a "troll". Not sure what that is but that's quite a picture. Effective too!
Tom
Tom
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