The new look in photography - grungy or great? (Page 3): I just have enough trouble trying to take a quality image with the right balance of elements.

firtree Loc: Florida, USA

I just have enough trouble trying to take a quality image with the right balance of elements.

Optiem

It's a fad.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

The "dumbing" down of youth, and society in general!!

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Photographer Jim wrote:

I am not a fan of this look, but I do understand t... (show quote)

You appear to be a little behind in educational trends, that now include the elimination of teaching cursive writing! And penmanship is a thing of the past, when it used to be a matter of pride to have good penmanship!

hfb46 Loc: UK

I have seen some really good High key and Low key portraits. IMHO we should see this as another tool in the portrait photographer's toolbox. It's not really my scene but I notice there is a HI and a LO scene mode in my Nikon D7000. Maybe I should give it a whirl sometime. The important thing for me is to get a sympathetic composition. HI key and LO key won't work in all situations.

8bravenotes Loc: Vermont now.

This image is timeless. Maybe that's the thing about "grungy". I'm old too. But, this is where history begins to repeat itself-only with a contemporary twist. There's only so much you can do with two dimensions until you have to start from the beginning again. Only this time however, you're taking an extra added layer of technology.

My take.. This girl is stunning no mater when the image was taken and what was or wasn't done to it.

I love an old B&W too. Analog photography.. That's another subject..

tommyf Loc: Vero Beach, FL

Mormorazzi wrote:

My young friends in their twenties absolutely love blown out, grungy looking photos. Am I missing something? I work diligently to perfect the color and sharpness in all of my photos. Maybe I just need to push the histograms as far right as possible, add a pp pop of color and call it a day. (These are the same people who have tossed out punctuation marks and teach high school English classes.) Any thoughts? I'm i just ... OLD??? :-(

Once again, I come to this blog to learn. What is an artistic idea to one may not be to another. I often look at my shooting by seeing a subject within a subject, something that can result from, for example, focusing on a swan's feathers, cropping, editing somewhat. The result? An artistic rendition of a recognizable subject in to something brand new, getting comments like: "what's that?" This pic of the woman is beautiful, imaginative, new, artistic, outgoing, may I say say daring?? And I'm 71. Geesh, does that mean that I should remain conservative and perhaps not explore new and unexplored ideas? Everyone of us should always appreciate the work of others and avoid judging.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Mormorazzi wrote:

My young friends in their twenties absolutely love blown out, grungy looking photos. Am I missing something? I work diligently to perfect the color and sharpness in all of my photos. Maybe I just need to push the histograms as far right as possible, add a pp pop of color and call it a day. (These are the same people who have tossed out punctuation marks and teach high school English classes.) Any thoughts? I'm i just ... OLD??? :-(

As a wise man once said, "Fads come and go." I've seen instructional videos in which the instructor took what I considered a beautiful image and made it "better" by messing it up. It's easy to change the look of an image, so people make changes.

Shutter Bugger

Mormorazzi wrote:

My young friends in their twenties absolutely love blown out, grungy looking photos. Am I missing something? I work diligently to perfect the color and sharpness in all of my photos. Maybe I just need to push the histograms as far right as possible, add a pp pop of color and call it a day. (These are the same people who have tossed out punctuation marks and teach high school English classes.) Any thoughts? I'm i just ... OLD??? :-(

There is nothing "new" about the technique.

Even though there are pronounced shadows, some
parts of this photo of Sophia Loren are white.

'tog' unknown

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

tommyf wrote:

Once again, I come to this blog to learn. What is ... (show quote)

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: I am 74

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

PhotoArtsLA wrote:

The image, here, also benefited from the old school use of creative film processing. Bending the exposure curve through processing techniques is something lost to today's DSLR world. That said, I don't intend to go back to chemicals as I like the fresh smelling world of digital.

You must love going to work every day. :thumbup:

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

tommyf wrote:

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Good comments. Better to have an open mind than a closed one. :thumbup:

8bravenotes Loc: Vermont now.

Please let me clarify something rather important here. Like this image in topic, no amount of "trashing" or tweaking, or adjustment, white balance errors etc,,etc,, can remove or corrupt the original subject in the photo. No color specific detailing, cropping, or editing can remove the original beauty of a naturally beautiful subject much the same as a winning melody. Timeless in it's original structure. The melody doesn't care what you do to it or who sings it. It just keeps shinning through. If the "subject" can't make it on it's oun, there's no amount of editing you can do, to make it work. All the technology in the universe can't give a poor subject the value it didn't come with from the beginning. This is a universal law of the inspired arts. Get it, or keep spinning your wheels.

radiumjohn Loc: Pulaski, Virginia, USA

Mormorazzi wrote:

My young friends in their twenties absolutely love blown out, grungy looking photos. Am I missing something? I work diligently to perfect the color and sharpness in all of my photos. Maybe I just need to push the histograms as far right as possible, add a pp pop of color and call it a day. (These are the same people who have tossed out punctuation marks and teach high school English classes.) Any thoughts? I'm i just ... OLD??? :-(

It is merely the TWILIGHT of a fad.

authorizeduser Loc: Monroe, Michigan

They accept this look because it is easier than learning how to take good photos. IMHO