Or maybe the basement. Or perhaps in the barn or the old outhouse at the end of the lot.
Or in the basement. Or maybe in the old outhouse at the back of the lot.
Unposed, from a few years ago.
While I would never give up my real cameras and lenses (for which I spend as much or more than for the cameras themselves), I will attach three images which were captured by iphones to illustrate that a decent picture can be obtained by those thin little muckers. The first is a still life that I took by ambient light and is a tad overworked in processing (I process instead of post processing). It was taken by an XR iphone. The other two were taken by my daughter, showing landscapes taken with existing light, one daytime and one at night. I processed both.
I eat things dropped on the floor to give my immune system something to do and keep it alert and always on the look out for dangerous microorganisms.
Shooter41 wrote:
My fascination and love for photography started when I was six years old. After watching my father develop negatives in our darkened bathroom in 1947, I ordered my first camera which cost 50 cents and a Wheaties box top. My Samoyed puppy; my baseball playing older brother; my first-grade neighbor with a cap pistol and anything else that moved got their picture taken. Seventy-five years later, I realize that I take far way too many pictures and should be FAR MORE selective before I press the shutter button. I now only take a picture of something if it is both pleasing to my eye and might be interesting or attractive to someone else viewing the image for the first time. When do you think someone should go ahead and take a picture of something? The attached image of a light fixture in my kitchen was taken with my Sony A7R4 with a 70-200 Sony telephoto lens set at F2.8; 1/2000 second shutter speed; and auto ISO. The unusual shaped globe being accentuated by the straight, shiny, brass bass and tightening screws was esthetically pleasing to my eye. Would you photograph it? Shooter41
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I like the pic. I started taking pictures with a Baby Brownie, my 7 year old birthday present--in 1938. I like the idea of pressing that button when I see something that I like to look at and want to be able to see it again. And again. And again...
As someone who has spent untold hours in the darkroom and loved every minute of it, I thoroughly enjoy the digital counterpart, post-processing. Ansel Adams gave us the analogy: the negative is the score; the print is the performance. Now the file is the score and I delight in seeing how much I can get out of it and into the print. I am often amazed in what can be discovered in what initially appears to be a pretty blah shot.
Lefty: You say you won't be silenced but it looks like you are going to silence yourself after tomorrow. Goodbye and good luck
srt101fan wrote:
I see folks here use the term "artistic photography". It's not always clear to me what they mean by that. Anyone want to give us their view?
Any photograph that you don't get tired of seeing over and over.
Submit the most screwed up image in your portfolio.
I am gratified to see so much support for paying our share of running and taking care of our beloved country, i.e., taxes. Nobody likes taxes, and progressive or regressive, there is no way to make taxes absolutely fair. However, taxes have gotten so much bad publicity in recent years that I thought I was the only person who tried to justify them. It's a relief to find out other wise. Is it just photographers who understand the necessity?
Just because it is a myth doesn't mean that there is not truth in it. See Joseph Campbell.
Definition of art that I like best:
A work of art is a message to the world, about the world, from the world.