Re: What is a photograph anyway?

[Bob Maxey <written_by@xxxxxxx>]

>>>As to Photoshop making things easy...well that's not really the case
until you learn it, just like the darkroom.  It takes a lot of
training and/or practice to get really good, repetitive results in
Photoshop, just like in traditional work.  But the "easy" thing is a
false argument anyway - did photographers lose out when mixed
chemicals became available, or minilabs popped up everywhere?>>>

 

I am not a PS expert. I only know about Corel PP, and I agree, it can be difficult to repeat your results or achieve great results without practice. In my case, I standardized my scans and I could apply the same corrections to every image, thus reproducing the exact same result time after time.

 

I do not think the photographer lost anything when mini-labs and packaged chemicals arrived. Their life became easier. When video arrived, however, it had some impact. Film was expensive, you had a finite amount of it loaded into your camera, and you were choosy. One thing video tape gave you is more freedom to shoot lots of bad footage because you could view the results instantly and start over if you wanted to.

 

I think this new technology partially removed the need to be more careful. You cannot erase film and reshoot.

 

Bob

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