I think that the "alchemy" was never related to the technologies involved, and if it did, it was wrong, or else we should all long for the methods of Niepce. The "alchemy" should always be based on the emotions that the pictures transmit us, and not on the process that was used. I know that many people have a deep love for the darkroom process, and there is nothing wrong with that, but perhaps what was previously known as photogrphy has started to evolve, and liberate itself from it's means of production. I react to images and not to the machines that produced them, and to the viewer, all that should be irrelevant. Mário Pires http://www.retorta.net <http://www.retorta.net/> http://www.esteticafotografica.net ________________________________ De: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx em nome de nicolette westfall Enviada: sáb 06-01-2007 13H16m Para: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Assunto: Re: Questions for 2007 Pardon me, but I think that a good photographer sets him/herself apart from the rest partially by taking photos that are seen in a different light. I worked with several photographers last summer. Two were average--yeah yeah, more wedding photos (yawn)--but the third, his photos were fantastic. He watched me look at the photos and then asked me why they stuck out. His camera? His experience? No, he said, the natural lighting that day could not be beat. Nicolette ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrew Paul Brooks <a_p_brooks@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2007 6:48:54 AM Subject: Re: Questions for 2007 >" . . . my question is...... do you think this has happened or is happening >in photographics? The alchemy is gone.... and soon will be the day when >an explanation >of shutter speed or depth of field will be lost at any sort of retail >level." Humm, I was talking with a friend about such things only the other day. It seems to me that the mystery has been taken out of photography, now cameras are so clever/affordable, well-exposed sharp images are within everyone's reach. When I first started working in a photography studio it was all 5/4 film, with an assistant to each photographer who disappeared into a darkroom now and again, if you were a client visiting the studio you'd have know idea of the process of creating professional photographs so photography at that level almost seems like a guarded profession. But over the years digital backs have become more affordable and practical, starting with big £20,000 sinar digital sensors, but slowly it has started to make as much sense to use cameras like hasselblad's, and now DSLR'S like the D200. If a client or non professional now was to visit the very same studios they would more or less see cameras which can be brought at any high street photography suppliers, used with computers and software much like they would have in the office. So thinking about this it seems to me that the bottom end has come out of the industry, the very basics are achievable by the non-professional. But as anyone on this forum knows, there is much more to photography than the basics, the difference between getting it right and getting a shot looking amazing (making people give up some time in there images saturated day to look at that photo)are worlds apart and what makes the difference is years of experience and dedication or in some lucky cases god given talent. So it seems to me that to succeed in photography we need to get more creative, each photographer plough there own path, make images that are so good they leave folks baffled. Anyways, much ramberling there, that's kind of what I have been thinking about for a bit and has been driving where I have been going with my photography. I guess it's just saying a photographer really needs to push themselves, but right now with the whole world becoming photographers it seems more important than ever... All the best and here's to productive and fun 2007's for all. Andrew Brooks www.andrewbrooksphotography.com <http://www.andrewbrooksphotography.com/> _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail is evolving - check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com <http://ideas.live.com/> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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