I have to agree with the statements made, below. Photographic quality
has suffered recently. It’s sad to see this happen.
Marilyn
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: golden age layoffs
The reason trained photographers are no longer in demand began in the
1980’s when ‘great work’ was no longer a necessity as computers hit the streets
and various creative jobs were farmed out to secretaries, salesmen, and nearly
anybody who could turn on a PC. Quality standards fell and ‘great’ work was
replaced with ‘good enough’ work. A secretary with a single course in Pagemaker
graphics cannot create strong art day in and day out. Photoshop can’t make art
great either. It is crap in, crap out.
On Jun 12, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Paladin wrote:
It seems to me there are several reasons the paid photo biz is going
down
the tubes.
1. The cash price of admission is certainly
going down. But that's only
a small part.
2. The need for a blend of
technical/visual balance to achieve a good
result has changed from say
50/50 to more like 5/95, or maybe even 1% tech
to 99% visual. People who
feared cameras because the camera was too
technical no longer worry about
that aspect. So visually-oriented folks
(most of the population) are now
able to participate. Of course there are
still degrees of ability to create
good pictures, but it still boils down to
fact that there are a lot more
people that can create visually than there
are people who are good
technically as well as visually.
3. Lowered expectations are, to my way of
thinking, perhaps the most
significant change in the photo business. As
folks share more and more
krappe on the various social sites, that krappe
becomes the norm. Perhaps it
is even more than that, and krappe is what
people expect and strive for! But
let's face it, there are a lot fewer
really rotten photographs being
displayed now than in the film days simply
because the cameras do most of
the work. So the standards are changing, and
with time I expect them to
rise.
4. Also, a LOT of people are becoming visual
technicians via Photoshop
and similar programs. They start with a mediocre
photo, run a few filters or
suchlike on the image, and they wind up with a
True Masterpiece. While this
may not be a good idea in photojournalism, the
new breed of
citizen-photojournalists don't realize that "photojournalism"
and "ethics"
can be used in the same sentence. It is simply not in their
experience. That
is not a good thing.
5. More people are taking pride in their
creation abilities and want to
do it themselves simply for the pride, the
ego factor, and because they can.
Long story short, we are just now
entering the golden age of photography
because the craft is now being
handed over to the masses. Maybe it's good,
maybe it's not. But it is
reality.
My $0.02
worth.
Peace,
rand
Art Faul
The Artist Formerly
Known as Prints
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