Re: Does anyone really enjoy digital photography?

Don Roberts <don.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:26:56 -0500



    I have to agree Randy.  There are photos here that compare favorably
    with anything you might see in more prestigious surroundings.  I was
    impressed anyway.

    Don

    
    On 3/24/14, 4:18 PM, Randy Little
      wrote:

    
      Well while I don't love all of these I don't think
        you can say ALL of them suck.  Many are quit amazing.  http://fstoppers.com/winners-of-the-2013-iphone-photography-awards-announced
      

          Randy S. Little

            http://www.rslittle.com/

            http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/

              
        On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Jan
          Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
          wrote:

          
                  On Mar 24, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Randy Little wrote:
                  

                     I always had a camera with me with
                      film also.  Always looking for photo
                      opportunities.   Just because he has no self
                      discretion doesn't mean anything changed. Its
                      stupid to say now that he has a camera always.  
                      If we didn't have a camera always and Profession
                      Owen caught us without it.  Oh the lecturing.  I
                      don't think I have gone anywhere without a camera
                      of some kind since I was 16 years old.    If you
                      are a photographer why wouldn't you always have a
                      camera?   The only difference is in how easy it is
                      to process the result because you don't have to go
                      to a lab.  I still don't want to process
                      10,000,000 files let a lone track them and
                      remember them and keyword them and on and on.  
                      What it does its let me try things without waiting
                      to see it in the lab.  It lets you experiment
                      instantly and adapt to situations that might not
                      be normal to a persons experiences.   Its like
                      having a zillion pack of 669.   You still only
                      have seconds to know what to do to get the shot
                      for street photography and you still only have
                      minutes to catch the sun in the right spot for a
                      landscape.  You still have to research what month
                      day and hour to be in the desert of New Mexico and
                      scout for the right place to put the camera.  
                       You still have to know stuff.  You still have to
                      have a clue about composition.   You still have to
                      get models, make up artist, stylist Hair and
                      clothing, Prop etc...  You still have to know how
                      to produce a good image.   Painters could say the
                      same things about film photography.   You don't
                      even have to know how to draw.  You could go back
                      even fathers and say.  painters don't even have to
                      know how to make their own paint anymore.    Or
                      graphic designers don't need to know how to do
                      Marker comps anymore.   Its a ridiculously closed
                      minded and short sighted article.    All things
                      progress in all aspects and the previous thing
                      usually doesn't die it just becomes less common.  
                      I see hipsters all over with Nikon FE's and AE1's.
                       or K1's or x700's  
                    

                In my home office I have a 4S and five film cameras. The
                phone has its place, but that’s not in the ‘art’
                section. I have more space on the iPhone than on all my
                film cameras combined, but I do not use it for anything
                more than taking notes. But, as I said, it has its
                place, and not having one would make a hole in my notes
                section. The problem is when I am out and about and get
                the urge to shoot something memorable, then I have to
                dig in the back of the car for a more solid film
                machine, a light meter and the Gitzo. But it’s worth it
                as then I can either make art or crap, and with the
                phone it is almost always rubbish.   
              
                
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