Hmmm...that is somewhat the point. One of the posters said that it is what the customer/client wants that matters. So what we are hearing a bit, is that the customer doesn't want photographs, they want art. And that could be very true.
It is kind of ironic that the digital revolution that spawned the cheap picture (no film) is driving us right back in to a labor intensive direction (post processing). While technology in the cameras has made it easier for someone with limited knowledge and skills to capture a decent image, that same technology is requiring a different set of skills and knowledge to produce images that the current masses want. I also feel that some of the current styles that are prevalent were caused by the 'masses' creating poor images and everyone becoming accustomed to them. Think of the 'portrait' that you see so often - steep downward angle, a bit crooked, facial details blown out, etc. Then you watch the young people hold the camera backwards to take a self portrait - they hold it crooked at an angle slightly above their head and the crappy flash fires and blows out the picture - funny coincidence? I think not. Starting to ramble...sorry about that. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, March 23, 2009, 1:16:19 PM, you wrote: ft> That's not photography. It may have started with a photographed ft> image, but the final "product" isn't a photograph, IMHO. ft> cheers, ft> frank ft> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Nick Wright ft> <[email protected]> wrote: >> The big thing in the portrait world right now is the "Dave Hill" look >> (http://www.davehillphoto.com/). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
