Comments on: My old work isn’t that bad, but what about my new work http://www.diyphotobits.com/2010/03/05/my-old-work-isnt-that-bad-but-what-about-my-new-work/ A few bits and pieces about photography Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:14:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: raymond http://www.diyphotobits.com/2010/03/05/my-old-work-isnt-that-bad-but-what-about-my-new-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5861 raymond Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=2510#comment-5861 GregJ, indeed so this is each man for himself I think. I used to have very strong feelings about this, but the more I study the less I know! Photo history opened up a new world for me as well. These debates have gone on with little change for over a hundred years and a lot of interesting things have been written which are well worth reading today. Reading 19th Century Victorian debates that are basically about how much Photoshop is permissible before something is not a photograph any more was quite an eye opener for me at least! In the end we all have to draw our own personal line in the sand, or line on the emulsion, or glass plate, or tin plate or silver plate , or indeed bitmap, as the case may be! GregJ, indeed so this is each man for himself I think. I used to have very strong feelings about this, but the more I study the less I know! Photo history opened up a new world for me as well. These debates have gone on with little change for over a hundred years and a lot of interesting things have been written which are well worth reading today.

Reading 19th Century Victorian debates that are basically about how much Photoshop is permissible before something is not a photograph any more was quite an eye opener for me at least!

In the end we all have to draw our own personal line in the sand, or line on the emulsion, or glass plate, or tin plate or silver plate , or indeed bitmap, as the case may be!

]]> By: GregJ http://www.diyphotobits.com/2010/03/05/my-old-work-isnt-that-bad-but-what-about-my-new-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5816 GregJ Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:59:37 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=2510#comment-5816 Well - the photo is in the eyes of the critic. There are multiple thoughts on what makes a photograph and what turns one into art. For me it goes back the traditional darkroom with a qualifier. If I could do it in the traditional darkroom, then I can do it in the digital darkroom and have it remain a photograph. Of course, if it involves the creation of a collage or in changing the photograph so much that it no longer represents the original image, then it becomes art. And that is ok too. My nephew’s photographic direction is toward the art world and therefore he takes his photographs and turns them into art. Yesterday I wondered about the bad images, and in today’s digital world I crave to find that one great image in the shoot. Oh well, I can live with that. Well – the photo is in the eyes of the critic. There are multiple thoughts on what makes a photograph and what turns one into art.

For me it goes back the traditional darkroom with a qualifier. If I could do it in the traditional darkroom, then I can do it in the digital darkroom and have it remain a photograph. Of course, if it involves the creation of a collage or in changing the photograph so much that it no longer represents the original image, then it becomes art.

And that is ok too. My nephew’s photographic direction is toward the art world and therefore he takes his photographs and turns them into art. Yesterday I wondered about the bad images, and in today’s digital world I crave to find that one great image in the shoot.

Oh well, I can live with that.

]]> By: crazyoctopus http://www.diyphotobits.com/2010/03/05/my-old-work-isnt-that-bad-but-what-about-my-new-work/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 crazyoctopus Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:55:41 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=2510#comment-5588 I say don't change either; the hyper-realists/tweakers/photoshopers are just graphic designers claiming to be photographers. And as far as what to show others and what to edit out, well I say do what makes your eyes gasp with happiness. If it makes other eyes happy, fantast! Dwell less on the lack of peoples response, and more on the slap of that mirror stealing moments of life. I say don’t change either; the hyper-realists/tweakers/photoshopers are just graphic designers claiming to be photographers.

And as far as what to show others and what to edit out, well I say do what makes your eyes gasp with happiness. If it makes other eyes happy, fantast! Dwell less on the lack of peoples response, and more on the slap of that mirror stealing moments of life.

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