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Ollie
Gold Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/18/2010 : 17:18:01
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In My Opinion...
I think Photography is a brilliant art, a picture can paint a thousand words!
I love it when amateur photographers take brilliant pics, but I do get slightly annoyed at the way that anyone who has an SLR, suddenly thinks that all their pictures are artistic genius. I got a camera recently (not a cheap SLR but a top end compact camera) and it get's brilliant pictures. I'm going to take it to gigs soon, and see what band pictures I can take!
Photography is a brilliant skill. I'm in secondary school, and you can take it as a GCSE now. I didn't but am starting to get into teaching myself, experimenting with different modes and angles ect.
If you can't appreciate the art of photography, well, there's something quite sad about that.
(I don't want to start a debate, just my thoughts)
- Ollie
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Radioheading
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/18/2010 : 17:22:08
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Originally posted by Ollie
In My Opinion...
I think Photography is a brilliant art, a picture can paint a thousand words!
I love it when amateur photographers take brilliant pics, but I do get slightly annoyed at the way that anyone who has an SLR, suddenly thinks that all their pictures are artistic genius. I got a camera recently (not a cheap SLR but a top end compact camera) and it get's brilliant pictures. I'm going to take it to gigs soon, and see what band pictures I can take!
Photography is a brilliant skill. I'm in secondary school, and you can take it as a GCSE now. I didn't but am starting to get into teaching myself, experimenting with different modes and angles ect.
If you can't appreciate the art of photography, well, there's something quite sad about that.
(I don't want to start a debate, just my thoughts)
- Ollie
Music is an art, Something created from scratch/imagination.
Painting is an art, Something created from scratch/imagination.
Photography isnt an art, Its taking a picture of something done by someone else.
Photogrophers are the cover band of the art world  |
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
564 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2010 : 01:38:42
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Originally posted by Radioheading
Photogrophers are the cover band of the art world
Loved that sentence. For real!  |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2010 : 11:37:13
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Originally posted by Radioheading
Photogrophers are the cover band of the art world
Not always... Sometimes photographers manage to capture a created scene that would otherwise not be seen... Look up "painting with light" in google. Some very cool stuff 
I do a lot of night photography, long exposure and slow shutter photography myself... I think there's as much art to it as painting |
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fabs
Silver Member
France
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Posted - 03/19/2010 : 11:38:40
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Originally posted by fabs
Hi AdrianCrash,
What's the name of this program and where did you find it ?
Hello Fabs! the program it's called "poladroid" you can download here for free! http://www.poladroid.net/ dont forget make a donation to these guys i think that they have done a good work! 
Hey DasBeef that are nice words! i totally agree with you!
Dirk! try to fix the photo i can't see it, even i turned off the anti-virus, and did not work i really want to see the picture!
If someone here uses Flickr leave your link! Here's mine if you want to see some of my photos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/adriancrash/  (i'm not that good i'm just learning)
thanks for the program, works great
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
564 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2010 : 11:42:27
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Originally posted by natthu
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Originally posted by Radioheading
Photogrophers are the cover band of the art world
Not always... Sometimes photographers manage to capture a created scene that would otherwise not be seen... Look up "painting with light" in google. Some very cool stuff
I do a lot of night photography, long exposure and slow shutter photography myself... I think there's as much art to it as painting
I love long exposure, makes you capture funny things at night or discard whatever moves fast by day.
Try looking for Dean Chamberlain, he's been making that kind of photography (painting with light) since the early eighties. |
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The_Doc
Gold Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/19/2010 : 19:26:07
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Adding to the debate - take a picture of a waterfall with a long-exposure - you'll never see that in real-life. 
My best mate is a semi-pro photographer and the skill & interpretation he puts into editing his raw images (which in themselves are carefully put together - framing, points of reference, light balance, etc) looks like an artist at work to me. I wish I could do it. |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
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Posted - 03/20/2010 : 07:44:08
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Dudes (and dudesses) -- If you aren't making your own plates out of glass and bathtub Silver emulsion, you're just not an artist.
Seriously, Photography of any sort is definitely an art. I have a pretty nice stash of Hasselblads and various 35mm cameras but I like my digis for the spontanaeity and convenience -- and cheapness. I can take a hundred photos and not have to pay for a lot of processing.
Years ago I'd take 35 mm cameras to concerts and use 800 ASA film or 400 and push or pull it depending on the light. Actually I'd usually get better results than I do now with the digis.
So I had some level of skill twenty or so years ago with film emulsions.... Now I'm like the child finger-painting trying to learn how to make the digis behave in low-light situations. Probably I have to talk with people that are good at using this techno or read a few books.
The film emulsion stuff seemed to come naturally to me, but I actually did some work in darkrooms and took a Film and communications major at University (fast track to Pizza delivery career).
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
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Posted - 03/20/2010 : 10:31:28
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| True indeed. Digis are usually unpredictable in low light situations. I remember I used 1600 ASA B&W 35 mm back in the day and the result was stunning, the only downside being the grain. Maybe some Canon today can perform nicely in those situations, but you have to know the setting you need (sports, i.e.) |
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 10:56:40
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I like to take some pics as well
and then I saw this:
and I thought - yup long time exposure photography might just be fun
so get your pedals out, turn the lights out and have fun (oh and post the results) |
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2010 : 11:03:16
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Originally posted by Disco Stu
Dudes (and dudesses) -- If you aren't making your own plates out of glass and bathtub Silver emulsion, you're just not an artist.
Seriously, Photography of any sort is definitely an art. I have a pretty nice stash of Hasselblads and various 35mm cameras but I like my digis for the spontanaeity and convenience -- and cheapness. I can take a hundred photos and not have to pay for a lot of processing.
Years ago I'd take 35 mm cameras to concerts and use 800 ASA film or 400 and push or pull it depending on the light. Actually I'd usually get better results than I do now with the digis.
So I had some level of skill twenty or so years ago with film emulsions.... Now I'm like the child finger-painting trying to learn how to make the digis behave in low-light situations. Probably I have to talk with people that are good at using this techno or read a few books.
The film emulsion stuff seemed to come naturally to me, but I actually did some work in darkrooms and took a Film and communications major at University (fast track to Pizza delivery career).
yeah.... digi's at least the ones I used so far can't compete with "film" cameras.
Back when I was using my Canon A1 and developed my own films the pictures were simply better. I'm using a Canon 350D now and love it cuz it's cheap as hell to take pictures (doesn't cost anything) but it really has to be a nice day outside to get a decent picture....
that being said the lens on my A1 is WAY better (aperture of 1.4) than what I have on the 350 now (aperture of 4.8 or more - which is actually less but you know what I mean)....
and digital grain has NOTHING in common with the old film grain which can be quite sexy.... digital grain is ALWAYS ugly.... that's why I can't use the 350 with nothing more than the 100 ISO setting |
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AdrianCrash
Copper Member
Venezuela
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Posted - 03/20/2010 : 20:00:28
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Hahah i never tought that this topic will get too many replies, it's really interesting the opinions of all here. I'm loving the photos uploaded by MullyFX i was trying long time exposure photography too but not with my gear (i'll do that later) this is what i've got one day arround my city.
We got a lot of problems with the electricity in my country so sometimes the streets are really dark.
Like a lot of you said the digis are usually unpredictable in low light situations, yes THEY ARE, and high ISO usually is HORRIBLE so maybe it's time to repair my Fujica STX 1n. my first camera ever, it was given to me when i was a kid i just had 6 at those times... and try to take good photos with it. |
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Do you like photography?
