Tag Archives: digital photography

It’s all about the picture

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published April 27, 2006

I was just catching up on my blog reading and I came across The Digital Photography Weblog discussing the two camps of digital photographers.

On the one hand, we have by far the vast majority of digital photographers, people who see Photoshop as not only a digital tool, but an integral part of their daily workflow. These are the RAW advocates. They see JPEG as a hindrance to productivity and quality because you can’t make lossless adjustments.

On the other hand, we have people like Ken Rockwell, and a growing number of professional photographers. The argument is that instant review, the ability to take an almost unlimited number of shots of a subject, and the ability to digitally remaster images are making photographers lazy. JPEG tends to be the favored format here because, as the argument goes, you can’t tell the difference in a final printed product between an untouched JPEG and a converted RAW image, and if you get the shot right the first time, you don’t need CameraRAW to cover your mistakes later.

I know we have members and readers here in both camps. While I was for a while in the non-photoshop opinion group I have started to form my own idea of what is important and it isn’t covered by either side of the above debate.

It’s all about the picture!

It doesn’t matter how you create the picture, what does the picture look like? If the finished photograph doesn’t look good, doesn’t move you or interest you in any way it doesn’t matter how “pure” your technique was by anyone’s standard.

Technorati Tags: , , ,

Posted in News and Commentary, Online Photography Community, Photo Editing and Digital Workflow | Also tagged , 2 Comments

Digital will make up 90% of Pro Pictures

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published January 18, 2006

Mark was right, it did take me less than a week to talk on that topic again but I found the following bit of news quite interesting…

Rob Galbraith DPI: Ninety percent of pro pictures to be shot digitally by 2010, says study

Research and consulting firm InfoTrends has released a study which indicates that by 2010, 90% of all pictures shot professionally in North America will be captured with a digital camera, up from an estimated 70% today. The study also notes that there are over 131,000 professional photographers in North America, and that they spend nearly US$800 million a year on “cameras, lenses, printers, ink and media, software, and other accessories

Posted in Random Thoughts | Also tagged , , 3 Comments

Wired Talks Crap about Digital Photography

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published January 18, 2006

I used to like Wired but how this rubbish managed to get into publication is beyond me. The man needs his head examined.

Wired News: Weak Moment, Guilty Pleasure

With their proliferation, the world is awash in digital snapshots, and the art of photography dies a little more each day. These cameras are technological marvels, to be sure. But because they do virtually everything for you and require no effort beyond pointing and shooting, pointing and shooting is all that most people do.


He did get something right though

“One thing, and one thing only, determines the photographic art, and that’s the photographer behind the lens. Nothing else matters. Count on it: The digital age will produce no Alfred Stieglitz, no Margaret Bourke-White, no Ansel Adams unless the shooter possesses an artist’s soul and has mastered the craft.

Ok agree with you there mate. But then he talks a load of crap again ..

By all means, use your digital camera to take those family snaps. E-mail your images and amaze your easily amazed friends. Just don’t call it “photography.” Because it isn’t.”

Via: Involutionary Madness

I don’t know about his qualifications for other aspects of his job but I reckon this man is either delusional or deliberately trying to stir up trouble. I call the latter.

Posted in News and Commentary, Online Photography Community, Random Thoughts | Also tagged , Leave a comment

Kodak and the future digital photography

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published January 9, 2006

I have just been reading Kodak’s Digital Future over at Harold Davis’ blog, about an interview with Antonio M. Perez, Eastman Kodak’s chief executive. Interesting reading.

First Mr. Perez makes some sense:

This industry thinks of digital capture devices as ‘filmless cameras,’
in the same way that the auto industry thought of the first motor cars
as ‘horseless carriages,’ ” he said. “So far, all we’ve done is replace
silver with silicon.

Then he goes off one one a bit

Why shouldn’t a camera “infer” that you want to send your mom and your
sister the picture you just took of your baby – and do it for you?

I don’t want my camera sending pictures without my requesting them, who knows what mishaps might happen if the AI gets it comically wrong!

More at http://www.digitalfieldguide.com/blog/341

Posted in Random Thoughts | Also tagged , Leave a comment