Buck777
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not that I care too much either way but what's the beef with instagramAgreed there. The ballboys, Johns etc made sure he didn't have to wait.
Btw Johns must have an Asian fetish, he loves Johnson. God I hate instagram.
not that I care too much either way but what's the beef with instagramAgreed there. The ballboys, Johns etc made sure he didn't have to wait.
Btw Johns must have an Asian fetish, he loves Johnson. God I hate instagram.
not that I care too much either way but what's the beef with instagram
not that I care too much either way but what's the beef with instagram
It looks shit, lol. For a free (?) app, I guess it's not bad, but my facebook is full of people taking a photo of a random household object, put a half-ass filter over it and voila - they're professional photographers. It gets tiresome.
I don't disagree, except I have seen some stunning photos via instagram.I personally love that faded Polaroid look; but the Instagram filters are simply terrible. Not having a go at the app itself, for its purpose it's great - taking a photo, putting a quick filter over it to make it a bit more interesting and show your friend. But using Instagram for professional photographs? Madness.
I don't disagree, except I have seen some stunning photos via instagram.
I do enough photography but am in the.'amateur with a semi expensive camera category'. My late grandfather was into it big time with his 35mm. Spent years getting the right angle, exposure,light....now it's just photoshopped to heck. I don't think photography means much anymore. It's just data collection that someone can play with. So instagram is just growing out of that. All photoshop is (IMO) is a very expensive filter.
I don't disagree, except I have seen some stunning photos via instagram.
I do enough photography but am in the.'amateur with a semi expensive camera category'. My late grandfather was into it big time with his 35mm. Spent years getting the right angle, exposure,light....now it's just photoshopped to heck. I don't think photography means much anymore. It's just data collection that someone can play with. So instagram is just growing out of that. All photoshop is (IMO) is a very expensive filter.
I do agree that talent and and eye for the right light and angle is a skill that seperates the great from the mediocre. But, what is photography and what is digital manipulation? When a photographer sees an opportunity takes a shot, in yesteryear he/she would only know if they truly captured the moment or image in the developing room. Now it's instantly dejected or sent to a programme to change the shot until you get something special. In a lot if cases the manipulated shot was nothing what the photographer intended but 'owns' the new image.
We had a ad made on our farm. A professional photographer with $30K worth of camera gear took 5000 shots of a deer in a shed which was live fed to photoshop programmers in sydney and Melbourne until after 3 hours he got the call that they had the shot they wanted. Photography? I'm not convinced.
^^, there's an attachment now that you can fit your SLR lens ( def for Nikon not sure about Canon) to your iPhone. $200, bit too much to get if its no good, intriguing though.
Very true on the processor, though I saw a challenge a year ago where they gave iPhones to a group of professional photographers. The result was pretty amazing. On the camera front, my friend has the new D800 - 36 megapixels lol. Wish I could afford the 5k on a camera.Please note you can put the biggest baddest lens in the world on your camera, but its the CCD that makes the difference, and unless things have changed, the bigger the CCD the better they process the light brought in by the lens. And im not talking size in pixels, im talking Physical size, which is why you Nikon and Cannon SLRs are still much bigger and chunkier than an iphone
Just a last thought - actually a semi quote from a friend David Moore a fine artist selling well in Melbourne at the moment. "For the first time, right now everything is in, nothing is new or different, its all been done before somewhere by someone. So right now art is being judged on its merits alone, its a wonderful time." I take that to mean some instagram is crap but if u see something you like value it.
27 Sep
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