Haven't they heard of trick photography or photo/video editing programs? Both are used all the time!
2006-06-20 16:54:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
That saying was ignorant even when it first appeared. Good photographers knew then that the time of day, the quality of the light, the direction of the light, speed of (and thus the graininess) the film all made a difference as the shutter fell.
After that, post production in the hands of a good composite artist or even just a darkroom genius like Steiglitz could change your perception of the shot.
Now Photoshop rules the day. And yes, though I shoot in RAW and preserve the RAW originals, there are things in prints you cannot tell what I did or how I did them.
I work toward becoming an artist using photography as my medium.
Check out my retouching tips and a small Photoshop demo I have online at my site. Oh, and please check out the shots I have in my show at Linnaea's Cafe, Faery Fae.
2006-06-20 18:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
You have to remember that for US photography and film can mean something totally different than it does to many other people. Some of this "never having used film" statement from that age group is much more likely just not really thinking of film as we do. As examples, I have actually met people who do not consider a disposable camera a film camera. Then there was the old 110 cartridge cameras where a person never saw anything with even the slightest resemblence to film. Remember the Kodak DISC cameras? That was hardly a "fit" in most amateur's minds as to what a film camera was / is. So I think much of this just comes down to people actually HAVE used film cameras, but in their mind they see a strip of film with holes in the sides rolling on spools, and they may indeed have never used a 35mm SL:R or even a 35mm point and shoot, and most certainly never a 120 roll film camera and all it's variants. My Mother was also one of those who had the drug store remove and replace the film in her 35mm point and shoot. camera. Until the day she died, I'm sure she could not pick out what a 35mm canister of film looked like. Then comes digital. All of a sudden, people who have never had a camera or even the slightest interest in photography all of a sudden think they can buy megapixels and be a "perfusssanul" photographer. The digital camera attracted a completely different pool of people. It then became an electronic device and toy that could be used with no talent or regard for cost of processing film. Just get a digital camera and "a photoshop" and you can have them thar perfusssanul picchures holding the camera up to a mirror with the flash blasting off. Oh well, I rambling and getting off topic. steve
2016-03-15 13:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As with any technological or cultural shift, some people catch on, and some don't.
Additionally, the actual editing skill of many is ..... limited at best.
Finally, in some digital formats, original data can remain.
2006-06-20 17:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by hhabilis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Camera doesn't lie. It's only people and photo altering software that lies.
2006-06-20 16:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by KL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as you said that was an old saying now technology makes anything possibale
2006-06-20 16:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by MrSmarT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ever hear a picture is worth a thousand words. well what is developed in a picture is based on fact.
2006-06-20 17:00:00 · answer #6 · answered by the_silverfoxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause some people are too stubborn to realize that times are changing.
2006-06-20 16:56:11 · answer #7 · answered by Your_Star 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋