With the greatest of respect, Frank, there are only two sorts of photographers - those who categorise photographers, and those that don't. Simon
-----Original Message----- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2004 11:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs? With the greatest of respect, John, (That's code for "I disagree very strongly with your statement" <vbg> - as if you didn't already know) Your camera user categories are so generalized, and overlap so much, that they are absolutely meaningless. An "art" photographer doesn't or can't want a technically perfect photograph, or desire to get "the best possible capture of a particular scene or moment"? Is a snapshooter unable to want either art or technical perfection? It seems to me that you belittle both "artists" and "snapshooters". I consider myself both. Maybe more of a snapshooter. Yet I try to get the best possible capture of what I'm shooting. It's just that sometimes my vision of how to capture that moment may not be ultimate sharpness or conventional framing. Or it may be some sharp parts, and some not so sharp. Or it may look like a 3 year old took it. How many people do you think own cameras around the world? 500 million? A billion? That's how many types of photographers there are. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer >From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <snip> >THere are three sorts of people who use camera. One group who >regard the image as art, one group who see a challenge in getting >the best possible capture of a particular scene or moment. Both >of these groups are represented here. But in the real world the >largest group by far are those for whom neither the technical >skills nor the artistic vision are important - what they want is >a memento. (Some folks here refer to these as 'snapshooters'). > >Lamenting that a snapshooter has never learned the photographic >skills is like lamenting that your pig has never learned to sing. > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoi n.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
