the fact that you have captured a specific image is imposing a truth
already. if i were there at the same time, i might choose to aim my camera
in a different direction, use a different exposure, use a different focal
length, and so on. there is no truth in photography, just as there no truth
in art, just a point of view.
Herb.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: How to make Good Pictures (Let's Free the Captured Images)
"Sometimes you can move the camera to get rid of the fence. Sometimes you
have to move the cursor. Doesn't matter. Why is the mere recording of what
happens to be in front of one sacred?"
It's sacred unless you're up front about what you did. Otherwise the image
is a fake and the person who is presenting it is a fraud.
"What should be sacred is keeping one's eye on the final objective: a
great photograph."
What should be sacred is truth. Show your doctored images by all means but
warn the viewer that they aren't real.
