I think you've captured in a succinct way a lot of my thinking on
this subject. Thanks!
Godfrey
On Jul 26, 2005, at 8:44 AM, Tom C wrote:
It hasn't made me a better photographer... I think it gives the
average person the ability to produce better results... potentially.
The tilted horizon for example. If I'd have found that I had a
tilted horizon when shooting slides, the slide would have gone in
the dustbin. I had this occur several times while shooting from
the deck of a heaving boat, yet I was shooting digitally. I saw
that the image was still a good one, figured that a heaving deck
could produce a tilted horizon for just about anyone, especially
for one who doesn't shoot from boats every day. So cropping and
adjusting post capture was fairly simple.
All in all, it's made me less purist regarding whether the captured
image is "THE" image or the image I want to display is "THE"
image. Shooting RAW has added to this way of thinking. I realize
that I could have done the same thing, scanning a slide and making
similar adjustments, yet it's the transition to digital, the
intangibility of the digital image, that has made me focus more on
*WHAT* I produce vs. *HOW* it's produced.
This is a serious shift in mindset compared to the way I thought
several years ago.
Tom C.
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Have digital cameras made us better photographers?
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:43:31 -0700
On Jul 26, 2005, at 7:30 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Better in what way? Are your photos more compelling, more thought
provoking, are the images stronger, the composition tighter? Or
are you a
technically better photographer, with better exposures, fewer tilted
horizons, better focus, and the like?
I would say, "probably a little of all of the above."
Godfrey
Übung macht den Meister.
