Hey... I have succinct moments! :)
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 11:39:18 -0700
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.
