Technical quality of images may have increased, however, the quality of the photographs - to be original, creative, compelling, to tell a story, to move and motivate people, has, IMO, diminished.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/27/2005 6:04:20 PM > Subject: Re: Skills - was Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side > > On 27 Oct 2005 at 17:50, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > I disagree. I think the quality bar has been lowered and that, while there are > > many good images out there, they are good relative to most of the crap we see, > > and there are fewer very good photographs. > > I tend to agree with Herb, even the overall quality of the images posted to the > PDML has risen significantly since the widespread adoption of DSLRs. Content is > often of comparable quality though obviously individuals attraction to certain > subject matter varies. There are a lot of images that I've seen posted here in > the last few years that I'd happily hang on my wall. Of the other non-photo > centric lists that I subscribe to I've also seen a marked improvement in the > general quality of images presented too. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
