Wheaters wrote: > I am sure you will get basted and cooked over a slow fire for > that post,
Mmm. Tastes like chicken. > > I have found that there are two "camps" out there at the moment. > One camp say that all that matters is the picture, how you > get there doesn't > matter, and digital processing gives more creative control. [...] > > The other camp says that the process does matter, and living > within the > constraints of the process is an important part of the process. > Aaron got there before me and identified a 3rd camp: > I like taking the pictures and I like having the finished images. The middle part is tedious, where it used to be half the fun. Although I never thought the middle part was any fun at all, whether it's chemical or digital. For me, photography is about taking the pictures, and the end result. In fact, it's probably more about taking pictures and being part of whatever the event is, than it is about the end result. I can't stand all the fiddling and faffing about in between, which has always struck me as a waste of time. I do note, however, that when I read a phrase like 'all that matters is the picture' it is almost invariably followed by a non sequitur such as 'therefore you should use digital'. "Photography is the refuge of every would-be painter, every painter too ill-endowed or too lazy to complete his studies" - Charles Baudelaire Some 3rd-campers: "It's just seeing - at least the photography I care about. You either see or you don't see. The rest is academic. Anyone can learn how to develop" - Elliott Erwitt "Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important" - Henri Cartier-Bresson "Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks" - Henri Cartier-Bresson
