Tom, I agree with you ... I don't care for a lot of the contemporary terminology wrt Photography. Now, can we see a well thought out and nicely rendered shot of the sceptic tank?
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom C > What is it with this 'grab", "capture" terminilogy that's floating around > nowadays? > > I'm happy you enjoyed the shot and this next comment isn't directed at you > by any means. > > Personally I find the terminology a little distateful because it seems to > imply that the photographer was somehow just a lucky fellow that happened to > "grab" or "capture" the photo without any real effort, or exercise of > expertise, disconnected and somewhow less responsible for the resulting > image than the equipment itself. I don't know if this is somehow related to > the digital revolution or not. > > In reality I went and got the camera, chose the ISO, lens, f-stop, shutter > speed, and composed. This one BTW, is totally uncropped. :-) > > So it is more than a "grab" or a "capture". There, now that I got that off > my chest.... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
