Funny thing weddings: I once heard a story that the bride wanted the mashed
potatoes served at her reception dinner to be blue--to match the color of
her bridesmaid dresses. I just don't understand what it is about weddings
that brings out--in some instances, of course, not all--the worst sense of
taste--a kind of low brow aesthetic. Imagine what the chef felt when told
he or she had to dye the mashed potatoes blue. I'm sure a groan and a few
choice adjectives were uttered.
I've seen a few wedding photo albums in my time: The overwhelming majority
are lovely, elegant and simple; but I have seen some that are gaudy and
reveal low brow taste, but bad taste has always been around--there's nothing
new about that--and weddings have often been a favorite place for bad taste
to reveal its ugly head. Perhaps all this extremely overdone photoshoppery
in wedding photography is just a trend that will pass rather than an
intractable direction of no return.
I'm an optimist. Folks still appreciate and want good art, photography,
music, literature, sculpture, film, theater et al. Sure they get distracted
from time to time and dabble in the trendy--heck, I've done it myself-- but
in the end folks still recognize the good stuff and appreciate it--so let's
continue to give it to them.
Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Dayton" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: Directions of photography?
I ran across this exchange recently and it caused me to do some
thinking:
http://photo.net/wedding-photography-forum/00SlvT
I have many of the same feelings as this guy presented. When I look
at much of the current work being shown, especially on photo.net
galleries, I see heavy handed manipulation being the norm and also
being judged very positively.
Anyway, some interesting fodder for discussion for those who care to
take a read. The thread discussion improves further down than near
the top -but you do have to read the initial post.
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Best regards,
Bruce
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