Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-18 Thread Steven Desjardins
Some folks yearn for the simpler days when much of the process was out
of your hands and you didn't feel compelled to post process.  This was
especially true for enthusiasts who shot color.  The true snapshooters
(like my wife) are still perfectly happy, like being able to see the
shot right after you take it, and then goes to CVS and makes prints
like Ye Olde Days.  I really do believe that many who reject PP simply
do not want to be bothered and make up pseudo-artistic reasons to
support heir lack of interest.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

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 Subject: Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image


 On 2011-02-17 23:59, Ken Waller wrote:

 I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot. JMHO, of
 course.

 The unmanipulated image is exposed, un processed film or just a bunch of
 X's  O's.

 For fear of being serious in a joke thread, the only unmanipluated images
 are the ones you haven't seen yet.

 So if a tree falls in the woods.


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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele

I like it too... I notice the author is on smugmug , as am I :-)

This line particularly struck me as apt (after the author , who shoots 
in RAW, explains what he did in lightroom)


 I didn't add anything to the photograph that wasn't already there. I 
simply brought out what the camera captured.


I think  unmanipulated photo means to most photographer's and photo 
editors,  that you havent put Jacks head on Jills body,
moved the Empire State building to Paris, or turned Angelina Jolie into 
an anorexic twig - to use some extreme examples.  

So there is a bit of a semantic game going on.   And I like what you 
wrote, too, Igor  - which is why I let the whole

of your mail sit in this one :-)

ann


Igor Roshchin wrote:


On Feb 16, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

 


Good article:
http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html

   



I like that article.

For those people who like to see what an image looks like straight out
[of] the camera, just think for a moment how you are going to see it. 


On a monitor? But that depends on the monitor and its calibration. And
even if you used a calibration tool, if you used it on a different
monitor (especially a different model), the result won't be exactly the
same.

Out of a printer? But it will come differently from different printers.
Did you say ICC profiles? But that is not much different from a display
calibration (see above).

Remember that even eye of different people will see the same picture
differently. More over, your own eye will see the same picture
differently, depending on your condition. Because your eye's ICC that
is loaded in your brain can be fooled very easily by many-many factors
(light around, your health, mood, etc.).

No matter what media you use (film, digital, human eye, ...) - you
always have a transfer function that has at least one calibration
(e.g. your eye), - and that calibration can depend on many conditions.

Igor


 





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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms

From: Bruce Walker

On 11-02-16 3:52 PM, Christian wrote:

 On 2/16/2011 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

 Good article:
 http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html

He expresses that rather well.




 Most of the comments are ridiculous and miss the point of the article.
 No surprise there...


The SooC believer crowd is very devout. La la la I can't hear you!!


The camera is just one tool in the photographer's toolbox.


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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms

From: Igor Roshchin

On Feb 16, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

 Good article:
 http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html


I like that article.

For those people who like to see what an image looks like straight out
[of] the camera, just think for a moment how you are going to see it.



If you really want to see what an image looks like straight out [of] 
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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Steven Desjardins
I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot.  JMHO, of course.

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
 From: Igor Roshchin

 On Feb 16, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

  Good article:
  http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html
 

 I like that article.

 For those people who like to see what an image looks like straight out
 [of] the camera, just think for a moment how you are going to see it.


 If you really want to see what an image looks like straight out [of] the
 camera, you have to display it with the little TV screen on the back.


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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Larry Colen

On Feb 17, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:

 I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot.  JMHO, of course.
 

There's no such thing as an unmanimpulated photo, but there sure as hell are 
overmanipulated photos.

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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:

 The camera is just one tool in the photographer's toolbox.

I think that deserves a MARK!, even though I kind of disagree with you.

Surely the camera is more than just one tool in our toolbox.  It's
~the~ tool, isn't it?  Without it there's no photograph.  No matter
what other hardware, software or storage devices you put your images
in or through, the camera is the necessary starting point of the
photographic process (no, the photographer is not the starting point,
because s/he only becomes a photographer when s/he has a camera with
him/her).  A photographic idea without a camera is still not a
photograph, is it?

Still, that was a great quote, John.  Very pithy.  I like pith.

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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Steven Desjardins
Still, that was a great quote, John.  Very pithy.  I like pith.

I dunno.  I'm kind of pithed off.

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:11 PM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:

 The camera is just one tool in the photographer's toolbox.

 I think that deserves a MARK!, even though I kind of disagree with you.

 Surely the camera is more than just one tool in our toolbox.  It's
 ~the~ tool, isn't it?  Without it there's no photograph.  No matter
 what other hardware, software or storage devices you put your images
 in or through, the camera is the necessary starting point of the
 photographic process (no, the photographer is not the starting point,
 because s/he only becomes a photographer when s/he has a camera with
 him/her).  A photographic idea without a camera is still not a
 photograph, is it?

 Still, that was a great quote, John.  Very pithy.  I like pith.

 cheers,
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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Darren Addy
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:11 PM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:

 The camera is just one tool in the photographer's toolbox.

 I think that deserves a MARK!, even though I kind of disagree with you.

 Surely the camera is more than just one tool in our toolbox.  It's
 ~the~ tool, isn't it?  Without it there's no photograph.  No matter
 what other hardware, software or storage devices you put your images
 in or through, the camera is the necessary starting point of the
 photographic process (no, the photographer is not the starting point,
 because s/he only becomes a photographer when s/he has a camera with
 him/her).  A photographic idea without a camera is still not a
 photograph, is it?

I first liked the one tool quote. Then thought Frank had a point.
Then realized that that both are correct.
It depends upon what your definition of photographer and a photograph
is. Vivian Maier was a photographer. She used a camera to make
photographs. But she also left a box of film, that never became
prints.

If a photograph is made when the image is captured (latently) on a
medium (in digital form or on film, for example) then you are a
photographer the moment you press the shutter button, even if you
never produce a single photograph (finished image) for anyone to see,
in any form. But I think what John is aluding to is a photographer
that completes the process... delivers the goods, so to speak. Puts
film in the camera. Develops the film. Makes the print. Post-processed
the RAW file. Uploads the jpeg.  In that case, the camera was
certainly a prerequisite tool (even if it is a lens-less pinhole
camera). But it was only one tool needed in that chain from opening
the shutter to presenting an image that one can appreciate. Without
ANY ONE of those tools, a photographic idea is still not a photograph,
is it?

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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Bruce Walker

On 11-02-17 4:11 PM, frank theriault wrote:

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com  wrote:


The camera is just one tool in the photographer's toolbox.

I think that deserves a MARK!, even though I kind of disagree with you.


I agree with John. There's no real photography, as a pursuit, without 
other tools.




Surely the camera is more than just one tool in our toolbox.  It's
~the~ tool, isn't it?  Without it there's no photograph.  No matter
what other hardware, software or storage devices you put your images
in or through, the camera is the necessary starting point of the
photographic process (no, the photographer is not the starting point,
because s/he only becomes a photographer when s/he has a camera with
him/her).  A photographic idea without a camera is still not a
photograph, is it?

Still, that was a great quote, John.  Very pithy.  I like pith.

cheers,
frank


There's only one very narrowly defined case where the camera is THE 
tool. If you glue a flash memory card into a camera with one lens 
permanently attached, then take shots in available light which you only 
ever view on the 3 LCD on the back -- then yes, that's your only tool.


In all other cases your camera forms one part -- albeit an extremely 
important part -- of your photographic tool chain. You'll most likely 
also have a computer, software, a viewing screen, a printer or print 
service, an online service where you share your shots (the PUG counts), 
additional lenses, lights, reflectors, and so on ...


Photographically, Vivian Maier would not have existed if her work had 
been destroyed after her death.  If a shutter clicks in the forest, does 
it make a picture?


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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Paul Stenquist

On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

 
 On Feb 17, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
 
 I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot.  JMHO, of course.
 
 
 There's no such thing as an unmanimpulated photo, but there sure as hell are 
 overmanipulated photos.

In truth, there's no such thing as an overmanipulated photo if the result is 
artful. There are many badly manipulated photos. And, of course, art is in the 
eye of the beholder. It's all subjective. There's no universally applicable 
standard. Nor should there be.
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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:


 I first liked the one tool quote. Then thought Frank had a point.
 Then realized that that both are correct.
snip

I'm feeling like I'm in an old Wrigley's gum commercial...

;-)

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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Ken Waller


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Subject: Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image


I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot.  JMHO, of 
course.


The unmanipulated image is exposed, un processed film or just a bunch of X's 
 O's.




On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com 
wrote:

From: Igor Roshchin


On Feb 16, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:


 Good article:
 http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html



I like that article.

For those people who like to see what an image looks like straight out
[of] the camera, just think for a moment how you are going to see it.



If you really want to see what an image looks like straight out [of] the
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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms

From: Steven Desjardins

Still, that was a great quote, John. ?Very pithy. ?I like pith.

I dunno. I'm kind of pithed off.


Better than being pithed on.

 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:11 PM, frank theriault 

knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:


The camera is just one tool in the photographer's toolbox.


I think that deserves a MARK!, even though I kind of disagree
with you.

Surely the camera is more than just one tool in our toolbox.
?It's ~the~ tool, isn't it? ?Without it there's no photograph.
?No matter what other hardware, software or storage devices you
put your images in or through, the camera is the necessary
starting point of the photographic process (no, the photographer
is not the starting point, because s/he only becomes a
photographer when s/he has a camera with him/her). ?A
photographic idea without a camera is still not a photograph, is
it?

Still, that was a great quote, John. ?Very pithy. ?I like pith.


 cheers,

frank



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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:11 PM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:


 The camera is just one tool in the photographer's toolbox.


 I think that deserves a MARK!, even though I kind of disagree with you.

 Surely the camera is more than just one tool in our toolbox.  It's
 ~the~ tool, isn't it?  Without it there's no photograph.  No matter
 what other hardware, software or storage devices you put your images
 in or through, the camera is the necessary starting point of the
 photographic process (no, the photographer is not the starting point,
 because s/he only becomes a photographer when s/he has a camera with
 him/her).  A photographic idea without a camera is still not a
 photograph, is it?

I first liked the one tool quote. Then thought Frank had a point.
Then realized that that both are correct.
It depends upon what your definition of photographer and a photograph
is. Vivian Maier was a photographer. She used a camera to make
photographs. But she also left a box of film, that never became
prints.

If a photograph is made when the image is captured (latently) on a
medium (in digital form or on film, for example) then you are a
photographer the moment you press the shutter button, even if you
never produce a single photograph (finished image) for anyone to see,
in any form. But I think what John is aluding to is a photographer
that completes the process... delivers the goods, so to speak. Puts
film in the camera. Develops the film. Makes the print. Post-processed
the RAW file. Uploads the jpeg.  In that case, the camera was
certainly a prerequisite tool (even if it is a lens-less pinhole
camera). But it was only one tool needed in that chain from opening
the shutter to presenting an image that one can appreciate. Without
ANY ONE of those tools, a photographic idea is still not a photograph,
is it?


Quite right. Perhaps I might rephrase it to more fully convey what I meant.

The camera is not the only tool in the photographer's toolbox.

There is no *ONE* right way for everyone. Each of us has our own right 
way.



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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread John Sessoms

From: Bruce Walker

There's only one very narrowly defined case where the camera is THE
tool. If you glue a flash memory card into a camera with one lens
permanently attached, then take shots in available light which you only
ever view on the 3 LCD on the back -- then yes, that's your only tool.

In all other cases your camera forms one part -- albeit an extremely
important part -- of your photographic tool chain. You'll most likely
also have a computer, software, a viewing screen, a printer or print
service, an online service where you share your shots (the PUG counts),
additional lenses, lights, reflectors, and so on ...

Photographically, Vivian Maier would not have existed if her work had
been destroyed after her death.  If a shutter clicks in the forest, does
it make a picture?


Depends on whether you remembered to take the lens cap off.  8-D


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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Doug Franklin

On 2011-02-17 23:59, Ken Waller wrote:


I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot. JMHO, of
course.


The unmanipulated image is exposed, un processed film or just a bunch of
X's  O's.


For fear of being serious in a joke thread, the only unmanipluated 
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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-17 Thread Ken Waller


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Subject: Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image



On 2011-02-17 23:59, Ken Waller wrote:


I think the real meaning of unmanipulated is snapshot. JMHO, of
course.


The unmanipulated image is exposed, un processed film or just a bunch of
X's  O's.


For fear of being serious in a joke thread, the only unmanipluated 
images are the ones you haven't seen yet.


So if a tree falls in the woods.



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OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-16 Thread Darren Addy
Good article: http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html

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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-16 Thread Christian

On 2/16/2011 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

Good article: http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html



Most of the comments are ridiculous and miss the point of the article. 
No surprise there...


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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-16 Thread Bruce Walker

On 11-02-16 3:52 PM, Christian wrote:

On 2/16/2011 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Good article: 
http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html


He expresses that rather well.




Most of the comments are ridiculous and miss the point of the article. 
No surprise there...




The SooC believer crowd is very devout. La la la I can't hear you!!

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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
A well written article and  lucid explanation of a truth that makes so many 
photographers irrationally uncomfortable.
Paul
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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-16 Thread Igor Roshchin

On Feb 16, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

 Good article:
 http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html
 

I like that article.

For those people who like to see what an image looks like straight out
[of] the camera, just think for a moment how you are going to see it. 

On a monitor? But that depends on the monitor and its calibration. And
even if you used a calibration tool, if you used it on a different
monitor (especially a different model), the result won't be exactly the
same.

Out of a printer? But it will come differently from different printers.
Did you say ICC profiles? But that is not much different from a display
calibration (see above).

Remember that even eye of different people will see the same picture
differently. More over, your own eye will see the same picture
differently, depending on your condition. Because your eye's ICC that
is loaded in your brain can be fooled very easily by many-many factors
(light around, your health, mood, etc.).

No matter what media you use (film, digital, human eye, ...) - you
always have a transfer function that has at least one calibration
(e.g. your eye), - and that calibration can depend on many conditions.

Igor


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Re: OT: The Myth of the Unmanipulated Image

2011-02-16 Thread Boris Liberman

The man's right.

I think that this whole issue stems from the more general concept. Often 
we would confuse our personal perception of something with its general 
counterpart. As a consequence, we would project our own perception and, 
in this very case, call an image true to life whereas the notion of 
what is true is different for every single one of us. But without 
noticing that true to life of mine may be different from that of 
another person, I would engage myself in a heated debate with them, 
although in many cases such a debate would be pointless from the beginning.


To that end, I can only recall once in a lifetime (so far) experience of 
visiting a photo exhibition in Chicago with fellow PDMLers. That was a 
blast in many aspects, including that of being able to actually talk 
with someone about what I saw knowing that they are a kindred spirit 
that would most likely understand me better.


Boris


On 2/16/2011 10:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

Good article: http://www.bhinsights.com/content/myth-unmanipulated-image.html




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