Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread John
On 12/15/2013 6:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:30:15AM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 1:06 AM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: I have maybe 2 dozen pictures of family from before I was born, and that's going back 2 generations. My

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread John
On 12/15/2013 3:19 AM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 15, 2013, at 6:13 am, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Walt
On 12/16/2013 7:17 AM, John wrote: On 12/15/2013 3:19 AM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 15, 2013, at 6:13 am, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Marco Alpert
Thanks for that, John. I've been debating whether to jump in on the Auto-Tune issue, but since I've spent the last 15 years as the marketing guy for the company that invented and markets Auto-Tune, I was concerned that it might come off as a bit defensive. Suffice it to say that while it's

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Stan Halpin
Hmmm. I had never heard of auto-tune. Not too surprising actually as I am not a big audiophile. So I went to Wikipedia to find out what the %#%@ you all were talking about. Very interesting... [Laugh-In quote.] It seems to me that the next big technological revolution will be auto-synch.

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Marco Alpert
Good idea, but as most of the current pop stars are already androids, most of them (at least the latest models) already have the auto-sync function built in. - Marco On Dec 16, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: Hmmm. I had never heard of auto-tune. Not too surprising actually as I am

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Attila Boros
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: I've been debating whether to jump in on the Auto-Tune issue, but since I've spent the last 15 years as the marketing guy for the company that invented and markets Auto-Tune, I was concerned that it might come off as a bit

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: I've been debating whether to jump in on the Auto-Tune issue, but since I've spent the last 15 years as the marketing guy for the company that

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 04:18:18PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: I've been debating whether to jump in on the Auto-Tune issue, but since I've

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Attila Boros
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'd say it's best used like makeup, it can be good when it's not bloody obvious. You mean like HDR? Yes, that's a good example. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread Attila Boros
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Analogy issue: makeup can also be good when it's _very_ obvious: eg theatre That's also a very good example, I wasn't thinking of it. or body painting That's strange because it works in the opposite way. Usually

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-16 Thread John
Take a look at Digitech's Vocalist Live series processors or TC-Helicon's VoiceLive series along with the Boss RC-30 Loop Station. On 12/16/2013 2:19 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Hmmm. I had never heard of auto-tune. Not too surprising actually as I am not a big audiophile. So I went to Wikipedia to

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread David Mann
On Dec 15, 2013, at 6:13 am, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before they start

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Walt
On 12/15/2013 2:19 AM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 15, 2013, at 6:13 am, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 1:06 AM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: I have maybe 2 dozen pictures of family from before I was born, and that's going back 2 generations. My family's descendents will have much more to choose from. I take pity on Larry's descendants. ;-) -- -bmw --

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Attila Boros
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 8:06 AM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: What isn't being said is that the lower end of the market, those who wouldn't pay $1000 for wedding photography, or who don't need a high-end pro to shoot portraiture, have options now. These are people who were

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 15/12/13, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: That's not strictly the definition here, over 50% of your invoiced income needs to be derived from photography alone to be deemed a pro. Over here, I'm not sure if there is actually a definition. I make my income from drawings and dividends

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 15/12/13, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: Some taken on Canon 1D gear, plenty on the lil Fuji X10. It took me 6 hours to go through my li ...brary -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

RE: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell On 15/12/13, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: Some taken on Canon 1D gear, plenty on the lil Fuji X10. It took me 6 hours to go through my li ...brary I'm glad you cleared that up. I thought it

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 15/12/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm glad you cleared that up. I thought it was ...ngam collection. Could have been my ...cking assortment. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:30:15AM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 1:06 AM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: I have maybe 2 dozen pictures of family from before I was born, and that's going back 2 generations. My family's descendents will have much more to

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Bill
On 14/12/2013 6:23 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu I'm sure that this debate happened when the first Kodaks hit the market and they guys using wet plates saw the end of their world. bill -- PDML

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/12/2013 6:23 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu I'm sure that this debate happened when the first Kodaks hit the market and

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Walt
The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before they start longing for something more. I sure hope so, at least. -- Walt

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Christine Aguila
On Dec 14, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before they start

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Miserere
Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu I agree it's dead. After all, why would you take a photograph if you can just spend 200 hours making it on an iPad? Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Yolanda Rowe
I wish the entertainment industry was listening to you, Walt. Yonnie On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu I agree

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Bill
On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before they start longing for something more. I

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Miserere
Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Walt
On 12/14/2013 12:10 PM, Bill wrote: On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before they

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Yolanda Rowe
Oh, maybe the folks creating the scripts could use new titles and slightly change the names/stories so that we are given the illusion of new. I won't hold my breath... Yonnie On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote: The

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Bob W
On 14 Dec 2013, at 18:10, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread John
On 12/14/2013 7:23 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones?CMP=fb_gu ... he not busy being born is busy dying -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread John
On 12/14/2013 1:10 PM, Bill wrote: On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before they

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013, Bill wrote: On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote: The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old movies before they start

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread P.J. Alling
Three paragraphs in and I already had a feeling of Vouja Des... Ok, not really but photography as an art form ended when art in general ended. About the time that Artists could buy ready mixed paints, photographers could buy ready made film. That was pretty much the end. Everything else

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Ken Waller
What happens if it really has all been done before? Groundhog day - the movie ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com Subject: Re: The Death of Photography (again) On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Ken Waller
There's some truth in the title in some areas of photography. Like the death of stock photos and the myriad of workshops and photo tours being run by pro photographers who use to make a living selling their images. I don't see phone cameras as any bigger threat to photography than the

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread P.J. Alling
Most pro photographers never actually made a living selling their images. Only a very few have for a very long time. IIRC to be considered a pro you have to make what 10% or 30% of your income from photography, I don't remember exactly, but those are the numbers that stick in my mind. Most

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Rob Studdert
I agree, most pro photogs have to value add now, just making photos isn't enough, there is more money in training and seminars for the hungry hoards of amateur photogs with a view to turning pro. All the studios that I know tend to rent their gear and spaces or run workshops more than they

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Is that not pretty much the definition of a pyramid scheme? On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: I agree, most pro photogs have to value add now, just making photos isn't enough, there is more money in training and seminars for the hungry hoards of

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Rob Studdert
Yep, that's why I have a real job where the competition is diminishing :) On 15 December 2013 13:51, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Is that not pretty much the definition of a pyramid scheme? On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: I agree,

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread John
If someone will pay you to take photographs you are a professional photographer. On 12/14/2013 9:39 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: I agree, most pro photogs have to value add now, just making photos isn't enough, there is more money in training and seminars for the hungry hoards of amateur photogs

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Rob Studdert
That's not strictly the definition here, over 50% of your invoiced income needs to be derived from photography alone to be deemed a pro. On 15 December 2013 14:26, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: If someone will pay you to take photographs you are a professional photographer. On 12/14/2013

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread David Parsons
Sounds like someone who either can't, or refuses to adapt to the changing marketplace. The photography business is forever changed than it was 20 years ago. It's not coming back, and complaining won't make it happen. What isn't being said is that the lower end of the market, those who wouldn't

Re: The Death of Photography (again)

2013-12-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
Maybe our descendents will have more or maybe not. Who is going to be the guardian of the bits and pixels after we're gone; will they even be readable two generations down the road. When was the last time you (that's a collective you) made prints of those mostly banal images? If we want