A Rant - digital photography - anti photoshopposted Jul 3rd 2009, 2:32PM
Mood: Annoyed
Digital photography is digital therefore you need a computer to process it. Film photography is chemical therefore you need chemicals to process it. There is no such thing as "Not editing my photos is sooo old school" because people usually do and always have done minor edits to their photos. If a film photographer never edited their photos then the film roll would be sitting there all rolled up never to be seen. With digital, if anything post production is more important. I say this because with film, you of course have the choice of film, you can pick a film to give something like the result you want. Where as with digital you are stuck with one sensor which will consistently take 'flat' images. A small boost in contrast, saturation and some sharpening is just about mandatory. Digital has some problems as far as being aesthetically pleasing because it's captured in a linear manner. Post processing needs to be applied, and to limit yourself to the few creative settings on your camera because it's "purist" and you're avoiding photoshop is just pure ignorance.
Photography has been an art form that is technically driven, more so than other forms like painting, drawing, etc. It's in our heritage to evolve and adopt new, more powerful, and more flexible tools.
My name is Sarah. I am a 20 year old photographer. I took my first photography class when I was 14 and it was b&w film and developing, then I inturned with two diffrent pros my junior and senior years and now I have my own litte photography business and its my major. I hope you enjoy looking at my work.
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And your profile pic is probably the coolest thing I've seen in a while!