That would be outright copying. The AI is much more subtle in its copying.
An f8 photo is a photo shot at f8.
But since AI harvests material from the internet, if someone has posted something that is happening right now, it can be done. BTW, what the hell is an f/8 photo?
That would be outright copying. The AI is much more subtle in its copying.
An f8 photo is a photo shot at f8.
How can one tell from casual observation if a particular photo was shot at f8 and not, say f11?
I tried to make my portrait series unboring for the viewer and for the subjects (my boys). A challenge to maintain over a decade or so.
Easy to do just for myself. 8x10 platinum/palladium print
No one is going to plan an "f8 photo".
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As a series, the sense of being portraits comes out a little more strongly. For the most part, the environments were ones that they were very familiar with, while the actual places might be new...and generally they were invited to pick their poses and place in the landscape. The images are about their interaction with place, each other, the camera, their dad (me), and time (I believe this was a 30-second exposure).
8x10 platinum/palladium print. 159mm lens
What do you mean? I often plan an f8 photo.
Thank you. By this age, I would expose one or two negatives, then turn them loose. In the above case, the camera was about 25 or more feet above ground level on top of two crossed fallen redwoods. After this image, the boys explored a large circle around where I was...out of sight, finding a small creek, etc, but within my hearing -- while I photographed that redwood in the light off on the left.Just gorgeous!
A bit of a rant, so you can stop here if you'd like.
I have noticed lately (and it has probably been a bit of a trend for much longer, but has just started to irritate me) that a number of photographers have been making portrait series that are two steps above a mug shot or passport picture. Same angle, same composition, pretty much the same or very similar backgrounds. Bland expressions, bland lighting. Ordinary people, rarely with much of a clue as to personality or inner "soul" or vocation. This is not August Sander or Walker Evans, here. There are just so many empty expressions one can take, especially if that is not the intended message. Avedon's In The American West, although the background, scale and perspective was what linked the photos together, the people came through clearly. Sometimes grabbed you by the collar and yanked you in. In the work I am criticizing, what is the appeal beyond the first dozen shots? Am I missing something?
What gets a sad and perplexed laugh out of me is when people tell me that AI "removes humans altogether from the creative process."
I see them as portraits and very successful ones at that. Gorgeous photographs/series!As a series, the sense of being portraits comes out a little more strongly. For the most part, the environments were ones that they were very familiar with, while the actual places might be new...and generally they were invited to pick their poses and place in the landscape. The images are about their interaction with place, each other, the camera, their dad (me), and time (I believe this was a 30-second exposure).
8x10 platinum/palladium print. 159mm lens
...The person who needs the art is likely neither trained nor skilled in producing or assessing art...
Did you take that picture?
But this already exists in large measure: the customers of Getty!
The vast majority of images Getty sells (or leases or whatever they do) first go in the hands of graphic designers (people) who then adapt them to their ends. So, the majority of Getty users are actually trained and skilled. The image from Getty is seldom the end product.
Well, yes and no. As a former major customer of Getty, I would estimate that about half the images we’d license were used as-is, maybe cropped to fit the use. The others would be composited, usually as backgrounds or sometimes as AI does to create a sort of photo illustration. The big problem with AI for working photographers (and their agents, such as stock agencies) is that AI scours the internet for material with no regard to intellectual rights or compensation. If you have images on the internet, they might end up in an AI creation.
Don't you mean a "and be there" photo?
Thank you. By this age, I would expose one or two negatives, then turn them loose. In the above case, the camera was about 25 or more feet above ground level on top of two crossed fallen redwoods. After this image, the boys explored a large circle around where I was...out of sight, finding a small creek, etc, but within my hearing -- while I photographed that redwood in the light off on the left.
The boys also spent a lot of time growing up with trips to Yosemite Valley, staying behind the Ansel Adams Gallery at a friend's home.
Along the Merced. The Three Brothers and the Three Brothers, 8x10 platinium/palladium print, 300mm lens
No. I pick f8 as the perfect combination of lens performance and DOF for the intended purpose.
No. I pick f8 as the perfect combination of lens performance and DOF for the intended purpose.
Do you think this rule-of-thumb applies across all lenses and formats? A Super Angulon lens is wide open at f/8. My impulse is to avoid the extremes in selecting an aperture but you might be onto something.
The expression “f/8 and be there”is usually associated with photojournalism, where the ability to work quickly in a dynamic situation is crucial. For those photographers, f/8 is typically a few stops down from wide open, giving them a bit of leeway with focusing. I wouldn’t expect that specific aperture to necessarily be the best option with longer lenses.
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