Philosophical discussion on “looks”.

[Bill Burk]

Where [there] are tiny amount of photogs who produce tinypes. And [dump loads] of digital pictures with distasteful (Instagram crowd likable) HDR, vignetting ... PLEASE, keep APUG free of digital pictures and threads related to digital photography.

Woops. I agree.

I only brought up HDR as a conversation point, comparable to Galen Rowell ND Grad Filters... But also because I know of one Digital photographer who does work that I appreciate.

But I realize that if you have room in your mind for a hundred photographers to appreciate. And you want to appreciate Analog Photographers. Then you don't really need to hear about Digital Photographers, do you?

So...

Take a look at Toyo Miyatake

 

[blansky]

Woops. I agree.

I only brought up HDR as a conversation point, comparable to Galen Rowell ND Grad Filters... But also because I know of one Digital photographer who does work that I appreciate.

But I realize that if you have room in your mind for a hundred photographers to appreciate. And you want to appreciate Analog Photographers. Then you don't really need to hear about Digital Photographers, do you?

So...

Take a look at Toyo Miyatake

Or you could appreciate all of them....

 

[blansky]

I'm digital shooter as well, but could we, PLEASE, keep APUG free of digital pictures and threads related to digital photography.

But that's because you see digital and analog as different, and I see them both as photography with different tools and methods.

If I walk into my garage and I have a gas car and an electric car, I see then both as transportation/driving but with just different tools and methods.

So when discussing ethics and philosophy of photography, it encompasses all forms of photography not just specific cameras and processes.

Of course some get off my lawn types will argue differently but they are discussing process and not photography.

 

[xtolsniffer]

I've started collecting Cokin special effects filters, colour grads, starbursts, motion blur etc. They were way over-used in the 1980's and pretty quickly went out of favour, but I like to use them now for fun. For me, I can create something that is new, yet looks like a cheesy 1980's shot just for a laugh. I guess they've been out of fashion long enough to come around again. Like flares.

 

[blansky]

I've started collecting Cokin special effects filters, colour grads, starbursts, motion blur etc. They were way over-used in the 1980's and pretty quickly went out of favour, but I like to use them now for fun. For me, I can create something that is new, yet looks like a cheesy 1980's shot just for a laugh. I guess they've been out of fashion long enough to come around again. Like flares.

I hear ya. I really miss those bride and grooms in the wineglass shots.

My God who thought of this stuff.

That's the interesting thing in life, every second generation it all starts over..

Look at Rodney Dangerfield.

 

[NJH]

I find it fascinating that the best popular 'new' techniques being done in the digital age are really just new takes on things done in the past or could have been done with traditional cameras and materials. Take for example techniques like light painting.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I find it fascinating that the best popular 'new' techniques being done in the digital age are really just new takes on things done in the past or could have been done with traditional cameras and materials. Take for example techniques like light painting.

Aaah, light painting. Remember when they were selling us the multi-thousand dollar Hosemaster fiber-optic light painting tools? And they came with more attachments than a vacuum cleaner!

 

[Bill Burk]

Or you could appreciate all of them....

My head practically exploded when I picked up a black and white photo magazine last year. I did appreciate the photography, but didn't recognize a single name or style. But I think there was no restriction on the tools used, so I suspect a high percentage of the names would not be from here.

So I appreciate what we have here.