pgk Posted February 12, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted February 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) After some friends had accompanied us to our local art gallery to see some fairly modern, and decidedly difficult to interpret, modern art we had a long and fascinating discussion about visually interesting imagery. Following this, my wife commented last night that most discussions about photography all too often appear to be along very different lines and the trend since the advent of digital imaging seems to be about technical progression and the 'next best thing', rather than about the images which photgraphers actually create. She wondered whether this is in fact a displacement activity and one which actually tries to avoid the necessity to create images which are 'perfect' except for obvious technical failings due to the inadequacies of existing equipment which is currently used. I wonder if she has a point....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Hi pgk, Take a look here Displacement activity?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
lct Posted February 12, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted February 12, 2012 1. Wives are always right 2. Yours has a point about color works i guess 3. Even in digital, B&W is still another story IMmostHO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messsucherkamera Posted February 12, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted February 12, 2012 ...the trend since the advent of digital imaging seems to be about technical progression and the 'next best thing', rather than about the images which photgraphers actually create... Someone once said, "Never confuse activity with progress." Â Perhaps that is what's going on these days in the world of photography. Many of the images I have seen that are a result of heavy handed use of Photoshop confirm this (in my mind, anyway.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted February 13, 2012 Share #4 Â Posted February 13, 2012 It's a guy thing... Â We talk about our lawn mowers, not about our lawns. We talk about our grills, not about the food. We talk about our wives, eh...never mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share #5  Posted February 13, 2012 It's a guy thing... We talk about our lawn mowers, not about our lawns. We talk about our grills, not about the food. We talk about our wives, eh...never mind. What are lawn mowers?  (To borrow from Lars) the man with a rather overgrown garden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 13, 2012 Share #6 Â Posted February 13, 2012 I have been surprised by at least two well-published (not self-published) photographers in their forties who have never handled a rangefinder and were completely at sea with one. After trying to use one of mine for a week, one said, "I don't know how you make the pictures you do with that." The other is a Hasselblad user, and he won't have a thing to do with rangefinders - too small, too hard to frame and focus." Â Now I know I'm getting old. Â Paul, I think your wife made an astute observation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted February 13, 2012 Share #7 Â Posted February 13, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) After some friends had accompanied us to our local art gallery to see some fairly modern, and decidedly difficult to interpret, modern art we had a long and fascinating discussion about visually interesting imagery. Following this, my wife commented last night that most discussions about photography all too often appear to be along very different lines and the trend since the advent of digital imaging seems to be about technical progression and the 'next best thing', rather than about the images which photgraphers actually create. She wondered whether this is in fact a displacement activity and one which actually tries to avoid the necessity to create images which are 'perfect' except for obvious technical failings due to the inadequacies of existing equipment which is currently used. I wonder if she has a point....... Â I like the way your wife thinks. Â It is displacement, of sorts. It's excuse behaviour. "I'd take better photographs if I had a ...(insert as applicable)". "I'd photograph that cat/bird/building/bridge/tender moment but I have the wrong lens mounted." "I'd have taken a better photograph of that cat/bird/building/bridge/tender moment but..." Â You get the picture - which is more than the average techno-tubby does. Â A little less conversation, a little more action, as Elvis once said. Â Regards, Â Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 14, 2012 Share #8 Â Posted February 14, 2012 Ah, I don't know if I agree. First off, it has always been like this as long as I can remember. Just that now we have the internet to spend endless hours reading about what we used to pour over in photo magazines. I'm sure if we had more photo magazine print back then we would have wasted just as much time reading about gear as we do now. I remember looking at the ads in the back of the magazines at all kinds of cool cameras I couldn't afford... just like now. Â Next, I think people don't give us enough credit for our artistic side. It is great sport to point out that none here is interested in the art, only the gear. But, I'm sure that if you got a group of us and we all went to an exhibit of photographs we would be very interested in the art of it all. I would bet that it would surprise your wife how artsy we really are. And, I bet that there would be very little technical discussion about how the photos were created. Â There might be some technical discussion. Only so much as if you got a bunch of painters together to look at paintings, they would occasionally discuss how the painter achieved some effect, I'm sure. Â And, I don't think digital age has anything to do with it. There is just more to discuss and the state of the art is changing faster now so, there is more to talk about. Â Displacement activity? Equipment inadequacy? Don't get me started... I'm an artist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 14, 2012 Share #9 Â Posted February 14, 2012 Displacement activity? Equipment inadequacy? Don't get me started... I'm an artist. Â Really? I thought you were an optometrist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 14, 2012 Share #10 Â Posted February 14, 2012 Really? I thought you were an optometrist. Â I'm actually an optimist. Where are you getting your info? And I certainly don't have equipment inadequacy issues, really, not a problem, not even sure why I'm mentioning it , again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.