Hopefully this makes sense.

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Hopefully this makes sense. You are under no obligation to read this, but if you must, by all means do so. Comments welcome. Feel free to disagree with me. I'm a bog boy, I can handle it. ;)

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Jason ON said…
I have never heard that quote.
May 22, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Dave Maez said…
While image manipulation might no longer qualify as photography, it doesn't mean it's a less valid form of art.

I agree that there's no place for manipulation in photojournalism (even though there are photogs who've doctored their images long before digital computers were around, and that the pictures that legitimate photogs take are just as biased as the stories a journalist writes).

There's still a pretty big movement of toy-camera photographers who make quite stunning pictures.  There're no settings to be adjusted on a toy camera, the majority of the work is done in processing in the dark room trying to get a useable image from a crappy pinhole camera.  These people aren't any less of an artist than someone who spends several minutes fiddling with a light meter and a multi-thousand dollar rangefinder.
May 22, 2013 at 2:05 PM
Jason ON said…
But is it then photography as a skill or is it digital manipulation as a skill?
May 22, 2013 at 2:07 PM
Mark Middleton said…
The relationship between an Artist and a casual point a shooter is no different to day then it was 15 year ago.  The only thing to change is the medium. 

Today's "whisper snappers" are the equivalent of Lab techs who process the film but have no artistic training when it comes to photo composition.

I truly believe that composition is what separates the Pro from the amateur who uses "AutoWhats-its."  It takes skill and experience to know how to compose a shot that will draw the viewer in.
May 22, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Jason ON said…
I believe composition is one aspect of the photographic medium. A person with an eye for composition who cannot capture the light effectively is no different than any other amateur who can't compose effectively but lets a software fix the light for them.

If I let a program play chess for me, but I know how to play chess, does that make me a chess player? 

As I stated in the blog post, is a paint-by-numbers painter a professional painter?

I firmly believe the means are just as important as the ends in regards to very many aspects of life, art being one of them.
May 22, 2013 at 2:43 PM
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