So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to remove me from whatever Circle he has me in where he posts the animated gifs and cat pictures. It was either that or unfollow him and I didn't see any reason to unfollow him. Me asking https://plus.google.com/112885755521259735422/posts/78dwnvvgh4p Then he plusses me onto Public posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/EuuR1tnU3vJ https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/8r6Grcm2Jpj https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/74PgSu6iL2s Then one of his friends (or Circlers) starts plussing me into posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/107120198886093172821/posts/gRW9JhWLs5T Don't get me wrong, I'm all about sarcasm and messing with people, but this seems sort of childish to me. Am I the only one who thinks so? So far I have only blocked people who have overtly spammed a thr...
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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.
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.
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.