The problem with the peanut
The problem with the peanut gallery can be summed up in one short quote:
"If you buy a camera, you are a photographer. If you buy a flute, then you own a flute."
Ansel Adams was a genius and I bet the majority of peops out there look at his photos and think they can come close with that $6.99 disposable and a half-off hour processing coupon from Eckerds.
I never claimed to be good, but I see some absolutely fabulous photography over at Photo.net followed by the most ignorant fucking comments imaginable. Where do these people come from? I understand that unless you try to take those types of photographs, you have little understanding of what goes into creating them, but the fact that most consider paint on a canvas art in some way, shape, or form, yet believe that same talent, skill, and focus can't go into a photograph is disturbing.
Have some art for lunch... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Lunch.
"If you buy a camera, you are a photographer. If you buy a flute, then you own a flute."
Ansel Adams was a genius and I bet the majority of peops out there look at his photos and think they can come close with that $6.99 disposable and a half-off hour processing coupon from Eckerds.
I never claimed to be good, but I see some absolutely fabulous photography over at Photo.net followed by the most ignorant fucking comments imaginable. Where do these people come from? I understand that unless you try to take those types of photographs, you have little understanding of what goes into creating them, but the fact that most consider paint on a canvas art in some way, shape, or form, yet believe that same talent, skill, and focus can't go into a photograph is disturbing.
Have some art for lunch... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Lunch.
Excellent post!
I agree to an extent, but feel that largely the art of being even a marginally good photographer is recognizing the shots that would make a worthy composition, ones that will draw people in and/or tug at them.
And everyone’s a critic, dollface. You know that.
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