| Rhys |
| (Sasquatch) |
| 14/01/2008 01:40 |
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Re: Has technology made photography better??
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Technology to me screams more of post precessing that actually taking a pic in the first place. Anyone with a computer can fiddle with an image - still takes a photographer to initially come up with an image whatever the means at hand to do so.
I don't know so much. What I could do with a set of Cokin filters and hope for the desired result, I can now do on the PC with DFX. Same result, but I still have to visualise the scene in the first place. Technology has just made it more likely that I'll get the result that I'm aiming for!
Filters still go in front of the camera, like holding your hand over the lens to stop flare - it's still how you visualise the image through the viewfinder. But I see your point about being able to do the same thing with your PC to a certain extent (maybe not so much ND grads to retain detail, can't get much from blown highlights afterwards with software - multiple exposures and HDR maybe, but that's another discussion lol).
I agree with the comment on darkrooms and manipulation therein, having had my own darkroom several years ago and spent many long hours/nights printing I can now do the same sat at my desk (but save to disc rather than print). Technology has advanced on that score to some degree but I don't think you get the same feeling of accomplishment as you do with a finished print that you get clicking about on a computer screen.