Interesting article, and I take the point. Using overcooked HDR images to support his argument really weakens it. Art is subjective, in the eye of the beholder, I get that, but overcooked HDR definitely is not pleasing to my eye.
Thanks for sharing this.
"Create without any restrictions or preconceived inhabitations. Create without someone imposing their so-called stifling definition of what they have defined as true art or photography. Just create." ~Joel Grimes
@dmortega@pwallis I actually thought this was going to be one of those if you are not SOOC you are just an illusion discussions. I was so prepared to answer, take a photo and it is a snapshot, aim for a piece of art and it no longer is a snapshot but a piece of you and your vision. So take the photo to make you happy and not worry about what others think. So that quote is just perfect and gives my thought real substance.
I'm not a huge fan of a photograph that's overprocessed especially using HDR. Some are done very tastefully but, when overdone, they lose their photographic quality to me and, since I consider myself more a purist, I appreciate a great photo in itself. I think, like most things, it's a trend and will fade at some point or when something else takes it's place. Is it "wrong"...nobody can say that.
@mikehamm i definitely have to agree with the overdone HDR, he could have back up his article with much more suitable photos. @dmortega I like that quote too :)
I recently had the 'you should get everything in the picture the way you want it with the shutter release, everything else is just CHEATING!' argument. I shrugged and said when I shoot RAW, my photos are washed out and do not look like the colors and shadows that I saw when I took the picture, so yes I do go in and adjust photos if only for that reason.
But at the end of the day a person is shooting to produce an image that is what they want to produce and aspire to, and I just don't get people telling all the time what is good and right. Especially when, for example, an image has 1,000 comments and there will be someone whispering in a corner, 'That's all just manipulation and editing! That's not real photography!' That's well and good, but if you hand make me a cup that has holes in it I'm going to go to walmart and get one that actually holds a drink. People are more interested in the final product.
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Thanks for sharing this.
"Create without any restrictions or preconceived inhabitations. Create without someone imposing their so-called stifling definition of what they have defined as true art or photography. Just create." ~Joel Grimes
@dmortega I like that quote too :)
I recently had the 'you should get everything in the picture the way you want it with the shutter release, everything else is just CHEATING!' argument. I shrugged and said when I shoot RAW, my photos are washed out and do not look like the colors and shadows that I saw when I took the picture, so yes I do go in and adjust photos if only for that reason.
But at the end of the day a person is shooting to produce an image that is what they want to produce and aspire to, and I just don't get people telling all the time what is good and right. Especially when, for example, an image has 1,000 comments and there will be someone whispering in a corner, 'That's all just manipulation and editing! That's not real photography!' That's well and good, but if you hand make me a cup that has holes in it I'm going to go to walmart and get one that actually holds a drink. People are more interested in the final product.