So recently I was taking pictures with my friend who loves photography and we started fighting about how I think it isn't much of an art form, so please discuss this and tell me what YOU think.
Anyways, heres my opinion on it:
I think it is an art like writing, not a complete art, but more of a science, since you cannot truly MAKE things, but you take what the planet gives you and capture it and modify how bright/saturated it looks.
I believe photography is a form of art.
A friend of mine is a freelance photographer that takes photos of landscapes and objects at certain angles, perspectives, filters and/or color schemes.
Some photos are really breathtaking and unique just by looking at it while some others portray a theme or moral.
...or some people call themselves photographers or experts just by taking pictures of themselves and friends at parties and shizz...
As mentioned before, a bland shot of a normal object can be made creative through a variety of means at the shoot, and in post. Simply zooming to crop the subject, adjusting the angle, its placement in the shot and effect the mood and composition of the piece. Furthering it, shutter speed, ISO, and other advanced settings can play a big role in the quality and general appearance of the shot through Photographer control. Want to capture the lights on cars in the evening/at night outside of town? Set the shutter speed high, maybe adjust your ISO and then take it. Might take thirty seconds, or a minute, but you'll get something.
You can go deeper as well by going into post and adjusting the settings you were not previously capable of adjusting on the camera Light and color levels, canvas size and shape. Shadow density, light density. You've got your portrait, just need to fine tune it.
Photography to me is more an art of finding the moment, getting the right time, location, and taking as many pictures as you need to capture it perfectly. Perhaps you need another angle? Take a photo down lower, to the right more. Left? How about higher? It gets you moving, and a large part of the art is to find an angle, position, and light that helps to capture the mood of your subject.
Sometimes, you may be waiting for some time.
Then you go to post.
Or you pull off stuff like this.
Photography can also be considered a destructive art. At best, you're going to be taking hundreds of photos. Then later going through and removing those shots that are too blurry, don't capture the subject well enough, among other things. With Digital Post-editing procedures you're also going to be removing certain colors and/or pixels to get it just right.
I think it all depends on what you consider art, because there are MANY aspect of life. I believe that Photography is a a form of art, because it catch the beauty of the world and places it on a film/computer for all to see. There are rules on what makes a photo great (contrasting/complimenting colors, angles, etc). Once you master the skills on how to capture beauty in the "correct" way, you'll find out that there is other sides to Photography, such as applying math to photos to make them aesthetically pleasing; the list goes on.
I think there is an "art" to everything, which makes everything, in a sense, art. I think it all comes down to one question: How are you using that art, and what will you gain from it?
I hate these people. I want to smash their camera to rid the world of further suffering.
And also, I don't think that's the attitude to have; everyone has to start somewhere, and who knows; maybe that annoying girl that makes duck faces in photos, might starting getting interested in the real aspects of Photography, which will slowly make her a great photographer.
And also, I don't think that's the attitude to have; everyone has to start somewhere, and who knows; maybe that annoying girl that makes duck faces in photos, might starting getting interested in the real aspects of Photography, which will slowly make her a great photographer.
I mean people who have been using professional grade equipment for years and are still the same way. Your situation is different and understandable.
Art is in the eye of the beholder. So I'd say that almost anything can be considered art.
Question is, when does a drawing, sculpture, photo or whatever become art?
When I take pictures with my cellphone I don't think it is art, it is just pictures, no matter how amazing they might be. When I draw a doodle on a piece of paper I don't think it is art, it is just a doodle.
But imagine I spend 10 seconds to paint two red parallel lines on a sheet of paper and say "Look! I made art!", is it suddenly art?
If so, how did that happen?
Or are all of the above examples art from the start even if I personally don't think so? Or do I need someone else to tell me that it is art?
I'm rambling.
BTW Dinh, I love that Dali photo
Thanks for sharing. Wonder how they made the water go like that.
Art, just like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder (beerholder), someone can think something is art, while someone else wouldn't.
My opinion, I don't think someone with an Iphone + Instagram is taking much away from photographers who actually use professional-grade equipment and software, as long as they put thought into it.
Holding a camera at a upward-to-the-side angle in your bathroom and then slapping a Cross-Process filter on it isn't even close.
If you're a real photographer, with real cameras, editing skills etc, then you're a real photographer. You take awesome pictures, edit them, and make cool scenes, than it's an art.
But if you're some stupid teen/preteen girl taking duckface photos of yourself with your iPhone camera, then no.
Anyways, heres my opinion on it:
I think it is an art like writing, not a complete art, but more of a science, since you cannot truly MAKE things, but you take what the planet gives you and capture it and modify how bright/saturated it looks.
A friend of mine is a freelance photographer that takes photos of landscapes and objects at certain angles, perspectives, filters and/or color schemes.
Some photos are really breathtaking and unique just by looking at it while some others portray a theme or moral.
...or some people call themselves photographers or experts just by taking pictures of themselves and friends at parties and shizz...
I hate these people. I want to smash their camera to rid the world of further suffering.
As mentioned before, a bland shot of a normal object can be made creative through a variety of means at the shoot, and in post. Simply zooming to crop the subject, adjusting the angle, its placement in the shot and effect the mood and composition of the piece. Furthering it, shutter speed, ISO, and other advanced settings can play a big role in the quality and general appearance of the shot through Photographer control. Want to capture the lights on cars in the evening/at night outside of town? Set the shutter speed high, maybe adjust your ISO and then take it. Might take thirty seconds, or a minute, but you'll get something.
You can go deeper as well by going into post and adjusting the settings you were not previously capable of adjusting on the camera Light and color levels, canvas size and shape. Shadow density, light density. You've got your portrait, just need to fine tune it.
Photography to me is more an art of finding the moment, getting the right time, location, and taking as many pictures as you need to capture it perfectly. Perhaps you need another angle? Take a photo down lower, to the right more. Left? How about higher? It gets you moving, and a large part of the art is to find an angle, position, and light that helps to capture the mood of your subject.
Sometimes, you may be waiting for some time.
Then you go to post.
Or you pull off stuff like this.
Photography can also be considered a destructive art. At best, you're going to be taking hundreds of photos. Then later going through and removing those shots that are too blurry, don't capture the subject well enough, among other things. With Digital Post-editing procedures you're also going to be removing certain colors and/or pixels to get it just right.
My DeviantArt, so sexy
I think there is an "art" to everything, which makes everything, in a sense, art. I think it all comes down to one question: How are you using that art, and what will you gain from it?
And also, I don't think that's the attitude to have; everyone has to start somewhere, and who knows; maybe that annoying girl that makes duck faces in photos, might starting getting interested in the real aspects of Photography, which will slowly make her a great photographer.
Live is too short to hate.
I mean people who have been using professional grade equipment for years and are still the same way. Your situation is different and understandable.
Question is, when does a drawing, sculpture, photo or whatever become art?
When I take pictures with my cellphone I don't think it is art, it is just pictures, no matter how amazing they might be. When I draw a doodle on a piece of paper I don't think it is art, it is just a doodle.
But imagine I spend 10 seconds to paint two red parallel lines on a sheet of paper and say "Look! I made art!", is it suddenly art?
If so, how did that happen?
Or are all of the above examples art from the start even if I personally don't think so? Or do I need someone else to tell me that it is art?
I'm rambling.
BTW Dinh, I love that Dali photo
Thanks for sharing. Wonder how they made the water go like that.
My opinion, I don't think someone with an Iphone + Instagram is taking much away from photographers who actually use professional-grade equipment and software, as long as they put thought into it.
Holding a camera at a upward-to-the-side angle in your bathroom and then slapping a Cross-Process filter on it isn't even close.
White on white? Black on white? WHY!?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_On_White
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimir_Malevich
Avant-Garde, though most people hate it, still remains valid. The meaning is just not as blatant, if at all.
If you're a real photographer, with real cameras, editing skills etc, then you're a real photographer. You take awesome pictures, edit them, and make cool scenes, than it's an art.
But if you're some stupid teen/preteen girl taking duckface photos of yourself with your iPhone camera, then no.
You just defined what people have called art for centuries.
Thank you? I think...*scratches head*