robert blu
quiet photographer
B&W is good, colour is good!
Technologies, digital included do not ruin photography. The use (and abuse) some of the photographers make of digital sometimes does.
It's nice to have many technological possibilities, we only need to learn the best use of them
Bill Clark
Mentor
That’s not true for me or the successful pro photographers I know. I can and did manipulate the image at each stage: making the photograph, processing and printing, using film or digital for capture. It’s one of the reasons why people hired a pro. Not so true today as many have a false idea of what constitutes a beautiful image cuz they see it immediately and treat the camera like a machine gun. One of those will turn out, won’t it?
boojum
Mentor
I can only comment on what others, professionals, have done and many of them depend upon gifted people in the darkroom to transform and enhance what comes out of their cameras. It is not easy because if it were we would all be doing it with comparable results. And we are not. At least I am not. As usual, YMMV.
RichC
Well-known
You misunderstood me!
When I wrote "the majority of photographers", I literally meant that. Most are casual and amateur users of cameras - so I didn't mean pros. Today, as in the film era, pros and those serious about photography (as many of us on RFF) mostly don't simply press the shutter!
Tom R
Established
I would only add: In the best case, most manipulations occur before releasing the shutter. Of course, we don't live in a perfect world, and a fair amount of work remains to be done post-process--whether you define that as within software or on the printing easel and afterwards (spot-toning, etc.).
It's all part of the circle of (a photographer's) life.
hap
Well-known
what is the filter size for Canon LTM 28 2/8?
Deardorff38
Mentor
JohnGellings
Well-known
The answer is no. We live in a time where I don’t think there has ever been so many different tools available to make photographs. That’s a good thing. You can still do b&w film and use a darkroom … and many do. There are great digital b&w prints out there by great artists. It doesn’t ruin anything. Who cares what the mainstream does if you are truly interested in Photography.
Dogman
Mentor
I miss Bill's postings.
(Parenthetically, it's interesting to read older posts I've made here and see how much or how little my opinions still hold. A lot of what I wrote in 2021 has changed in 2023. Natural I suppose.)
(Parenthetically, it's interesting to read older posts I've made here and see how much or how little my opinions still hold. A lot of what I wrote in 2021 has changed in 2023. Natural I suppose.)
Deardorff38
Mentor
John G:
" Who cares what the mainstream does.....
" Who cares what the mainstream does.....