. No more smell of fixer under my finger nails ;DBut don't you miss it? I have all this darkroom gear, medium format, 4x5 enlargers, Color and condenser heads that I am realizing I have to get rid of and I can't bring myself to do it. Sigh.
Cheers,
Jonathan
I don't think that HDR itself is hurting the industry. I think that 99% of the HDR images out there suck a big one and those photographers make the industry look lame. However, that has to do with bad photographers not bad technology.
Why does it matter what anyone else says? If you are using a tool to a successful (your definition) end, other people's opinion of the tool don't matter.
I don't think that HDR itself is hurting the industry. I think that 99% of the HDR images out there suck a big one and those photographers make the industry look lame. However, that has to do with bad photographers not bad technology.
It's just another tool, if the person who created the image is happy with the end result then who are we to argue. 'Pure' photography died the day they introduced chemicals!
Hi All,
Yea, I have used it a lot recently for work and love it from surreal to photo realistic. I spend a lot less time shooting an interior as apposed to having to light every nook and cranny and spend more time on the backend in my office which is cheaper and easier than spending days at a location. We just shot a new High end Condo building with 84 floors and we shot 25 shots a day of interiors, got to love that. We started dropping in a model for an exposure and lighting them then just stripping the model into the shot in post.
Hi Elenathewise,
I would be happy to but to be completely honest I don't know how to upload images to the site. If some of you smart people can steer an old man the right direction I would be happy to share some examples. Can you believe I don't know how to upload a photo here :o Embarrassing!
Best,
Jonathan
Hi Race,
Yes but other sites make it way easier. My Facebook is a snap. I am old and feeble as my memory has proven twice this week but I will give it my best. I imagine I will screw it up a couple of times but I will figure it out and show some of my HDR experiments. Thanks for the road map :)
Best,
Jonathan
This discussion reminded me of an article I read about autotune... (which I wish I could find now :()
But anyhow the basic idea was that autotune was a great invention and had lots of great uses. Then as with all good things it became overused, then WAY overused. Sometimes the overuse became a trend in itself like with T-Pain ([url]http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tpain&aq=f[/url]) using it heavily on EVERY song or Shmoyoho ([url]http://www.youtube.com/user/schmoyoho[/url]) using it to create their own songs out of news and other types of content. .. but mostly it just gets overused... but it is still a great tool in moderation
So I feel that is very similar to HDR, it is very usefull but people have overused it very often, giving it a bad name. When you hear HDR you generally think of some gaudy photo with horribly merged dark and light areas. I suppose this happens when we discover any new technology, we tend to overuse it then eventually bring the use back to something more reasonable.
Everything in moderation!
This discussion reminded me of an article I read about autotune... (which I wish I could find now :()
But anyhow the basic idea was that autotune was a great invention and had lots of great uses. Then as with all good things it became overused, then WAY overused. Sometimes the overuse became a trend in itself like with T-Pain ([url]http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tpain&aq=f[/url]) using it heavily on EVERY song or Shmoyoho ([url]http://www.youtube.com/user/schmoyoho[/url]) using it to create their own songs out of news and other types of content. .. but mostly it just gets overused... but it is still a great tool in moderation
So I feel that is very similar to HDR, it is very usefull but people have overused it very often, giving it a bad name. When you hear HDR you generally think of some gaudy photo with horribly merged dark and light areas. I suppose this happens when we discover any new technology, we tend to overuse it then eventually bring the use back to something more reasonable.
Everything in moderation!
Do you think Digital Photography will REALLY replace film? ??? ;D
Do you think Digital Photography will REALLY replace film? ??? ;D
My first camera was a Nikon F75. The sale woman told me the digital camera would never beat the film camera. I think about it today and feel it was kind of awkward. 1 year later I had a Nikon D70s
My first camera was a Nikon F75. The sale woman told me the digital camera would never beat the film camera. I think about it today and feel it was kind of awkward. 1 year later I had a Nikon D70s
You got away easy. My first digital camera was a Leaf DCB 2 camera. It cost $36,000. I had to drag my clients into shooting digitally. They all thought film was better. This was 1996. About 2 years later, I shot my last sheet of film. The point is that in photography you have to try to be out ahead of where the business is going, or you get left behind. All of my competitors who didn't get into digital are out of business. To bring it back to HDR, it's a technique to learn and know about, and to use in the right circumstance, but it's not something to base your whole look or style on, because when the buyers get tired of it, they will get tired in a big way.
My first camera was a Nikon F75. The sale woman told me the digital camera would never beat the film camera. I think about it today and feel it was kind of awkward. 1 year later I had a Nikon D70s
You got away easy. My first digital camera was a Leaf DCB 2 camera. It cost $36,000. I had to drag my clients into shooting digitally. They all thought film was better. This was 1996. About 2 years later, I shot my last sheet of film. The point is that in photography you have to try to be out ahead of where the business is going, or you get left behind. All of my competitors who didn't get into digital are out of business. To bring it back to HDR, it's a technique to learn and know about, and to use in the right circumstance, but it's not something to base your whole look or style on, because when the buyers get tired of it, they will get tired in a big way.
Isn't that true of nearly everything a photographer learns or develops?