updated the blog a new entry about the continued and flagrant bastardization of photography. i'm sure those of you who think street should include hdr and multiple layers will probably get pissed off, then again, i've been over what the masses think on dA for quite some time.
if you think the "street" in this shooter's portfolio of street (personal>street) is street, well, i'm sure you won't agree with me. and ... if you do the same, you have gone from "photographer" to "photo illustrator." nothing wrong with that as long as you don't lie about it.
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..well i shouldn't really judge, since every time i try to take street-like photos, they look awful. i get scared to take photos of people hah.
I mean it's all very well being the cool kid on the block, but someone cooler will be along before long. And they'll probably have richer parents so can work for free...
Regarding the RAW files it's quite good to see how weak the composition is prior to editing. All a bit loose I thought.
But then as the old saying goes, you can't polish a turd. Or perhaps you can, but it'll still smell like a turd when you get close enough to see it.
Take care my friend. Hugs to B.
Also, that much editing is ridiculous. Ya sure I'll edit some photos when adding layers and everything, but I don't say it looked like that in-camera or close. Ugh, it just reminds me of the photography class I'm taking in high school right now. My teacher said "You can take a bad picture and make it great in Photoshop!"
Everyone in the class knows more about how to use Photoshop then to work a camera. It's disappointing :[
did you read my reply to your mail?
bastards.
check your DA inbox then
personally i wouldnt call it "street" either.
but then i heard they do landscape images with formats smaller than 8x10". some even handheld. does that make it something else? like "earth documentary"instead of "landscape"?
i know you like your purist way, but let the kids have some fun and define the world like it has never been. that's what robert frank did anyway, back in the days, when landscape was still landscape and street didnt exist.