TECHNIQUE or ART?
Print available for purchase on ETSY
I recently read several different blog posts from some wonderful photographers that said vision is more important than technique. While I agree vision is important my take on the subject is spontaneity is more important than technique. So many things can be missed if taking the time to set the perfect shot! I never, ever, ever, use a tripod. I prefer to take 100 shots from slightly different angles and hope that I may get one in the end that I like! Yes some are blurry and deleted but that is how I end up with some of my best shots. I even sit in the passenger seat of my hubby’s truck and shoot tons of photos through the window as we are moving. Amazing how many gorgeous shots I would not have gotten had I not done that! Here are some perfect examples of photos taken from hubby’s truck while driving down the road:
But this is my technique and certainly is not for everyone and that is fine. For me and I only speak for myself photography is not just about a photograph that is so life like it is about art! I used to have the steadiest of hands in my youth. I used to do ceramics and paint and could be so precise. I loved the detail I could paint. Now I have a tremor and my hands are no longer steady. I have no fine motor control of my hands. For me the post processing in Lightroom and Photoshop etc… are a life saver and the best part. I love to literally paint and enhance the individual colors etc… in post processing. It gives me my creative release.
So I have one comment for photographers, everyone has their own style and performs it for a reason… THEY like it. If you love to use a tripod go for it. If you like your images straight out of the camera, more power to you. If you love the post processing part of editing keep it up. Individuality and choice is what makes art including photography great!
Fryeburg Maine.
Print available for purchase on ETSY
Red Roofed Barn, Denmark Maine,
Print available for purchase on ETSY here…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I think you share a beautiful world with us. 🙂
LikeLike
Thanks Karen!
LikeLike
I don’t think that anyone would dispute the fact that tripod or no tripod, post processing or sooc, it is still art! Whether it’s purely a photograph or digital art…it is still ART. But I do think there’s a distinction between a photograph and a work of digital art…and that doesn’t necessarily mean that one is better than the other, they are just different. To each his/her own! Variety is the spice of life!
LikeLike
I completely agree with you Elizabeth. We all have our own approach to photography, which is how it should be. We can all learn from each other, but there is not correct or wrong approach. Like you I never use tripod, but that doesn’t mean that others might not do great work with a tripod. It just doesn’t fit my way of shooting – like you. Keep shooting those great images – your way!
LikeLike
Thanks Otto. I value your opinion!
LikeLike
I will post my two cents on this subject, for me the two interweave with each other. The most important element…does the image capture emotion for the viewer? Your work ALWAYS does my friend.
LikeLike
You are absolutely right Laurie!
LikeLike
Very nicely stated, Liz.
LikeLike
Thanks Lisa!
LikeLike
Dear Elizabeth, you make very good points and I am hoping that my post on the topic didn’t offend you. One can certainly have vision and spontaneity simultaneously. I too use a lot of spontaneity with capturing the world with my camera. I think we all do and that is the beauty of photography vs. painting or other art forms – it permits us to capture a moment in time that would otherwise pass us by without documentation. We all must do some post processing, some more than others. Processing is indeed part of the art just as my post stated. The differentiation is using your vision and technique in camera to capture the world around you vs. using an image to create something entirely different than the original image, which, in many opinion becomes another art form – digital art. Both digital art and photography are incredible art forms and great artistic expressions. My point in my post was that perhaps the two should be differentiated. It is a major controversy, but not one that should influence how we as individuals work to create our own art. Have a wonderful day! Blessings, Robyn
LikeLike