I agree here. You should note that he states that you need Photoshop
(integreated with pic he says). Average consumer doesn't need this. I see
far more people on the bus, train, airplane, car (at rest stops on highway)
looking at film pics.; nothing beats a picture album. Digital will never
replace film until the AVERAGE person can get photo qual prints without
having a set-up at home.
-Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Dougherty [mailto:davdou@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: September 20, 2002 8:06 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Digital photography article
> I thought his general remarks on digital photography
were interesting.<
Yes, interesting. BUT, I grow ever more weary of the pundits who predict
the demise of photographic art with the advent of digital photography.
Granted, one can modify things more readily with a digital image. I've done
it. But I do it honestly. That is, I try to make the final product the sum
of the photographic instant and my subsequent manipulation. How is this
different than creative darkroom manipulation?
Having a quality digital camera has been liberating! I can experiment, try
new techniques, and grow. I don't have to break the bank to do it, and I am
not at the mercy of the 1-hour lab's idea of what my image should look like.
Get a grip! Oil Painting, charcoal, watercolor, etc. are all mediums to
produce art. Art and quality are achieved not by the raw products used to
get there, but the end result. Michelangelo used eggs.... I could go on,
but you get my point.
Dave Dougherty
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