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Times have definitely changed.
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interesting article
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This statement is awe inspiring:
"It is impossible to be accurate, but with a world population of digital cameras exceeding a third of a billion on top of millions of film-using cameras still in use, it is likely that more pictures are taken every year than in the previous 160 years of photography put together."
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Technology in the garden of good & evil. Sometimes I think it's mostly evil:
"The restructuring of the profession is more subtle, profound and distressing: experienced photographers are finding themselves marginalised, their darkroom skills discounted with a rapidity that makes the destruction of craft traditions by the industrial revolution appear snail-paced in comparison."
Of course, I still shoot with (& prefer) film....
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I'm one of the grandmas mentioned in the article. I'm proud to say I help my sons and daughter with their cameras and photos!! :o)
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Interesting read. I started with digital because it's a very cost-effective and time-efficient way to learn. But now I've started shooting film, which I like (except for the cost). Eventually, I'll go back to digital, but will probably keep shooting film, and what with film equipment becoming so cheap, more digital-first users may do the same.
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the guardian's sunday paper, the observer, followed this up with a story on flickr itself
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Oh funnneee...thanks for the invite again, cheers!
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Interesting, but I'm not convinced that "traditional" photographers are finding themselves marginalised unless they choose to be. I've read quite a few magazine interviews with established photographers who have said that while they still love film, they now do most of their shooting with digital and have simply learned a new set of skills to add to their old film-based ones. I don't see that as a bad or sad thing; photography has always been a technology-dependent art, and technologies change.
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Also related from a couple weeks ago, a Guardian article on moblogs which featured a Flickr member, Kozika.
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You should read more Tom Ang, he presented a series called "Digital Britain" althought I didn't get to see all the episode, thanks to the schedule being changed...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/203-7479163-0815905
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and they are futher behind the times... They didn't mention sites like flickr or the stock photo sites like istockphoto. These are really reshaping the industry again.
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sp_nce [deleted] says:
Digital is friendly to animals.
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it's certainly true that digital is taking over. but the article mentions the increased availability of phones with "cameras" attached. in my opinion a gadget phone does not and will (hopefully) never be comparable to a "real" camera (built for a specific purpose rather than being a fancy accessory). camera phones are for happysnappers. nothing more, nothing less.
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urbandiscount [deleted] says:
i don't agree with that.
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Happysnappers are the deserving heirs of the crown of photography.
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I shoot digital a lot but there are somethings that you can only do in film. Super long exposures taking pictures of landscapes by the moonlight night.
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200 million * infinite crappy photos! ;-)
Originally posted 76 months ago.
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jon madison edited this topic 76 months ago.
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Folks, please, let's not have the digital vs film argument. Here at JPG, we believe it's all about the image - the camera that you happen to use is besides the point.
Thanks.
Posted 76 months ago.
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