Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not convinced that these even started out as "photographs". 3D rendering packages such as Bryce, POV-Ray and Lightwave are good at creating extremely photo-realistic scenes. dan c. At 06:39 AM 23-05-03 -0700, Ted Grant wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: >> > >> > > http://www.creativeeyecoop.com/promos/ElleSchuster/ >> > > >> > > Just out of curiosity, what does the LUG think about these >photographs?<< > >Hi Tina, >Actually these type of "photo illustrations" are big money makers for any >photography stock agency where the computer image / designer / artist is >extremly imaginative. We have some at Masterfile in Toronto that make this >stuff pale by comparison. > >It's very interesting, but it isn't "photography" as we understand the word >photography to mean. The bits and pieces may have started out through >exposure in a camera, but that's the end to the shooting a picture in the >traditional fashion. As all the rerst is computer enhancement and >correlating to creating a kind of collage if you like. > >And yep I bet she makes a ton of money from this stuff! Sometimes very >difficult for real photographers to swallow that this is considered >photography. >ted > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html