Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last two are, obviously, not "photographs." As to the wheelchair girl and clouds - were the clouds in the sky as seen in the print? Or were they added/cloned in PS. If they were there, then it's a photograph. If they weren't, then it's some sort of photocomposition. And btw, I would say that the standards in terms of what one can or can't do in photoshop to emphasise or demphasise elements, etc., is quite different for photojournalism and art photography. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:19 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] B. D. PAW On Mar 25, 2005, at 9:11 AM, SonC@aol.com wrote: > BD writes: > You have decided to do a project combining individual >> photographs; I wish you good luck with the project, but I don't >> consider the end product of what you are producing to be >> "photography." But I know that there are many who disagree with me. >> :-) > > > So, does that mean a double exposure is not a photograph? > > If you hand color the print, does it stop being a photograph? > > If you add your name to the print using a negative, has it ceased > being pure? > > What about unsharp masking --not the PS type, but when you make a > mask negative. Is that result not a photograph? > How about this?: Straight photograph. No digital, just printed in the darkroom: http://tinyurl.com/43bun Straight photograph, scanned negative that was ONLY dust busted Photoshop. Color correction was set to MATCH the exposure. Final output on Lightjet. (Tri-X@400; f16/500th) http://tinyurl.com/548tp Straight photo with a little 'direction' - "Stand here and squint into the sun. It will make you look more manly!" Printed on the contrasty side in the darkroom, probably a little dodge and burn. http://www.cristinaarce.com/images/photo_smith04.jpg Heavily Photoshopped image, shall we call this an Illustration?: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3218249 Photomontage: http://tinyurl.com/3wt7x David Hockney, photo collage http://tinyurl.com/564vp Feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information