Sience or Art

[SpringfieldPhoto]

There is more and more emphasis in magazines and on the internet, with the technology and the tricks and abilities of cameras and lenses. More and more I am growing bored with the whole thing. Photography is, in my opinion about art not science. A good friend of mine was a scientific photographer and that is where precise acrurate photography is important. I am looking to create pleasing images. The cameras I own can do all sorts of tricks, most of which are designed to take over the heavy lifting of the photographic process. For me this is a shame. I enjoy the skill required to take a picture and get far less satisfaction from the process if the camera is doing all the work. On my R6 I use full manual for everything except focussing. The reason for this is that I enjoy creating an image that is mine, not the cameras.
Many of the most iconic photographs were taken without all the modern aids.

[Trev B]

Can’t agree more Alan.

[Daisy M]

I also agree but as a you are a professional photographer a lot of your images most be post processed, isn’t that the app doing the work?

[SpringfieldPhoto]

Firstly, I am not a professional photographer I am a retired IT manager. Secondly, I use photoshop creatively to make art from a picture. The process is very often complex and requires a high level of skill. Having said that, the majority of pictures I have posted on this site have had virtually no editing other than cropping and the removal of the odd blemish from my models faces.

[SpringfieldPhoto]

This is an example of a Photoshop edit, 3 images blended together all taken by me and the edit entirely done by me. This is what I use photoshop for. My portraits are created in the studio using lighting and camera techniques and don't require any post processing other than perhaps a crop or blemish removal (something the models ask for).

[El Sid]

Might the model be Olivia?

Nice piece of editing but I've spotted one small issue... you've forgotten to match the space within the trigger guard to the background - being almost central in the picture it does stand out a bit...

[SpringfieldPhoto]

Might the model be Olivia?

Nice piece of editing but I've spotted one small issue... you've forgotten to match the space within the trigger guard to the background - being almost central in the picture it does stand out a bit...

Well spotted! Actually, I realise now that I uploaded the wrong version of the image as I had spotted that myself and fixed it in another version.