'Photography Isn't Art'. That was a comment made by a long standing member of my local camera club at a recent meeting. I was horrified as I have always considered photography as capable of being used for both record and artistic purposes. When I set up my studio lighting, I am making artistic decisions on how to light my subject, I can choose specific lenses to create an effect, adjust my exposure to modify the depth of field, I can chose to over or under expose in order affect the mood. Surely all of these ar artistic decisions. The same is true when taking landscapes we can alter reality by using different focal lengths, and all this is before moving on to editing, where the artistic possibilities are limitless..
I would love to have other peoples views on this, am I kidding myself that I am producing art?
I would love to have other peoples views on this, am I kidding myself that I am producing art?
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