Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust - Revisited
Well, the farewell party happened today... I didn't have any 8x10 size paper for my photo printer, so I took them to the local store. They did an "okay" job, but nothing special.
That said, my photos were nothing special - exposure was off on a few, some were slightly out-of-focus or had slight motion blur, etc... but - to the family and friends that saw them, they were special... Sometimes photographers get so caught up in the little details that they miss the overall meaning of the image. Now, I am not saying that a blurry, out-of-focus, under/over-exposed image is worth the same as a "well made" image, but they still have a place in the world.
Sadly a trend I am starting to see photographers take is over-processing their photos. Adding glow here, changing some color there, adding a texture overlay, etc, etc... They can take a perfectly good photo and ruin it by doing too many things to it in post-processing. I think too many of us are starting to get lazy in our photography and decide to not worry about getting it right when you click the shutter because it can be fixed with a photo editing program. A joke I make with friends about how to fix a poor photo: make it black and white, add some grain, and vignette it... sad thing is --- it is true!
That said, my photos were nothing special - exposure was off on a few, some were slightly out-of-focus or had slight motion blur, etc... but - to the family and friends that saw them, they were special... Sometimes photographers get so caught up in the little details that they miss the overall meaning of the image. Now, I am not saying that a blurry, out-of-focus, under/over-exposed image is worth the same as a "well made" image, but they still have a place in the world.
Sadly a trend I am starting to see photographers take is over-processing their photos. Adding glow here, changing some color there, adding a texture overlay, etc, etc... They can take a perfectly good photo and ruin it by doing too many things to it in post-processing. I think too many of us are starting to get lazy in our photography and decide to not worry about getting it right when you click the shutter because it can be fixed with a photo editing program. A joke I make with friends about how to fix a poor photo: make it black and white, add some grain, and vignette it... sad thing is --- it is true!
posted by Scott at
10:25 PM
