Comments on: When Art Becomes Trash! http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/ Photography Podcast. news, tips, inspiration, Photoshp, Lightroom, Worlflow Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: JayMonster http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-168187 JayMonster Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:16:24 +0000 http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-168187 P.S. I suspect Barts big problem was with their vs. they're, which you got wrong, but no spell checker is going to find. P.S. I suspect Barts big problem was with their vs. they’re, which you got wrong, but no spell checker is going to find.

]]> By: JayMonster http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-168186 JayMonster Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:14:57 +0000 http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-168186 This is an interesting subject and one that has baffled me for a long time. However, I think I am just now starting to understand it to some degree. In the past, I have tossed tons of photos that I thought were trash, things with motion blur, things with uneven lighting, and so on. When I got married, as we went through our proofs (this was back in the film days), I was somewhere between baffled and annoyed. As I looked at them, I commented that "every other photograph was blurry." I was corrected and told that they were in fact (as I am sure you have guessed by now) "soft focus." I suspect many things have become "art" by accident. This is an interesting subject and one that has baffled me for a long time. However, I think I am just now starting to understand it to some degree. In the past, I have tossed tons of photos that I thought were trash, things with motion blur, things with uneven lighting, and so on.

When I got married, as we went through our proofs (this was back in the film days), I was somewhere between baffled and annoyed. As I looked at them, I commented that “every other photograph was blurry.” I was corrected and told that they were in fact (as I am sure you have guessed by now) “soft focus.”

I suspect many things have become “art” by accident.

]]> By: chetnikk http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-96188 chetnikk Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:03:55 +0000 http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-96188 USENET RULE #7: "When your response consists primarily of a spelling or grammar flame, you just lost the argument." USENET RULE #7: “When your response consists primarily of a spelling or grammar flame, you just lost the argument.”

]]> By: dennis http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-95486 dennis Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:45:48 +0000 http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-95486 I second what Crystal mentioned regarding this topic. The way I see it, that's the beauty (and in my opinion, the best part) of art: It is 100% subjective. There is no right or wrong when it comes to art in my opinion. Yes it may take way more skill and a longer time to create an oil painting masterpiece than it does to run a handful of Photoshop filters but you are still going to find people who will like the crazy looking Photoshop creation over the oil painting. That's just what the viewer prefers. Even though I am a photographer, I still don't refer to myself as an artist. I reserve that title for those highly skilled individuals who can take raw materials and turn it into something. Whether it be a block of granite turned into a statue, lumber made into a beautiful bookcase, or even paint and canvas to create a painting; those are true artists. Lets face it, we photographers are really just editors and modifiers of objects and scenes that already exist. Not a bad thing in the slightest, just don't be too hasty when adding "artist" to your title. :grin: I second what Crystal mentioned regarding this topic. The way I see it, that’s the beauty (and in my opinion, the best part) of art: It is 100% subjective. There is no right or wrong when it comes to art in my opinion. Yes it may take way more skill and a longer time to create an oil painting masterpiece than it does to run a handful of Photoshop filters but you are still going to find people who will like the crazy looking Photoshop creation over the oil painting. That’s just what the viewer prefers.

Even though I am a photographer, I still don’t refer to myself as an artist. I reserve that title for those highly skilled individuals who can take raw materials and turn it into something. Whether it be a block of granite turned into a statue, lumber made into a beautiful bookcase, or even paint and canvas to create a painting; those are true artists. Lets face it, we photographers are really just editors and modifiers of objects and scenes that already exist. Not a bad thing in the slightest, just don’t be too hasty when adding “artist” to your title. :grin:

]]> By: Barts http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-95146 Barts Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:33:10 +0000 http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-95146 Gavin - Seriously? You proofed it many times? Here's a novel idea... try spell or grammar checking it Once and see what the checker says. They are very helpful tools and have the uncanny ability to keep us from looking unprofessional when we make even the smallest of very common mistakes. I am sure that "fixing mistakes as I see them" as you said is not working for you. You don' see them the first time, so why do you think you'd see them the second? Gavin -
Seriously? You proofed it many times? Here’s a novel idea… try spell or grammar checking it Once and see what the checker says. They are very helpful tools and have the uncanny ability to keep us from looking unprofessional when we make even the smallest of very common mistakes. I am sure that “fixing mistakes as I see them” as you said is not working for you. You don’ see them the first time, so why do you think you’d see them the second?

]]> By: prophotoshow http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-94445 prophotoshow Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:56:03 +0000 http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/2008/04/16/when-art-becomes-trash/#comment-94445 "not because I say it’s good myself, or because other yes men to call it art" Sorry you don't understand it crystal but it's not a typo it means exactly what it says. I did rephrase it a touch to try and make it fit better. I don't claim to be an English teacher. I do work to improve my writing all the time, but my first priority is to get out content that informative and challenging. Gav “not because I say it’s good myself, or because other yes men to call it art”

Sorry you don’t understand it crystal but it’s not a typo it means exactly what it says. I did rephrase it a touch to try and make it fit better.
I don’t claim to be an English teacher. I do work to improve my writing all the time, but my first priority is to get out content that informative and challenging.
Gav

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