tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post4716226219688363321..comments2024-03-25T03:15:21.061-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: Color Photographs ... Enhanced!!Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-14186000861020501642021-02-21T23:28:05.639-08:002021-02-21T23:28:05.639-08:00In the olden days some art-oriented photographers ...In the olden days some art-oriented photographers would print the whole film including the border with "Kodak" or whatever, instead of cropping down to the image, as an indication that it was a straight vérité sort of photo. Besides, any manipulation was not that easy to do. With digital photography all bets are off. <br /><br />I was looking at a bunch of top news photos of the week and thought about how beautiful they all were. Then I remembered that any visual factor can be jacked up in seconds with digital photography, and nothing is really a straight photo any more. And that's news photography, not crap made to sell to tourists. <br /><br />Of course there's still composition, framing, and the moment . But you could hack that stuff too (probably not done with pros doing news). <br /><br />Stuff like for example what Obama's presidential photographer did looks straight and probably basically all is, because he was trying to capture real documentary moments, not make stuff to sell to tourists. <br /><br />Remember Melania's official portrait photo? Yikes. It said a lot of things they no doubt didn't mean to say. emjayayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790208989570059525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-41852567742699370862021-02-16T13:49:28.869-08:002021-02-16T13:49:28.869-08:00Damian & Don -- Thank you for your input. I w...Damian & Don -- Thank you for your input. I was more into photography ages ago when I was in the Army in Korea. But in recent years I mostly take digital photos and use them for reference or blogging, so I am not very aware of the digital technologies for adjusting initial images.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-15639302545827290442021-02-16T00:59:46.806-08:002021-02-16T00:59:46.806-08:00The photographer Joseph Holmes has an extensive de...The photographer Joseph Holmes has an extensive description of the work flow used for this kind of image manipulation under the 'profiles' tab of his site. His images are also, in my opinion, considerably more 'restrained' in their application of it - to more pleasing effect.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.josephholmes.com/home" rel="nofollow">JosephHolmes</a>DamianJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813228931887422441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-33833189513815819722021-02-15T09:21:17.613-08:002021-02-15T09:21:17.613-08:00Those look like examples of "high dynamic ran...Those look like examples of "high dynamic range" photography, in which the photographer shoots his subject at several different exposure values and combines the images with software like "Photomatix." It's often useful for bringing out detail in both the shadows and highlights, but it can be abused.Donhttp://shuffly.net/zoop/noreply@blogger.com