the answer (from me) never changes: my eye.
we thrive on technology and the latest innovations in all things to make life easier for us. we have facebook, myspace, twitter, tumblr, blogs, iphones, kindles, and much more. these great developments are so useful that the next generation of children will probably learn how to use them all in kindergarten instead of learning how to physically use the hands to write or practice cursive lettering.
we become more mechanized as each day passes, and this is no different in the field of photography. i tell people i use my eye because that's where it starts. my eye frames the image, thinks about color, considers textures, imagines angles, plays with light etc. etc. etc. - the camera is there to capture these elements in a frozen moment. and from the capture, we often make the next stop photoshop. everyone talks about cs4, cs8, cs1015 (give it time), but not many discuss the initial view from what the eye sees, and i think without that consideration the idea of photography can become no more than just what technology can do for us.
i use a camera. i use an editing program. and people often wonder what things look like in between those two processes. well, for a rare glimpse (especially from me) ... i present a few images raw, uncut, untouched, unedited - they have been resized to fit here, but no other adjustments have been made. this is what my eye saw and what i wanted to capture. i like what my eye sees during a photoshoot and i like what my eyes see on a daily basis from observing my surroundings. there's a lot to see around us ... take a look:
1 comments:
Good expression on this topic. I'm a photoshop lover but only when the base image is spectacular as well. Coming from an editor... we like for post production to fix everything, but the concept and good material have to be there first. Post only enhances. Without a strong image post can do nothing.
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