Jared Polin On Expectations... Yours and the Clients..

This is a very interesting rant from Jared Polin. 

But the thing about it, it's a really interesting way of getting your point across. He never mentions a name, but gives a very inspired and honest opinion, which is really a breath of fresh air in quite a stuffy secret society.

Spray and Pray....... Here we go again folks...

Came across this today on www.cnet.com.au, then found that it was making a lot of trips around on other photographers, and photograph bloggers websites and twitter feeds..

I have only recently picked the camera back up with the imagination and dedication to resume, or maybe recreate, a life behind the lens. The idea of setting my DSLR in a Program mode and rattling off images with flaming abandon, just fills my with terror.

So I say to "The System" and to it's creator David Jay, there is a MASSIVE difference in opinion in what we do and how it should be taught SIR. Getting people to understand their camera and getting them off those Program Modes is more important than shooting 3-4K at a friends wedding or party and hoping for a couple of good shots.

Lomography and Instergam... Not Sure...

Found this link over in a forum at Analogue Photography Users Group which is a video about the Lomography in England. The Journalist sort of goes into the descriptions of Analogue Photography, but treats it as more of a defunct craze for Hipsters. We all know a smart phone can do wacky wacky things with our images but really?? Yes we all know that Instergram sold to Facebook for mega bucks, but I don't believe that analogue photography has just been happened on.

These years of living after the Great Depression has given rise to less and less use of analogue techniques, and they are dying off. Most Pro Labs are  dying breed, and have to live on the Digital Process as the Film Lines start to lay waste. It's gotten to the point where film is scanned after processing, so the photographer can manipulate and edit the the photo digitally. No More Master Printers dodging and burning in the dark room to get the beautiful images of yesteryear.

This is why we need to bring back analogue in a big way!! Companies like Kodak should not have gone into Bankruptcy..