Today I tried something new. I was getting desperate for some new visual stimuli and asked my friend Shannon to come over. I don't usually like to tamper much with photographs because I feel like it's "cheating" , but all photographers do it and if I want to create a visually stimulating photograph, why not? I mean, at least I hope it to be. Please give me any feedback as to whether it bothers you when tampering with photos, or whether it is sometimes interesting. I choose my friend Shannon as a subject a lot because she someone who is artistic and someone who is willing to do anything.( Change for Bacon assignment- "I choose my friend Shannon as a subject a lot because she is artistic and willing to do anything. Reducing adjective clause) If anyone is familiar with the concept of trying to take serious photographs of your friends, it's really hard. Most friends get nervous, but Shannon doesn't. That's why I choose her. Also, she is beautiful and always has good ideas to help me along the way. I don't know why I wanted her to be wearing a sheet, but I had an urge that was telling me to do so. There will be lots more pictures of Shannon to come from this particular shoot.
There's nothing wrong with altering a photo to achieve an artistic effect. I think all the snobby photographers out there are more concerned with people adjusting hue and contrast to make it seem as if they took a better picture than they actually did.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kevin. I've found that altering photographs is an art in itself. I know so many people interested in photography and graphic design, and what they do is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! That gives me a lot more courage to be creative. I don't have photoshop on this particular computer to add like really intense cool effects, but my iphoto is good enough for now I suppose...
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