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Step 2: Anal!
1 August 2008 01:36
Stolen gleefully from Photoshop Disasters, who found it for me.
1 August 2008
Stolen gleefully from Photoshop Disasters, who found it for me.
Spent a little time working on the workshop I'll be giving at DragonCon, entitled "Photographic Truth, Myth of."
There are many thoughts that I'm trying to see if I can work into the conversation. While I was talking to Liz Galindorf about this, we got into a heated discussion about the validity of digital manipulation. Liz suggested that while digital manipulation is a useful skill to know, it is not generally needed. I, on the other hand, argue that the very act of photography is already a manipulation, and so you have a duty to finish manipulating it until it achieves your intention.
I hadn't thought initially to include an argument for performing manipulations in the first place, but it seems like a good thing to include. ( Read more... )
There are many thoughts that I'm trying to see if I can work into the conversation. While I was talking to Liz Galindorf about this, we got into a heated discussion about the validity of digital manipulation. Liz suggested that while digital manipulation is a useful skill to know, it is not generally needed. I, on the other hand, argue that the very act of photography is already a manipulation, and so you have a duty to finish manipulating it until it achieves your intention.
I hadn't thought initially to include an argument for performing manipulations in the first place, but it seems like a good thing to include. ( Read more... )
