Keith; What type of film do you use to record "exactly" what your seeing? Different films render the colors of that scene differently and your choice is already "distorting" reality. Some could say that you are manipulating your audience with your choice of film. By the way, did you crop out (with lens choice) that ugly garbage pile to the right of your idyllic pastoral landscape? Or, by using a different lens did you include it to "manipulate" your audience with the stark irony?
Every photograph you make is a scene rendered the way you want it, showing your audience what YOU want them to see and in the manner you want them to see it in. As Bill said, photography is not about realism or reality, it is about what you want to portray, how you want to portray it. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 4:23 AM Subject: Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round > In just those few words, William, you've fingered a whole new > philosopical discussion! > > What you say may be true for some aspects of photography, but for an > image recorder like me, I try to record exactly what I'm seeing and > experiencing at the time, with the least amount of distortion of fact as possible. > Making the photo a slice of reality as *I* saw it is easily 90% of the effort. > > Else, why take the shot? > > keith whaley > > * * * > > William Robb wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > Subject: Re: Tripod use - hard lenses and soft films or the other way round > > > > , because photography is all about realism and > > > nothing else. > > > Wheee!! > > The last thing photography is about is realism. > > > > William Robb >
