frank theriault wrote: >On 7/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In a message dated 7/13/2006 9:18:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> So the >> limit between painting and photography is not really too clear. >> Regards >> >> Jens Bladt >> ======= >> Definitely. Agreed. Big time. > >Nope. Gotta agree with Bob on this one. The difference between >photography and painting is quite clear. Photography (in this sense) >is an image derived from the momentary capture of light on an >electronic or chemical sensor. Painting is the application of >chemical substance on a surface. The fact that the results can >sometimes look somewhat similar in no way makes the processes >analogous.
I like Michael Reichmann's contrast between photography and painting: They're exact opposites because the painter starts with a blank canvas and can put anything he or she can imagine on it, whereas the photographer starts with a scene or subject (potentially the whole world) and has to decide what to *leave out* of the scene he/she frames in the viewfinder. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
