It is fascinating how digital technology has transformed photography. Today, people take photos instantly with their own digital cameras. Digital cameras now allow people to capture memorable moments of their lives on their own and to share and save them easily on the internet or their computers. I can remember the times when photo albums in my household used to be a big deal because it would be a way to share our life in pictures with visitors or friends that we welcomed in our house. However today, there is a much less need for portable albums when you can post all of your pictures online in a social site that reaches everybody who knows. Digital cameras even allow people to print their own photos in their own home via personal printers. Sometimes we take a lot of things for granted, but who would have thought in the 1990’s that technology and the internet would have impacted our lives the way it is today. Speaking of digital technology, today what is mostly shown to us in lines of photography is digital photography, which I find more efficient than was the way in which photographs were taken before (after all, progress is good). Though there has been another observation that has come to light: Photoshop/computer art in digital photography. Today, Photoshop is used to enhance or even “change” raw photos in one way or another. There are positive and negative things that can be argued about the use of Photoshop today. Without further saying, it is fascinating to see where the use of Photoshop has shaped fashion photography especially—where people for instance, become subject to changes that do not reflect who they really are like in real life. Nevertheless, it is good to acknowledge how the use of Photoshop plays significant roles in digital photography. For instance, today people have a way to go on photo editing sites, free of charge and are able without any studied knowledge of Photoshop softwares, to apply advanced Photoshop effects directly to pictures the way they desire them.
For real! I actually use Picasa sometimes to edit my photos, but only when I'm like, 'yeah, makeup could cover that up...but I'm really not in the mood to put more on.' It definitely encourages deceit, Photoshop. But there's no question it's an incredible program.
ReplyDeletePhotoshop has definitely redefined photography in respect to editing processes and abilities. However, the ability to warp what is taken on film has been around since the dawn of photography (exposure, use of various lens, etc.). It's sufficient to say, though, that editing programs have greatly improved the flexibility of photography concerning the manipulation of subject matter.
ReplyDeleteI am actually a new fan of photography and im learning so much about it so i really love your blog. Going along with what Nathan said, there are so many things that you can do with photoshop and in my opinion it can be seen as an artistic outlet in itself using the original photo as a canvas. Kudos to this !
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