http://lawrenceripsher.com/blog/2007/08/great-photograp.html Photos, Reviews, Instruction Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:11:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://lawrenceripsher.com/blog/2007/08/great-photograp.html/comment-page-1#comment-263 Peg O'Brien Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:57:36 +0000 http://lawrenceripsher.com/2007/08/great-photograp.html#comment-263 <p>Thanks, Lawrence, I was laughing so hard I was crying. </p> Thanks, Lawrence, I was laughing so hard I was crying.

]]> http://lawrenceripsher.com/blog/2007/08/great-photograp.html/comment-page-1#comment-262 Craig Persel Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:52:26 +0000 http://lawrenceripsher.com/2007/08/great-photograp.html#comment-262 <p>Absolutely hilarious ... and true. :-) Digital cameras and the internet have combined to make everyone an expert within months of picking up a camera. Combine that with Photoshop "expertise" and the many circulating photographic "rules" and - as the commentator states - many of the masters would be/have been quickly discounted. The biggest issue though is that digital cameras has immensely expanded the number of photographers who have not studied or learned to appreciate the artistic merits of the great artists. It's all about the latest gear, lenses, Photoshop techniques and ridiculous rules of composition with little-to-no creative energy or originality. In my two years of online gallery viewing there are very few who meet the minimum standards of a true artist.</p> Absolutely hilarious … and true. :-) Digital cameras and the internet have combined to make everyone an expert within months of picking up a camera. Combine that with Photoshop "expertise" and the many circulating photographic "rules" and – as the commentator states – many of the masters would be/have been quickly discounted. The biggest issue though is that digital cameras has immensely expanded the number of photographers who have not studied or learned to appreciate the artistic merits of the great artists. It's all about the latest gear, lenses, Photoshop techniques and ridiculous rules of composition with little-to-no creative energy or originality. In my two years of online gallery viewing there are very few who meet the minimum standards of a true artist.

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