Tom-Lutz wrote: call me "OLD SCHOOL" then. To me its just wrong. Too many times I've seen pics look more like an OIL PAINTING than a real true to life photo.
Tom-Lutz wrote: . . . Too many times I've seen pics look more like an OIL PAINTING than a real true to life photo.
Rudy Sosa wrote:
Tom-Lutz wrote: call me "OLD SCHOOL" then. To me its just wrong. Too many times I've seen pics look more like an OIL PAINTING than a real true to life photo.
Not trying to stir the pot of emotions here, but isn't photography about individualism and what you the photographer/artist want to create? Boy think of where art would be if all the painters just followed the same path? Art would be mundane and lifeless, certainly artist like Pablo Picasso is a good example of someone who experimented, who wasn't afraid of going against the grain. I think freedom and experimenting with your photograph is very important, otherwise you limit and cap your creative expression. There, that's my 2 cents!
Tom-Lutz wrote: if you like taking short cuts to making oil paintings fine, but don't tell me that's the best way to do something now.I did just fine before PS and now this comes along and I'm right back where I started trying to paint oil painting which I could never do. AND FURTHER MORE DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
Ian Stone wrote:
Rudy Sosa wrote:
Tom-Lutz wrote: call me "OLD SCHOOL" then. To me its just wrong. Too many times I've seen pics look more like an OIL PAINTING than a real true to life photo.
Not trying to stir the pot of emotions here, but isn't photography about individualism and what you the photographer/artist want to create? Boy think of where art would be if all the painters just followed the same path? Art would be mundane and lifeless, certainly artist like Pablo Picasso is a good example of someone who experimented, who wasn't afraid of going against the grain. I think freedom and experimenting with your photograph is very important, otherwise you limit and cap your creative expression. There, that's my 2 cents!
Isn't that the truth, during that time when Picasso lived, wasn't his art shunned?
John Landolfi wrote:
Ian Stone wrote: during that time when Picasso lived, wasn't his art shunned?
Far from it! In a relatively short time, he became famous and sought after, and especially after WWI, he sold anything he made (painted, sculpted, pottery...)So much so, that he c ould simply sign his name to a piece of paper, and give it to a friend asking for a loan. Although what this has to do with the present topic is far from clear...
Tom-Lutz wrote: Then yoiu need to go over to VB and enter some of the contests. THAT'S when you'll see it for yourself. Last Christmas was one of the worst I'd seen in a winner. It was a PS of a santa Clause convention and all the people dressed up looked like paintings. NOT even close to real.
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