Although the Internet has dramatically changed how things are perceived, there are still many professional writers with low opinions regarding bloggers and self-publishing. Does this mean that bloggers can’t write? Of course there are those that can’t, but there are a great may that can. The medium has simply changed.
The easier it becomes to do something, the worse the whole medium becomes. This is an often heard (read) opinion about photography.
There was once a time that to own a ‘good’ camera you needed to spend a lot of money, and, as a result, there were fewer photographers – when they took a photo, they had to make sure it was good. After all, film was expensive, too. Now you can buy a great digital camera inexpensively, take some shots, and, BAM!, you are a photographer. The idea being that anyone with a digital camera considers themselves a photographer just because they took a black and white picture of an object, which was partially in shadow.
This is really a cynical argument.
Opinions are always going to be divided on the question of whether making something easier makes it better.
Has this led to the death of photography as an art form? Only the deluded would think so. With the innovations that have come our way, people with talent but not much money can now let their talent find an audience. Sure, there are now more bad photographers than ever, but this does not mean there are fewer good ones.
The easier it becomes to do something, the worse the whole medium becomes. This is an often heard (read) opinion about photography.
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| Matthew G. Beall Diffusion 2011 |
There was once a time that to own a ‘good’ camera you needed to spend a lot of money, and, as a result, there were fewer photographers – when they took a photo, they had to make sure it was good. After all, film was expensive, too. Now you can buy a great digital camera inexpensively, take some shots, and, BAM!, you are a photographer. The idea being that anyone with a digital camera considers themselves a photographer just because they took a black and white picture of an object, which was partially in shadow.
This is really a cynical argument.
Opinions are always going to be divided on the question of whether making something easier makes it better.
Has this led to the death of photography as an art form? Only the deluded would think so. With the innovations that have come our way, people with talent but not much money can now let their talent find an audience. Sure, there are now more bad photographers than ever, but this does not mean there are fewer good ones.
