Is Photography Really an Art?
By Manisha
@ms1864 (6886)
Bangalore, India
March 1, 2018 12:39am CST
I mean sure, the angle and timing matters. But the how much work is really involved of a individual being? These days, 90% of the job seems to done by the camera's technology itself. The rest is done by digital modification. Sure, a person has to modify it, but it is just a matter of clicks with how simple technology has become. One doesn't have to be a photographer to know what setting or filter looks good.
Everything can be fixed on the computer. Plus the camera quality on smart-phones these days is just as good as any camera anyway.
Even super zoomed in shots can be taken easily with a simple change of lenses. There is another lens for landscape shot, Most of the 'perfect lighting' is done by nature itself.
I don't get it.
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8 responses
@vandana7 (98823)
• India
1 Mar 18
It is an art because it shows what you would not register, even if you saw. :) And hopefully it shows something beautiful for registering in mind. The photographer usually takes many pictures at one go. Within that also he selects for matching the mood and purpose. But yes, it has become easier than it was in the past, because lenses need not be adjusted nor the apertures, and hands shaking will also be absorbed by contemporary cameras as also light. So it has become very easy.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
23 Mar 18
Yes, photographs can be works of art... Not because the artist had to work at getting the perfect shot, but because Mother Nature worked at putting the elements of the perfect shot in front of a person who recognized the art and took a photo of it. (In my opinion, of course!)
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
1 Mar 18
i used to think that photos taken by cameras were about skill and luck. i had no idea they were edited.
now we have camera phones and anyone can take a picture and edit it themselves. what i like about it is you can cut off the parts you don't like.
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@MistyckMoon (924)
• United States
23 Mar 18
Photography is an art and although new technology has made it easier to take great shots, there is still a lot of editing and work that has to be done before it is ready to be exhibited to the public or in magazines. Professional photographers don't just point and shoot. Often to get the perfect shot you have to spend many hours or even days sitting in one spot in all kinds of weather and exposed to all kinds of bugs and mosquitos just for one picture... one perfect shot. There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes of professional photographers. They also expose themselves to dangerous situations just to capture one shot. So yes, as a photographer myself I can tell you that photography is definitely an art and we do a lot of work trying to achieve that national exposure to our work that many desire.
