pdub wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:03 am
"Or maybe I should say one of the most taken for granted gifts we have is the ability to take a photograph."
I'm torn here - at one point, I might agree, because people were capturing memories.
Now I think people spend too much time behind their phones ( which have cameras ) and tend to share a fake idealized life through those images and videos and this, along with other forms of digital communication, continues to distance people from actual human interaction.
Seeing people standing on top of a mountain, beautiful view for miles, with the sun rising, and staring at it through their camera, is sad for me.
I would also point out the advancements in cameras, which eliminate shutter speed/aperture adjustments, developing film, concern for motion blur, make more people think they are artists for clicking a button and then adding a pre-made filter to their photo.
I agree with much of what you say.
Big difference between "photography" today and what it was let's say 25-30 years ago.
You and I understand what true photography was back then - and the process of developing film.
No one could have thought 40 years ago that people would be pressing buttons on their phones and their photos would become "viral".
I have a "camera/video" story that goes back over 35 years. My Father went to Alaska in the summer.
Not sure the exact year but like I said, it was over 35 years ago.
He was on a scenic boat trip. Weather wasn't optimal but it wasn't bad.
He said the majority of the people sat INSIDE on the boat and had their eyes fixed to a VIDEO feed on a monitor of what was outside.
He said he felt the need to ask the people what the fuck was wrong with them.
Clearly the majority had traveled to Alaska, here they were out in the wilderness and the beauty was right there for them to view with their own eyes, and instead they chose to stare at a video monitor.