"BORROW WHAT YOU SEE"
Japanese proverb

When I became a photographer it was about film and chemicals. Since then, I have totally embraced the change to digital photography.

Is that good, or bad? Is digital less artistic that film? Is this printing process better than that one? I don't know, and I don't really care. What I produce, is entirely my own creation - apart from the mounting and framing. Traditionally, many professional photographers relied on a collaboration, of which he was merely the member of a team that captured the initial image, albeit passing instructions on to others to create a final print.

If I control the entire photographic process, from taking the shot, to processing the image, and printing the result, I create more images that are personally satisfying than if I was relying on using traditional film retouchers and printers.

I do know that using professional digital cameras, lenses, computers, software and printers, hasn't made photography any cheaper, but in my view, it has made it more individually creative.

Tags

See All Tags (92)