Weds History of Photography

About 2 months ago, I started seeing more and more beautiful photos with all kind of effects and contrast on my friends’ facebook posts that appeared on my new-feeds. At first, I inferred that they were using photoshop or a kind of photo editing program like window media editor etc, but I was completely wrong. My friends were using this camera apps and social network called Instagram which allows them to snap a photo from the camera of their phones, edit immediately by adding or deducting effects, lighting, contrast, and whatever the users want or need in order to create the look and feeling they want to project on people when they look at their photos. After transforming the photos, users can share them with the public, friends and family in any social network, such as, Facebook, Twitter etc.

This camera application is becoming popular because it is capable of adding a dynamic look on boring original photos, people love the idea of sharing their precious moments with the world and it is quick and easy to use. However, what I dislike about this social network and apps is the idea that some people are considering themselves professional photographers because of the amount of “like” they get from users on their photos. The reality is that Instagram makes photos interesting, but cannot make them into master pieces and work of arts.

http://blog.instagram.com/

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/a-review-of-the-lytro-camera/

www.lytro.com

8gig – $399 (Electric Blue, Graphite)
16gig – $499 (Red Hot)

This modern, rectangular digital camera allows users to not only take great-quality photos, but its file storage has the capability of manipulating the focus of photos AFTER they have been taken! Imagine taking a picture, and as you are viewing it, you notice it is slightly/very off focus. This camera makes that problem a thing of the past.

The first thing that come to mind are the beautiful pictures that can be made with this camera. You could take a photo, focus in on a subject, and make the rest out of focus, creating a great photo. Or, you could fix the focus if it has been taken out of focus where you wanted it to be sharp.

Imagine the beautiful pictures that could be made for wedding photography? Or, landscape photography?

In the blog post “Finding Moments New Yorkers Ignore” Peter Moskowitz captures moments throughout the city that most New Yorkers would rather ignore. Such moments as the train ride school or work and just walking the street of Manhattan. You  could describe Peter Moskowitz photography as candid shots of life in New York City.

I found this article very interesting because I also do the same thing with my commute throughout the city. I have my headphones and trying to avoid awkward eye contact with strangers.  It’s understandable why most New Yorkers are like this, with so many people moving about in an condensed area its kind of hard to take in everything around with. I really liked the pictures taken by Peter Moskowitz showcased in his blog.

lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/finding-the-moments-new-yorkers-ignore/

This article interestingly enough focuses on the effectiveness of capturing images through the use of a camera and how art is affect through a simple snapshot… stating that the competitive relationship between painting and photography at the drawn of the 20^thcentury…the photographic culture has change the dynamics of a painting in which many painters are using photography as another way to capture art…along with ; throughout the article it mention famous photographers who capture different themes of art to either tell a  story or capture something in hand…”thus far, the relationship between the artist photographs and their paintings isn’t very complicated. Some artist such as Vallotton and Vuillard, who understood that the snapshot altered sights as much as it preserved them”…Whether it’s a drawing my a painter or an image taking by a photographer it each represents an image that can serve as one purpose or  define in one term…What is the true meaning of capturing art? Can it be changed or altered by a simple photograph?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/arts/design/snapshot-painters-and-photography-at-phillips-collection.html?ref=design