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- Ramanisky20
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- lvl_130
QBN people bitching about "now everyone thinks they're a professional photographer" while using instagram-about every other fucking page at least once.
cool.
- colin_s0
i think the arguments being posed constitute the great "what does it all mean?" aspect of photography. a few points:
1. i don't think photography is art
2. i have a masters in photojournalism and know all about darkroom / chemistry / etc
3. i totally love instagramthe same points that are being made against instagram are the same ones being made against digital cameras in general. all of which i agree about; easing technology makes people think they're something they aren't, however only from the point of view of people who learned on the original toolset.
are any of us lesser designers because we didn't learn as apprentices with lead type and the gutenberg press? (apologies to those that did.)
good photographers will take good instagram pictures, and people who aren't photographers will luck out every now and again. same with dumb kids and photoshop versus real designers. but, instagram might make some kid who didn't ever think of being a photographer, who actually has talent, find his way in life. the same way photoshop did with me 15 years ago.
however, yeah, fuck people who think they're photographers because of their goddamn phones.
- Words of Wisdomâ„¢ right hereMiguex
- Youre last point is in fact the most true out of everything you said. Art is an opinion to everyone..some think it is, some think it isnt..whatever...the problem is , everyone that has instagram DOES think they are a photographer because of it...just look at how people try composing their pictures..coffee cups on tables in the bottom left corner, etc..all that BS justifies why an app like this is misused. Plenty of companies have developed 'lenses' for the Iphone..as if snapping on a cheap lens to your phone somehow transforms it into a magical device. Its retarded. We love the...xpxhxoxexnxixx
- bjladams0
i received an application yesterday from a designer. under the skills section he listed:
Photography; I am proficient in all aspects of photography, including instagram, and shooting with a mounted flash.
- WowGlitterati_Duane
- you have to let him know that is not acceptable. please help this lost soul out.capn_ron
- haha- indeed he does need some direction, but i don't think i want to open dialog with him.bjladams
- HAHAHA ..... wait ..... HAHAHARamanisky2
- No! Really!?!pizzafire
- pizzafire0
thread reviver?
instagram now Android
http://instagr.am/android/
- lvl_130
anyone using this?
http://copygr.am/
mine:
http://copygr.am/levelthirteen/