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WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
snubnose:
--- Quote from: Akima on 29 Dec 2010, 18:17 ---"Memorializing the achievements of individuals considered as members of families (as well as of other groups) is the earliest popular use of photography. For at least a century, the wedding photograph has been as much a part of the ceremony as the prescribed verbal formulas. Cameras go with family life. According to a sociological study done in France, most households have a camera, but a household with children is twice as likely to have at least one camera as a household in which there are no children. Not to take pictures of one's children, particularly when they are small, is a sign of parental indifference, just as not turning up for one's graduation picture is a gesture of adolescent rebellion." On Photography, Susan Sontag, 1977.*
Or in other words, if your parents have lots of embarrassing photos of you as a little kid, think yourself fortunate. They thought you were special!
*Still very much worth reading, incidentally. Sontag's total lack of interest in the technicalities of photography means that it mostly hasn't dated with the changes since the 1970s (Though I will go on using my Nikon FM2 until they stop making 35mm film. Why do modern DSLRs have to be so bloated?).
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Uh, the main issue with digital photography is how SLOW it is. A full half sec between pressing the button and picture taken is actually already considered FAST.
Also, digital cameras are really bad with movements, if you make a movie.
However, I know nothing about "bloating".
And the main advantage of digital cameras is - you can make hundreds and thousands of pictures and all you really wasted was just a little electric charge. No need to develop the pictures, no need to carefully choose the occasion when to take the picture, just click away and if its bad, delete it again.
akronnick:
I assume the 'bloat' Akima referred to is what is commonly called 'feature creep.'
All a skilled photographer really needs is a way to control aperture and shutter speed, a built in meter, and a way to tell if the image is in focus.
Most of the SLR's that are sold today, digital or otherwise, have so many metering modes and other settings that most users have no idea when to use what.
iduguphergrave:
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Marten: My Godfather?
Fenriswolf:
This comic cracked me up. Awesome. Even though goatse is soooo disturbing. :psyduck:
Akima:
I think Faye throwing Pintsize across the room is the highlight of this strip. She's discovered the ethical alternative to dwarf-tossing.
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