In an earlier entry, I said “When I bought my first digital camera, a Sony Cybershot, I quickly came to the conclusion that now any idiot could take technically excellent photos.”
Today ‘A Photo Editor’ discussing talent in photography, says, among other things, “In the digital age where taking a picture requires very little effort and all the professional secrets are laid bare any advantage photographers had from marketing and execution is now evaporating before us.”
So, the challenge remains. I think it behooves us to give much thought to how digital photography impacts on our concept of photography, and how we can employ these innovations and developments to create powerful new images, that take advantage of the power of digital, and are not just repeats of what has gone before.
Just went through my ‘google reader’ and realized that this concept about what digital is and isn’t, seems to be in the atmosphere. Here is a post from ‘Gallery Hopper’ that also addresses the issue.
