Photoshop actions and iPhone apps does not a photographer make.
With that said, I don't see anything wrong with digital editing. It's not like there is a magic app or action that all of a sudden makes these dime a dozen, trend following "artists" (and I use that term loosely) any good. It's still a copy of a copy of a copy.
It doesn't make anyone with any actual talent any less talented. It just allows the unimaginative to keep themselves busy following each other in circles. I don't think it harms anyone really.
It is like every other form of art these days...it's ALL gone the way of the Billboard top 100 (I mean just how many times can Katy Perry and the cast of Glee be listed?? Is this what people call music these days? Ugh! I sound like my boyfriend's crotchety old granny...but I digress...)
My point being this: Those who create art will still create and those who appreciate good art will still appreciate good art...just as those who can't or don't care to know the difference...well...won't.
I for one will raise my camera and shout "Let the hipsters have their Lomo/Polaroid/HDR apps."
Doesn't mean I have to buy your P.O.S. prints on Etsy...
On Your Beautiful Pictures Are Stupid: Against Trendy Digital Photography
Photoshop actions and iPhone apps does not a photographer make.
With that said, I don't see anything wrong with digital editing. It's not like there is a magic app or action that all of a sudden makes these dime a dozen, trend following "artists" (and I use that term loosely) any good. It's still a copy of a copy of a copy.
It doesn't make anyone with any actual talent any less talented. It just allows the unimaginative to keep themselves busy following each other in circles. I don't think it harms anyone really.
It is like every other form of art these days...it's ALL gone the way of the Billboard top 100 (I mean just how many times can Katy Perry and the cast of Glee be listed?? Is this what people call music these days? Ugh! I sound like my boyfriend's crotchety old granny...but I digress...)
My point being this: Those who create art will still create and those who appreciate good art will still appreciate good art...just as those who can't or don't care to know the difference...well...won't.
I for one will raise my camera and shout "Let the hipsters have their Lomo/Polaroid/HDR apps."
Doesn't mean I have to buy your P.O.S. prints on Etsy...