I wholeheartedly agree with the last two posters. People really need to get over themselves. I am a professional photographer and I use my iPhone all the time to take photos. Hipstamatic and Plastic Bullet are FUN. I'm not publishing these photos, but it's great to have a fun point and shoot that I always always have on me. It keeps me taking photos even with I don't have my professional camera on me. Why deny this to the public? Photography isn't an exclusive club, and if you are good at it, you can get good shots from a disposable camera. It's a pretty unattractive quality to be so threatened and lash out at the changing landscape. Sorry, things change. The world is going digital, and yes, there are good and bad things about this. I also hope that film doesn't go away, because it's an amazing tool and technique. But look around...newspapers and magazines are dying out. The landscape is changing and you can either adapt and accept it, or be left behind. Work on your Photoshop skills. Retouching is an amazing art form in itself. And don't worry, Grandma isn't going to take your job with a Hipstamatic photo. She just wants something cool to put on Facebook.
On Your Beautiful Pictures Are Stupid: Against Trendy Digital Photography
I wholeheartedly agree with the last two posters. People really need to get over themselves. I am a professional photographer and I use my iPhone all the time to take photos. Hipstamatic and Plastic Bullet are FUN. I'm not publishing these photos, but it's great to have a fun point and shoot that I always always have on me. It keeps me taking photos even with I don't have my professional camera on me. Why deny this to the public? Photography isn't an exclusive club, and if you are good at it, you can get good shots from a disposable camera. It's a pretty unattractive quality to be so threatened and lash out at the changing landscape. Sorry, things change. The world is going digital, and yes, there are good and bad things about this. I also hope that film doesn't go away, because it's an amazing tool and technique. But look around...newspapers and magazines are dying out. The landscape is changing and you can either adapt and accept it, or be left behind. Work on your Photoshop skills. Retouching is an amazing art form in itself. And don't worry, Grandma isn't going to take your job with a Hipstamatic photo. She just wants something cool to put on Facebook.