Comments on: Where now, O Photography? http://www.thistonybridge.com/2006/01/03/where-now-o-photography Christchurch Photographer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Linda http://www.thistonybridge.com/2006/01/03/where-now-o-photography/comment-page-1#comment-6 Linda Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:13:00 +0000 http://localhost/thistonybridge/2006/01/03/where-now-o-photography/#comment-6 I remember us all having a discussion in your Portrait summer school 3 years ago. You asked us all how low would prices for digital cameras have to come before we would consider buying one. At that stage they were at least $10,000. Most of us said they would have to come down to about $4000 before we could consider it, and we laughed, then raced off to the lab to pick up our prints. How dramatically things changed after that.--> I remember us all having a discussion in your Portrait summer school 3 years ago. You asked us all how low would prices for digital cameras have to come before we would consider buying one. At that stage they were at least $10,000. Most of us said they would have to come down to about $4000 before we could consider it, and we laughed, then raced off to the lab to pick up our prints. How dramatically things changed after that.–>

]]> By: garry http://www.thistonybridge.com/2006/01/03/where-now-o-photography/comment-page-1#comment-5 garry Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:54:00 +0000 http://localhost/thistonybridge/2006/01/03/where-now-o-photography/#comment-5 The "true amateur photographer" will never die. These are the photographers who make images because they feel they have something to say be it about people and where they live; and the landscape. They do not suffer from the contraints of the professional photographer - client needs & the necessity to have a living. Nor do they have the issues confronting the prosumer. I remember standing in front of a movie theatre that had a giant blowup of a black LOTR character hanging from the roof. Along side me were approx 20 people taking photos into the sun of a black balloon with their phone cameras. I wonder how many of those files got printed as 8x12? Digital has made it easier for more people to be photographers - be it just for birthdays, kids etc. Maybe among all these extra folk there are a few individuals who find they have found something really special & want to improve their ability. Maybe then... they become a "true amateur photographer." The “true amateur photographer” will never die.

These are the photographers who make images because they feel they have something to say be it about people and where they live; and the landscape. They do not suffer from the contraints of the professional photographer – client needs & the necessity to have a living. Nor do they have the issues confronting the prosumer. I remember standing in front of a movie theatre that had a giant blowup of a black LOTR character hanging from the roof. Along side me were approx 20 people taking photos into the sun of a black balloon with their phone cameras. I wonder how many of those files got printed as 8×12?

Digital has made it easier for more people to be photographers – be it just for birthdays, kids etc. Maybe among all these extra folk there are a few individuals who find they have found something really special & want to improve their ability. Maybe then… they become a “true amateur photographer.”

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