[HN Gopher] On Taking Photographs
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On Taking Photographs
Author : HermanMartinus
Score : 15 points
Date : 2023-03-15 06:21 UTC (1 days ago)
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| thaumaturgy wrote:
| I just spent a few lovely days in the desert shooting the bloom
| happening there (Joshua Tree, mostly Cottonwood area). I've
| dabbled in photography for about 20 years but I'm a no-talent
| casual at it. The small bag with my kit is altogether worth only
| a grand...
|
| My biggest frustration at the moment is that there isn't an ideal
| home for my photos. I tried Smugmug, but found I didn't use it
| enough to justify the pricing. It targets Real Photographers and
| takes a little bit of fiddling about to get it set up. Instagram
| is Insta-no. Picasa is just another stone in Google's Graveyard.
| I'm >this< close to self-hosting Lychee, but one of the
| attractions to photography for me is that it's more about getting
| out and going places and aiming a camera at things, and I don't
| really want to corrupt that with the same sort of stuff I already
| do for a day job.
|
| I'm never gonna sell a photo but friends and family like to see
| some of the things I've seen. Does anyone have a glowing review
| to offer for some photo hosting and management service?
| daveslash wrote:
| I know it's not cheap, but I've really come to enjoy Adobe
| Lightroom, as well as the rest of the creative cloud suite. I
| also don't care about the social aspect of sharing my photos
| (comments, likes, favorites, etc...) -- so if you _already have
| a CC subscription_ , don't care about social, and just want a
| place to post -- look into Adobe Portfolio.
|
| Edit: I'm not advocating that you go subscribe to adobe just
| for the hosting! But if you _already_ have the subscription but
| aren 't making use of the hosting, it's definitely worth
| looking into. It's included in the subscription cost. Consider
| this my glowing review.
| kome wrote:
| flickr is just perfect. why it's not on your list?
| thaumaturgy wrote:
| Low confidence in the platform? It's been around a while, but
| has also changed hands a few times and is owned by Smugmug
| now anyway, and I've got the impression that it is stagnant.
| SoftAnnaLee wrote:
| > Lastly, and perhaps the most disappointing, is I sort of forged
| myself into this narrow channel of thinking that had me under
| this spell of distaste for creative pursuits and surrounded
| myself with scenarios and people that reinforced this idea. One
| guy having a bad day is one thing, but a group of them acting as
| a support network and echo chamber for like-minded low vibration
| individuals is a completely different shit-show. It turns into a
| pissing contest of who can achieve the most disgraceful acts of
| human existence, and other acts completely absent of self-
| respect, morality, or both, and somehow maintain this as a
| lifestyle. That's getting a little bit too far out of focus tho.
|
| I'll be honest, this paragraph piqued my interest. I feel like a
| dive into the implied and hinted story here would be fascinating.
| And likewise a meditation on how one enters this mindset and the
| effects it has on a person would be incredibly thought provoking.
| [deleted]
| daveslash wrote:
| >> " _I took quick notice of a sentiment among the photographer
| community that would suggest people like my self should stay far
| the fuck away from their craft. Fancy "I make a lot of money"
| types all over this arena. Looking down on us pheasants. You
| scummy poor people with your shitty little cameras_."
|
| Maybe I'm blind, but I've never picked up on this attitude. I may
| have met one or two individuals like this, but I've shrugged them
| off as holier-than-thou individuals (who exist in all
| disciplines), not part of a wide-spread attitude in the field of
| photography.
|
| I will say: There is probably some annoyance among serious
| photographers at the claims that an iPhone is on equal footing
| with a high end DSLR/Mirrorless camera. It's true that some
| mobile phones take _a-mazing_ photos that truly can rival some
| high-end cameras, but that 's usually in a very narrow context,
| and much of the creative input of the photography process is
| either automated or simply not cared about. As long as you're not
| _claiming_ that your iPhone is on par with someone 's Sony a7R IV
| and _implying_ that there 's no use for such cameras because
| iPhones are "replacing" them, then I think most #serious
| photographers don't give two-hoots what you're shooting with.
| Different cameras have different applications that they're the
| best fit for. It's all about what works _for you_ , and part of
| that, frankly, is the enjoyment (I shoot high-end digital, point-
| and-shoot digital, manual 35mm film, and kodak funsaver
| disposables)
|
| Frank Thorp, a professional news/political photographer, shoots
| with a fancy-pants Sony a9, but also does a lot of disposable
| film cameras!
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