I read an interesting Blog post today, from a 97 year old photographer...
I have his "Vermont Guidebook" (although I have the older version, his website says it has been updated. I just ordered his Cape Cod guide book.
Lisa
On Photo Manipulations
by Arnold Kaplan
I don’t subscribe to the notion that the image you capture in the camera
is the image you have to end up with. At age 97, with 85 years of
photography under my belt, I have come to believe that my photos are
just a starting point. From there, I bring my creativity and artistic
sensibility (I am also an oil painter) to bear on the images I create,
some of which I call “derivations”.
And as such, I fully realize that my work may offend some purists who
believe that absolute realism should be every photographer’s goal.
“The purist does not create anything new”
The purist does not create anything new unless they actually create a
drawing, a painting, a sculpture, etc., and then take a photo of it —
thus, it is a photograph of their original creation. When the purist
photographs outdoors, or takes a portrait, they are just making a copy
of what Mother Nature has created.
When we were all shooting film, we tried very hard to improve the color
slide with all kinds of sandwiched filters or double images, darkening
parts of the photo, etc. We did a lot of manipulation of both color
slides and prints. In the darkroom, we would dodge and burn parts of the
print to improve the impact of the image. Even Ansel Adams used various
methods of exposure to get his great photos.
“The original image is just the beginning”
The original image is just the beginning. I believe the photographer
should be allowed to be as creative as other artists, and use whatever
means to create the desired image.
The above was written by http://arnoldkaplanphotography.com/
"In the year 2013, I was 97 years old and have been interested in
photography for almost 85 years, getting my first Kodak Brownie camera
when I was 11 years old and by time I was 12, I was developing my own
film and prints in a homemade cellar darkroom that was converted from an
unused coal bin. I was awarded the high honor of "Associate" (APSA) by the Photographic
Society Of America in 1974 and in 1976 was awarded the title of
"Artiste" (AFIAP) by the Photographic International de L'Art in Europe
for outstanding achievement in photo education, photo exhibitions and
photography. I also wrote guide books "How To Find and Photograph The Photo-Scenics
In Vermont" and "The Cape Cod Scenic GPS Guide Book". I am active in
Cape Cod photo and art associations where I am a juried member, allowing
me to exhibit my photographs in various fine art photo exhibition."
Read more about Arnold here http://arnoldkaplanphotography.com/about.php
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