TO PHOTOGS OR PEOPLE WITH CAMERAS + BLOGS.
This is actually what I call the “Tumblr” picture. :)) I rarely reblog. In fact, I don’t, unless it’s a picture of me posted by another Tumblr person. Haha. I can’t help but agree with this article.
JANUARY 03, 2010
I know it’s kinda long but please do try to read through it for a quick bit. This was written by my good friend Tata Yap. She’s part of the Guidon (and a whole lot of other orgs) as a photog & as a graphic designer. She’s been shooting for quite some time now so I’m pretty sure she knows what she’s talking about.
Lately, we’ve been discussing when ever we see each other in the Guidon publication room this thing about the vintage-y processing that has been popular on the web for quite sometime now. This blog entry below pretty much sums up what I feel towards it.
The vintage-y processing is just another party-trick so overusing it would kill its impact on people (ex. paano kung forever nang may twister fries sa Mcdo, diba mawawala yung pagka-special nun?) and if everybody’s doing it, how dare you still call it “your own style”? Would your photos still have an effect on people if you take that additional layer/s off? It’s sad that often nowadays, true skill and technique can be replaced by a single (or more) layer/s of color/s on the photo.
(P.S. This is not directed towards anyone. I just wanna spread the word.)
much ado about the vintage feel - January 3, 2011
Before I continue my irregular thesis working hours.
It’s been 5-6 years since I forayed into photography. I admit that in my five years of “experience”, 90% of it was just playing around, shooting stuff however I liked to. But those five years give me enough street cred to say that I’ve taken the long route of beginner-dom. I’ve made all the rookie mistakes, never knew the difference between center-weighted and evaluative metering modes (until some months ago), took pictures of flowers & figurines at home, pointed my flash at an awkward angle (giving my subjects this ugly cast shadow), and many, many more embarrassing habits.
So I’m not saying that I haven’t tried the “vintage feel” on my photos. I have and admittedly, it looks nice almost all of the time. It even works better than black-and-white, the classic pick me up for most photographs.
This is just a picture of trash being swept into a dustpan. The transformation is undeniable.
