Paste your favorite pics

Boutte · 03-26-2013, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by QBREES9

Its not the camera, It's the photographer using the camera. I hope you like what i did to your kids photo.

True but good equipment makes a big difference.A good photographer can take a good picture with a bad camera but he could have taken a better one with a better camera.

Another thing that gets overlooked is the processing. When people think of Photoshop they think of funny pictures or fakes. That's not what it's made for though.
Here's an example of both my points.
original

After post processing.

First point is that I wouldn't have been able to crop as small a portion of the picture if the camera wasn't a 15 megapixel camera. (Lately there has been a trend to downplay the importance of MP count. That's because it was overemphasized by a lot of people but it is definitely a factor.) Second is that Photoshop is a serious tool and the fact that you can edit your pictures without having to work in a dark room with a lot of expensive equipment and materials is what makes digital photography so revolutionary.

I grew up with a camera in my hand but it was such a pain in the *** to get a decent print that I gave it up for almost 40 years. It's been in just the last 5 years that I rediscovered one of my first loves. One day I'll get good at it.

03-26-2013, 06:30 PM	#11
Boutte Site Donor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belle Chasse Posts: 1,701	Re: Paste your favorite pics Originally Posted by QBREES9 Its not the camera, It's the photographer using the camera. I hope you like what i did to your kids photo. True but good equipment makes a big difference.A good photographer can take a good picture with a bad camera but he could have taken a better one with a better camera. Another thing that gets overlooked is the processing. When people think of Photoshop they think of funny pictures or fakes. That's not what it's made for though. Here's an example of both my points. original After post processing. First point is that I wouldn't have been able to crop as small a portion of the picture if the camera wasn't a 15 megapixel camera. (Lately there has been a trend to downplay the importance of MP count. That's because it was overemphasized by a lot of people but it is definitely a factor.) Second is that Photoshop is a serious tool and the fact that you can edit your pictures without having to work in a dark room with a lot of expensive equipment and materials is what makes digital photography so revolutionary. I grew up with a camera in my hand but it was such a pain in the *** to get a decent print that I gave it up for almost 40 years. It's been in just the last 5 years that I rediscovered one of my first loves. One day I'll get good at it. Danno, foreverfan and SloMotion like this.