Article Responses

I understand that the article is trying to show that this is exactly how people should not view photography, but I feel offended (okay, that's a bit strong, but I can't think of the exact word I'm looking for) on behalf of photographers. You can put the camera in someone's hands, but that doesn't mean the picture will be good. It takes the photographer to make the picture artistic or have feeling. Photography might be quicker than painting, but that doesn't mean it's a lazier field of art. I realize that the article talks about how over the course of history photographers started pushing for their field to be viewed as artistic, but the whole thing just kind of made me mad as a photographer.

The second article I found interesting. They are all very good points for photography. They are what can make a photograph good. The tip that I have always found the most helpful has been the Rule of Thirds. Centering a photograph is not usually the best, off-setting helps animate the photograph in a way it might not be when it is centered or before it is cropped. That is the rule I have found most helpful in my photographic experience though.