29 January 2013
there was a time when printing was the only available way for most people of looking at the ultimate outputs from a photo-shoot.... it was the age of analog... digital cameras and mobile devices were still not there to flood the market.... Kodak was still doing business... but things have changed and so have the perception of people regarding images... no longer are people shooting pictures and looking at the top LCD to see how many shots are available.... people are more interested in numbers now-a-days... big numbers.... of images... as if the number of images will be biggest differentiation between a satisfying shooting experience and a dissatisfying one.... in the film days people still had an eye on the quality of the moment, as at the end of the day they would have to print the images spending some bucks!.... so, only the best moments got clicked and only the best ones got printed....
too many images and too much confusion!!
the digital age almost like washed away the culture of printing images, especially portraits... too many images are getting clicked.... and that too, from one or two occasions... why?... because people are just too busy today to shoot photos on many occasions.... the camera is out only once in a while and the rest of the year it collects dust.... when the moment comes, the camera is used until the last bit of battery charge is left there.... and the end result?.... none of the huge number of images getting printed... too many and too expensive to print.... too much confusion.... and after some time, some hard disk crash and some digital device theft later, none of the memories left to be cherished!!.... what a way to wipe off precious memories.... isn't it?.... the digital age is still too young for people to realise its ultimate debacles... after some decades a lot of people will realise what they have lost because of the digital age... in the analog days, people at least used to have some family portrait albums.... now its more like a PC desktop wallpaper!!
PC desktop and Facebook timelines replacing prints?
its not that everyone has stuck with the same culture discussed above.... there are others who have kept up the tradition and printed images to be displayed in lovely albums.... decorated their living room walls with their precious family moments.... they don't have to boot the PC to have a look at the most loved images.... the images are all round them.... the point is, what good are the images if they're never going to be displayed?.... are images only for Facebook timeline?.... to be seen for as long as Facebook algorithms allow us to see the images on our home page?.... its a pity that social sharing of a near-thumbnail image has taken over the beauty of a big size printed image....
some days back I did a video podcast on printing images.... may be you can have a look at that to refresh some of the memories regarding printing images....
whats your experience in the digital world regarding printing?.... do you print?.... or do you differ with it?.... don't forget to leave a feedback!.... thanks a lot for reading!
there was a time when printing was the only available way for most people of looking at the ultimate outputs from a photo-shoot.... it was the age of analog... digital cameras and mobile devices were still not there to flood the market.... Kodak was still doing business... but things have changed and so have the perception of people regarding images... no longer are people shooting pictures and looking at the top LCD to see how many shots are available.... people are more interested in numbers now-a-days... big numbers.... of images... as if the number of images will be biggest differentiation between a satisfying shooting experience and a dissatisfying one.... in the film days people still had an eye on the quality of the moment, as at the end of the day they would have to print the images spending some bucks!.... so, only the best moments got clicked and only the best ones got printed....
too many images and too much confusion!!
the digital age almost like washed away the culture of printing images, especially portraits... too many images are getting clicked.... and that too, from one or two occasions... why?... because people are just too busy today to shoot photos on many occasions.... the camera is out only once in a while and the rest of the year it collects dust.... when the moment comes, the camera is used until the last bit of battery charge is left there.... and the end result?.... none of the huge number of images getting printed... too many and too expensive to print.... too much confusion.... and after some time, some hard disk crash and some digital device theft later, none of the memories left to be cherished!!.... what a way to wipe off precious memories.... isn't it?.... the digital age is still too young for people to realise its ultimate debacles... after some decades a lot of people will realise what they have lost because of the digital age... in the analog days, people at least used to have some family portrait albums.... now its more like a PC desktop wallpaper!!
PC desktop and Facebook timelines replacing prints?
its not that everyone has stuck with the same culture discussed above.... there are others who have kept up the tradition and printed images to be displayed in lovely albums.... decorated their living room walls with their precious family moments.... they don't have to boot the PC to have a look at the most loved images.... the images are all round them.... the point is, what good are the images if they're never going to be displayed?.... are images only for Facebook timeline?.... to be seen for as long as Facebook algorithms allow us to see the images on our home page?.... its a pity that social sharing of a near-thumbnail image has taken over the beauty of a big size printed image....
some days back I did a video podcast on printing images.... may be you can have a look at that to refresh some of the memories regarding printing images....
whats your experience in the digital world regarding printing?.... do you print?.... or do you differ with it?.... don't forget to leave a feedback!.... thanks a lot for reading!
