terry_rory Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Yes I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henk Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Ive recently sold my Pentax 6x7 and now feel like crying all day, I LOVE MY FAT BERTA!, is that weird or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr._kenny Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 umm. upon rereading the question ( BUT yourself rather than OF yourself!)-- <br /> sure. for the same reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin. Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Taking pictures helps me look. Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 I take pictures _only_ to show them to other people. I wouldn't see any point in it otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmphoto1 Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 For me, photography is about communication. If I can not share my vision, it is just playing with toys (except my self portriats) So, no. Great question. chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henk Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 "If I can not share my vision, it is just playing with toys" If you have vision you should share your vision, for example by uploading a few...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmphoto1 Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Henk, Hey now, check my posts! :) Also, check out the Vogt Visual Arts Center in Tinley Park, IL (suburb of Chicago) starting September 6th. I have 6 or 7 images showing. chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles barcellona www.bl Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 My pictures are for ME first, other after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil s. Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 You're supposed to show them to other people.... Oh, that explains a thing or two ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Kevin? Why can't people love dogs? For some older people that's all they've got. You don't love animals? I don't think Ned was talking about romantic love, ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henk Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Chad, I simply wanted to look at your folders and found none, your statement made me curious since vision is rather a BIG word IMO..... thats all there is to it really..... Greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher. Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 I already do this. My skill is so poor no one wants to see them any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_zevnik Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Yes, every bit as much as I would still play the viola and sing, even if no one were to hear but me. All are creation, one of the most rewarding parts and gifts of the fabric of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_shively Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Yes. And since this friggin' website keeps telling me I've said this already, I'm saying it again: Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 If I am not suppose to show the photo to anyone but myself, I wonder how much I can get for showing it to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 No - absolutely not. There's no point to doing anything like that unless others have a chance to see it. Film directors do not make movies for themselves - above everything else they wish others to see what they've created. This is why I dislike the idea of photography as a 'hobby'. Very few people on average will see the results of what you've worked for. There is no point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john15 Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 that's pretty much the way it is now, Trav. I shoot, mostly with a P&S now, stick the filmn in the fridge for a couple of weeks or until I mostly forget what it was that I photographed and then have the stuff processed. I window matte the stuff I like, store it in a box, stack the boxes in a closet. Every now and then, pull a box out for a "museum session". one of the few endeavors in life where I haven't needed anyone's approbation 'cept my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph_barker Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Henk - I laugh at your jokes, so I expect at least a groan at my bad puns, OK? ;-) Jeff - that's the spirit. But, you'll find the actual photos come in handy later in life when memory start to . . . uh, something. I forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry_kincaid1 Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Odd question and answers. Since I take photos even when I don't have a camera with me, I can hardly object to taking photos when no one else will see them. The challenge of the camera is to see if I can capture what I see with it. To find out, I have to look at the results. I do like to compare my own opinion with others to see if there is something I might be missing, or vice versa. Group "seeing" versus my own. The photos have to live or die by themselves; I never try to defend any of them. Once created they're on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom h. Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 I want to rule the (photographic)world. I want every ad agency and magazine photo editor dreaming of hiring me. I want gallery owners of good repute fawning over me like worthless toadies.I want critics to fear me, the public to love me, and supermodels to fight over me. I want every (whisper-quiet)click of my shutter to be a masterpiece. My point is it doesn't matter what you want, at the end of the day it comes down to you connecting a viewfinder to your eye and trying to make something out of nothing. This is not easy. I would still. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Being able to give photos to my friends and family has always been the best part of photography for me. Sure, it's allowed me to avoid a "real" job. But I'd be happy to work in a fast food joint as long as I still got to give my friends images of our adventures. There is no greater thrill for me than going to someone's house and seeing an image of mine in a frame on the wall. But would I take them if only I could see them? Of course I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_richardson Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I think there are a number of issues here, but I would still take photos if no one else could see them. For right now, the vast majority of photos I take are not seen by anyone other than me and the disembodied eye of the developing machine. That said, since I have started taking pictures, I have really begun to see the world in a different way...I notice more shapes and colors and levels of light. I remember being a little kid, and my father, an excellent photographer, pointed at a some trees standing out against dark sky with sun shining on them. He told me how that light could make a great photograph. He would always point out interesting light or color contrasts to me. As I grew up, I realized to my surprise that not many people appreciated the beauty and diversity of light. A shame. This all came of photography, yet it has nothing to do with the actual pictures...so yes, most definitely I would still take them, even if only to sharpen my perception of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henk Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 "Henk - I laugh at your jokes, so I expect at least a groan at my bad puns, OK? ;-)" Deal ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_reynolds Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Yes, because the pleasure is in viewing the final product, if it captures what I wanted and has aesthetic integrity (satisfying composition, tones). In this case, it will bear viewing over and over again. Exploring whether my photos also please others, and thus whether the thing I sought to capture and my artistry in doing so have any universal appeal, obviously appeal, otherwise I wouldn't belong to this community - but they're not essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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