what is photography all about?

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I am going to Bradgate Park(Leicester) today as I have not been anywhere to practice landscape shots and BP is perfect..

anyways I serched 'bradgate park' in Flickr to get some ideas and there seems to be a trend of making things look unnatural wheras I like pics to look as close to what my eyes were looking at at the time, of course I have only had a camera 2 weeks so no where near skilled enough to manually set up iso/wb/ap etc.. to manipulate the shot so I might feel more arty when that day arrives..

so what does photography mean to you?
 
Capturing the scene as I see it, trying to meet my expectations. Your expectations may change as you use your camera more and you gain experience with it. You'll develop your own style. Have a great day out.
 
Photography to me is about producing an image that is pleasing to the eye.
 
Mark.A said:
Photography to me is about producing an image that is pleasing to the eye.
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I agree, and there are a bundle of ways you can do this. Photography to me is also a great way of using up all the time i have when i should probrably be doing other things!

I supose if i wanted to get a memory of a scene i would get a compact, however, i want to take interesting, abstract, moody, emotional......... shots.
so a DSLR works for me, i also like the extensive range of manipulation that computer software such as photoshop can give me.

My dog also likes the trips out!!!
 
Exactly, to me it's irrelevant whether the image was straight out of the camera or had loads of post processing. It's the results that matter.

If you want to just 'record moments' then you don't need to be a photographer. Buy any compact camera and start taking as many snapshots as you like.

The idea of an image being pleasing to the eye is of course subjective, not everyone has the same taste.
 
To me photography is about getting out places, meeting folks, capturing scenes, feelings and memories - it's about your eye, mind, the viewfinder and clicking that button.
 
A decisive moment can be recorded on any camera by anyone who happens to be there. It's recording it in an artistic and aesthetically pleasing way that makes the difference between joe bloggs the snapper and a pro photographer. ;)
 
To me, its a hobby - something i can do to get away from things, and I've become closer to a lot of friends through it.
Of course the banter at rallies isn't bad either.
All about having FUN.

Dion!
 
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