Hey guys & gals. I’m looking for controversial topics and opinions for me to discuss on a podcast about the industry or as a creator. Give me your best! (Or I guess, worst?)

    • KimberSuperset@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Is this a thing? In my area it’s more like the SAHM to professional photographer pipeline.

      Not that there’s anything wrong with it, just an interesting trend.

  • hankus_visuals@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Phone vs Camera

    Using Ai vs using photoshop (not talking about making an image from scratch)… what about Topaz Ai, or generative fill… it can be like an automated clone stamp tool saving time… so time/pain = art?

    Film vs Film Simulation

  • StevoPhotography@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I feel like there is a lot of debate recently about the use of AI in photography. Not like making imagines with AI but it could be a good idea to discuss the use of AI tools in editing photos. Is there a line to draw on what is someone’s creation and what is an AI’s creation? Can it be useful in assisting the creation of images or is it taking away photography from people?

  • Dazzling_Candle_2607@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Phone vs camera. Often phone camera users mock people who invest in good camera gear. Also, often camera owners undermine people with good sense of framing that use only their phones for photography. Idk how it is everywhere, but at least in India I have come across this debate quite a lot

    • rebamericana@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      This is good because I don’t think people realize how warped their phone photos are around the edges because of the wide angle lens.

    • postmodern_spatula@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Phones are computers first, and cameras second.

      Cameras are cameras first and computers second.

      They both approach the same goal with different processes. Both are fine. Use what makes sense to you in the moment.

      • hankus_visuals@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        exactly, but most of these discussion are top down and “Phone = bad” people focus on gear and not the end result

    • Notwhoiwas42@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Personal feelings on the phone versus camera thing. Using a camera is what puts my brain into “photography mode” where I’m actually thinking about framing and composition and light whereas with my phone it’s more of a quick document the moment thing. Totally agree with the idea that the best one is whichever is available in any given moment though. While a thoughtfully composed image will be better than a quick grab,the quick grab is infinitely better than nothing at all.

  • anonymoooooooose@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Any mention of Leica triggers Redditors pretty hard.

    Anything at all political, like compare Pete Souza’s images of Reagan and Obama with Trumps official images. (hope you like death threats)

    “3D pop”, some religiously believe in it, some consider it religious heresy.

    Sensor size wars.

    • aprilayer@alien.top
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      11 months ago

      I bitched about an article on Petapixel about women’s photo grants, and PETA banned me from the comments. And I’m a woman 😀 I guess when I said I would never hire another female assistant ever they didn’t like that. In the photographic field, I found years ago you just need to put gender aside. Just be a person. And dont expect anything special just because you’re female. And to me, that includes women only contests and grants. Can you imagine the uproar there would be if there was a Men Only contest or grant?

    • aths_red@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I think 3D pop has more to it than the poorly defined concept of microcontrast.

  • taspleb@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You could discuss controversial photographers like Bill Henson or Andres Serrano

    • FullMathematician486@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      a PiCturE oF foOd iSn’t rEal foOd.

      Ai isn’t photography, it’s digital image creation conceptualized by detailed copy writing and generated by software. Photography requires the use of a camera, Ai image creation requires describing something in detail to a computer program. Both require creativity and knowledge to produce good results, but they’re two totally different things.

  • aths_red@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    - Gear does not matter

    - Gear does matter

    - Smartphones are on the brink to become the main camera for most non-professional users

    - AI will destroy photography

    - AI will never destroy photography

    - Film is coming back. One day.

  • msabeln@alien.top
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    11 months ago

    CCD vs. CMOS sensors.

    Actually, the formulation of the color filter arrays changed, moving from Kodak to mainly Fujifilm dyes. This occurred around the same year as the sensor shift in 2008.