Are you an Artist or Reporter?

roti_prata · 17th March 2006

Do you take pictures mostly because they are nice and show the beauties of our environment?

Do you take pictures mostly because you need to convay the situation to others?

Or do you do a bit of both?

for me i shoot sch events frequently but i like to shoot planes at the airport whenever i have the time so i'll consider myself inbetween.

lsisaxon · 17th March 2006

Originally Posted by roti_prata

Do you take pictures mostly because they are nice and show the beauties of our environment?

Do you take pictures mostly because you need to convay the situation to others?

Or do you do a bit of both?

for me i shoot sch events frequently but i like to shoot planes at the airport whenever i have the time so i'll consider myself inbetween.

For myself, I use photography to capture the beauty of things around. For wedding shoots, you will probably need a bit of both. Even for reportage, capturing the nuances of the situation is also important.

philliptan · 17th March 2006

I think my pictures are more documentary than artistic. That's why seldom get oohs and aahs here. Maybe it's my internal need to catalogue stuff. For example, if I shoot pics of planes, I like to get the entire collection and 'catalogue' them. And I shoot them in the centre, filling the frame.

Nowadays I'm into flowers and same thing, I take them to 'catalogue'. Weird.

Patryk · 17th March 2006

i tend to believe that photography is a distinct form of art, sometimes rendering a scene more beautiful than it is in reality, just as ansel adams did with his work..

saying that, i kinda like what group f64 had promoted back then..at a time when most pictorial photographers were trying to imitate paintings, these people (including ansel adams) committed themselves to showing the photograph as stand alone art. and that, to them was realism expressed by foreground to horizon sharpness.

Verywierd · 17th March 2006

I would say both to varying degrees depending on the subject and the intention of the photographer.

For instance, even a paparazzi type shot of a celebrity can be affected by the style chosen by the photographer. Soft focus, flattering angles etc. can make the clebrity look good. Harsh light, b&w, choosing stupid expressions or situations can do the opposite.

Witness · 17th March 2006

i'm none....

ndroo · 17th March 2006

i shoot coz i shiok mah

Sion · 17th March 2006

Originally Posted by ndroo

i shoot coz i shiok mah

Same here. Whenever there is a TFCD.

metallilan · 17th March 2006

i'm mostly an artist... i suck at being a reporter..

catchlights · 17th March 2006

Primary, I shoot for money,
Secondary, I shoot for shiok.

Astin · 17th March 2006

I know that some ppl shoot for "collection" purpose.

roti_prata · 17th March 2006

Originally Posted by Astin

I know that some ppl shoot for "collection" purpose.

lol, ppl like me. coz everytime i go airport will end up shooting almost 2gb and i store all of them good or bad. my hdd left 700+mb only, time to upgrade

Sion · 17th March 2006

Originally Posted by Witness

i'm none....

Some are Artporters (Half artists and half reporters).

And if you turn photography into Art, it's Artography.

doug3fflux · 18th March 2006

i think I am a reporter. to let the photograph speak for itself. tell the story. and if there's beauty in it, let that speak for itself too.

Soapa1125 · 19th March 2006

I shoot only cause i was paid to!

Cheers.

user12343 · 21st March 2006

sure or not? go airport shoot wide angle with a 300mm lens? or go other airliner website and leech 2GB worth of stolen photos???

Originally Posted by roti_prata

lol, ppl like me. coz everytime i go airport will end up shooting almost 2gb and i store all of them good or bad. my hdd left 700+mb only, time to upgrade

thomas.h · 21st March 2006

Originally Posted by user12343

sure or not? go airport shoot wide angle with a 300mm lens? or go other airliner website and leech 2GB worth of stolen photos???

S11loop · 21st March 2006

Good thread . I think this thread is gonna make people think twice about themself and thus know themself as a photographer better , i feel that people nowsaday just take photos for the sake of it and is more like reporting it then " expressing " it ....

For me , i am none ... i use photography as a tool to express my feeling and my very own view and thinking , that is why i love it so much that i think that i am too relying on it in my life to portrait my views and thoughts .

+evenstar · 21st March 2006

Originally Posted by user12343

sure or not? go airport shoot wide angle with a 300mm lens? or go other airliner website and leech 2GB worth of stolen photos???

wainism · 21st March 2006

Originally Posted by user12343

sure or not? go airport shoot wide angle with a 300mm lens? or go other airliner website and leech 2GB worth of stolen photos???

sure lah, shoot 2GB worth of roti prata photos put inside hdisk. then use abt 100mb leech from a.net.

but 100mb freed up in the end cos all post on flickr mah

View Poll Results: Artist, Reporter or Both?
Artist	12	24.00%
Reporter	6	12.00%
Both	32	64.00%
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17th March 2006	#1
roti_prata Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bt Batok Posts: 769	Are you an Artist or Reporter? Do you take pictures mostly because they are nice and show the beauties of our environment? Do you take pictures mostly because you need to convay the situation to others? Or do you do a bit of both? for me i shoot sch events frequently but i like to shoot planes at the airport whenever i have the time so i'll consider myself inbetween.

17th March 2006	#3
philliptan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pasir Ris Posts: 1,484	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? I think my pictures are more documentary than artistic. That's why seldom get oohs and aahs here. Maybe it's my internal need to catalogue stuff. For example, if I shoot pics of planes, I like to get the entire collection and 'catalogue' them. And I shoot them in the centre, filling the frame. Nowadays I'm into flowers and same thing, I take them to 'catalogue'. Weird.

17th March 2006	#4
Patryk Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 661	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? i tend to believe that photography is a distinct form of art, sometimes rendering a scene more beautiful than it is in reality, just as ansel adams did with his work.. saying that, i kinda like what group f64 had promoted back then..at a time when most pictorial photographers were trying to imitate paintings, these people (including ansel adams) committed themselves to showing the photograph as stand alone art. and that, to them was realism expressed by foreground to horizon sharpness. __________________ if my camera is there at the right moment, click, all I have to do is accept it. -edouard boubat

17th March 2006	#5
Verywierd Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 242	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? I would say both to varying degrees depending on the subject and the intention of the photographer. For instance, even a paparazzi type shot of a celebrity can be affected by the style chosen by the photographer. Soft focus, flattering angles etc. can make the clebrity look good. Harsh light, b&w, choosing stupid expressions or situations can do the opposite.

17th March 2006	#6
Witness Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: www.maverickatwork.com Posts: 6,768	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? i'm none.... __________________ w maverick.photography b maverick.blogging

17th March 2006	#7
ndroo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: www.fuzzyeyeballs.com Posts: 6,718	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? i shoot coz i shiok mah __________________ fuzzyeyeballs

17th March 2006	#9
metallilan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,843	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? i'm mostly an artist... i suck at being a reporter..

17th March 2006	#10
catchlights Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Punggol Posts: 10,782	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? Primary, I shoot for money, Secondary, I shoot for shiok.

17th March 2006	#11
Astin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Astin Studio Posts: 4,724	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? I know that some ppl shoot for "collection" purpose.

18th March 2006	#14
doug3fflux Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West of S'pore Posts: 925	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? i think I am a reporter. to let the photograph speak for itself. tell the story. and if there's beauty in it, let that speak for itself too.

19th March 2006	#15
Soapa1125 New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 48	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? I shoot only cause i was paid to! Cheers.

21st March 2006	#18
S11loop Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pasir Ris Posts: 3,283	Re: Are you an Artist or Reporter? Good thread . I think this thread is gonna make people think twice about themself and thus know themself as a photographer better , i feel that people nowsaday just take photos for the sake of it and is more like reporting it then " expressing " it .... For me , i am none ... i use photography as a tool to express my feeling and my very own view and thinking , that is why i love it so much that i think that i am too relying on it in my life to portrait my views and thoughts .