Comments on: New to create the old http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/ Nature photography, art, environment Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:49:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mark http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15703 Mark Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:44:48 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15703 I didn't think of the Lensbaby, but you are right, it kinda falls in the same concept - but the Lensbaby can do things that normal lens can't. I didn’t think of the Lensbaby, but you are right, it kinda falls in the same concept – but the Lensbaby can do things that normal lens can’t.

]]> By: Stacy http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15683 Stacy Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:15:28 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15683 My husband purchased a LensBaby for me for Christmas, so I could try something a bit more "artistic" and expand my horizons a little. I was discussing this with another photographer and he commented on how we spend thousands getting the best glass and optics available - and then we do something insane and throw an item like a LensBaby in front of our expensive cameras to make everything out of focus! Now that I just started trying out the LensBaby, I'm wondering the same thing myself...I can take blurry photos on any given day! But I guess it's the challenge of making a creative use of a very selective blur with a great sweet spot that is the allure. I haven't gotten it yet... My husband purchased a LensBaby for me for Christmas, so I could try something a bit more “artistic” and expand my horizons a little. I was discussing this with another photographer and he commented on how we spend thousands getting the best glass and optics available – and then we do something insane and throw an item like a LensBaby in front of our expensive cameras to make everything out of focus!

Now that I just started trying out the LensBaby, I’m wondering the same thing myself…I can take blurry photos on any given day! But I guess it’s the challenge of making a creative use of a very selective blur with a great sweet spot that is the allure. I haven’t gotten it yet…

]]> By: BoydGreeneArt http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15623 BoydGreeneArt Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:35:53 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15623 My friend a wedding photographer shoots through an old box camera(with a top viewer) with his digital camera and gets some neat shots. I guess some people like antiques and some like old photos. One lady from my area stains hers with tea! Go figure. Nice shot. I would love to see this area one day. My friend a wedding photographer shoots through an old box camera(with a top viewer) with his digital camera and gets some neat shots.

I guess some people like antiques and some like old photos.

One lady from my area stains hers with tea! Go figure.

Nice shot. I would love to see this area one day.

]]> By: Lana http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15611 Lana Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:32:18 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15611 I'm with you. I'm still trying to figure out the settings on my camera, so I can get clearer shots of movement. I really need more equipment, though...a tripod, a digiscope. One of these days... I’m with you. I’m still trying to figure out the settings on my camera, so I can get clearer shots of movement. I really need more equipment, though…a tripod, a digiscope. One of these days…

]]> By: Paul Grecian http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15514 Paul Grecian Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:59:45 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15514 Great read! It is ironic Mark, and it does make you think about what the heck we are photographing for and why we spend so much money on new, latest technology equipment. Between retro styles and soft-focus, painterly effects, all of which I like, I think I should never buy another camera again. Great read! It is ironic Mark, and it does make you think about what the heck we are photographing for and why we spend so much money on new, latest technology equipment. Between retro styles and soft-focus, painterly effects, all of which I like, I think I should never buy another camera again.

]]> By: Lana http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15505 Lana Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:38:07 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15505 I don't know about current characteristics that future generations might seek to replicate, but I remember the graininess of my ever-reliable DISC camera. (That thing even survived being dropped down a steep flight of wooden stairs. They don't make 'em like they used to--both in good AND bad ways! ;) I don’t know about current characteristics that future generations might seek to replicate, but I remember the graininess of my ever-reliable DISC camera. (That thing even survived being dropped down a steep flight of wooden stairs. They don’t make ‘em like they used to–both in good AND bad ways! ;)

]]> By: Petra Voegtle http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15502 Petra Voegtle Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:35:20 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15502 ah I forgot - I think it is the same thing with playing music on old vinyls - some people swear it's the best to hear some music with all that crackling noise in the background instead of digitally re-mastered! ah I forgot – I think it is the same thing with playing music on old vinyls – some people swear it’s the best to hear some music with all that crackling noise in the background instead of digitally re-mastered!

]]> By: Petra Voegtle http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/comment-page-1/#comment-15501 Petra Voegtle Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:30:26 +0000 http://grafphoto.com/wordpress/2008/02/06/new-to-create-the-old/#comment-15501 Mark, this is so true. But! I think to go back in time and re-do something in order to make it look old is just for poor fun and I don't seriously think that there is any further intent. I still have some of my own old black and white photos made with a Revue camera (still perfectly functioning and my very first camera in life) in 1967 when I was 16 years old!! Can you imagine. But to my surprise they don't look like vintage photos at all - they are still crisp and there is absolutely no yellow vintage sheen on them. What shall I do now????LOL Mark, this is so true. But! I think to go back in time and re-do something in order to make it look old is just for poor fun and I don’t seriously think that there is any further intent.
I still have some of my own old black and white photos made with a Revue camera (still perfectly functioning and my very first camera in life) in 1967 when I was 16 years old!! Can you imagine. But to my surprise they don’t look like vintage photos at all – they are still crisp and there is absolutely no yellow vintage sheen on them. What shall I do now????LOL

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