Trends in photography??

Patriot · Jun 2, 2012

The "No dumping" seemed out of place in the sets but it sure was funny as hell.

unpopular · Jun 2, 2012

Jaemie said:
Mot said:

This image was, by far, my favourite.

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Oh dear god, no... wahahahaha! Sooooooo wrong..Otherwise, the work is very nice, if a little bit cliche at times.

A bit cliche is an understatement. they're overly sentimental, posed and obnoxious. Though yes, many husband-wife teams do excellent work:

http://www.grazierphotoblog.com/

Many of these trendy techniques look very fresh, without requiring a lot of skill to produce. Unfortunately, these styles will not pass the test of time, and will be remebered not for the subject, but rather the graphic trends popular at the time.

Compaq · Jun 2, 2012

I wouldn't call HDR a phase or a fad. If you use a graduated ND filter, you're using a technique to achieve "HDR" photos. Or you can take multiple exposures and mask in parts manually. Or you can use photomatix. Or you can use fill flash. I'd say all those give you HDR photos, if your sensor can't capture then entire range in one exposure.

Too much of tonemapping might be phase. To me, it's just another tool (that I use quite often).

unpopular · Jun 2, 2012

I would not call HDR a fad at all, though I do think that overcooked tonemapping is. I am more referring to these "hipster" effects that have become popular.

I think though that for something to be HDR, it must include more dynamic range than the sensing medium is capable of. I don't think flash or ND filters count since they are subtractive in nature.

IByte · Jun 2, 2012

Very bad selective coloring is an ongoing fad.

unpopular · Jun 2, 2012

^ selective coloring should be left only for those posters of little kids wearing depression-era clothes, kissing while passing flowers. You know, the kind that should only be found in the bedrooms of cat hoarders.

ETA: oh god. http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d...ce-Codes-Posters/myspace-codes-posters003.jpg (NSFW)

Kazooie · Jun 3, 2012

unpopular said:
^ selective coloring should be left only for those posters of little kids wearing depression-era clothes, kissing while passing flowers. You know, the kind that should only be found in the bedrooms of cat hoarders.

ETA: oh god. http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d...ce-Codes-Posters/myspace-codes-posters003.jpg (NSFW)

I wanna click it... but at the same time I don't...

unpopular · Jun 3, 2012

^^ it's tastelessness upon tastelessness. Non-nude, however.

Jaemie · Jun 3, 2012

unpopular said:
^ selective coloring should be left only for those posters of little kids wearing depression-era clothes, kissing while passing flowers. You know, the kind that should only be found in the bedrooms of cat hoarders.

hmm... I'm trying to think of a situation where that kind of coloring might be a good idea, and cannot. Oh and, "cat hoarders" made me laugh.