Originally posted by emr Do you see good technology and artistic content as something mutually exclusive or contradicting???
No, not necessarily. I just want more focus on content/storytelling and less focus on technicalities. Today a completely brain-dead pic can get a lot of praise and attention simply because it's razor sharp or very clean at high ISO. What I miss is the discussion of content.
Sure, sometimes I like stupid comedy shows as a relaxation, but most of the time I prefer to watch something that actually requires a bit of thinking or something that can start a discussion (without necessarily becoming overly academic/intellectual).
Of course it's possible to combine good technology with artistic content, and lots of people do, but I still think we're in a period of time where (too) many amateurs, including myself, are exploring and playing with the new technology simply to get
tech-wise the same quality as pro's.
I suspect that new and exciting technology makes it also easier to focus on technicalities....and it's always easy to blame the equipment or your own PP-skills if your pics are sub-average tech-wise. I mean, this is something that is easy to accept without being insulted as you can always learn. However, it's much worse if people are expecting an interesting content and you don't cut it.....because then the only one to blame is your own creativity and ability to think, which is not that easy to improve.
With that said, I am no better than others.....but I am trying to get away from the tech-obsession.
Kind regards
.lars