Comments on: You can’t be creative in Photoshop?

By: tintypes

tintypes — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:56:29 +0000

I’ve read the article and I just don’t get his beef. In my mind you cannot press a button and capture an image from nature and claim to be any more pure than someone clicking a mouse.

I also disagree with his order. “Creativity is in the person first, the world second, and in Photoshop, not at all.” I think true creativity is ignoring the self and paying full attention to the world. To me, the greatest artists are the people who pay the most attention.

By: Photoshop Guy

Photoshop Guy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:39:27 +0000

I agree and disagree with Mr. Grill…the idea of the photographer getting it right when he snaps the camera is right on I think because you can only make a bad image look so much better using Photoshop or any other graphics software…and on the other side of that, you can make a great image look awesome using Photoshop. Using Photoshop doesn’t make you creative really…figuring out how to use the program does!! I remember pulling some hairs and swearing quite a bit when I was learning.
You really can get creative with Photoshop once you learn your way around the program itself…there are so many ways to do the same thing and each resulting in something completely different…that’s my 2 cents!

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:30:21 +0000

I just thought of something – if photography WASN’T about the new advancements in technology – wouldn’t we all still be shooting with daguerreotype cameras?

To me – photography has ALWAYS been about its evolution. There are some out there that might grow very fond of a particular style or method, and that’s just fine. The rest of us who care to move on should be able to do so without judgment either…