I started with photo manipulation before photography as I did it as part of my job and also originally used my DH's photos so I feel that photography is the weaker side although improving and I feel that the manipulated version is my art rather than the photography.
But surely you have to have a good shot to begin with, what you are saying is the photo is less important than the manipulation which sounds crazy to me!
Oh my gosh, that brings back memories. I was there in 1989. It really is a dominant feature of the city.
Actually as long as the photo is sharp (and if it's a close up it doesn't even need to be sharp) and there is an interesting subject in it, there isn't anything you can't do and I see photo manipulation as an art form on it's own - a different art form from photography. It's not the photo which is important but what you achieve at the end. Yes, if you have a great photo it's often easier to get a great quick manipulation.
I think the images you end up with are quite brilliant, but is it photography?
Exactly. That's what I was saying. I started with this sort of manipulation so I didn't need to be a good photographer and this is what I am good at not photography although I sure hope I am improving that side now. The manipulation is my skill not the photography.
What a great "little collage tutorial"! Taking photos of "stuff" to have on hand is a great way to ensure lots of ingredients for a collage.
I would call it Digital Photo Art, because all the elements used are photos, manipulated digitally, into art.
Ah, but does this fall under the heading of photography? Old photograph photographed with my iPhone and cleaned up on the iPad for a special friend.
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Ah yes, have avoided this so far. Maybe next time....What a great "little collage tutorial"! Taking photos of "stuff" to have on hand is a great way to ensure lots of ingredients for a collage.
And lots of ingredients for, say, and EOS challenge......
I have it narrowed down to NINE IMAGES.Hello Good People of MobiTog!! This thread is officially CLOSED.
I am armed with a cup of green tea as I wade through this beautiful Sea of Curves, trying to choose a winner.....
I don't have any simple answers.I totally agree with what you're both saying, yet personally I can't shake the feeling (not at all rational and somewhat Puritanical)that Prisma is a gimmick. Perhaps "owning" my photo is not the correct word. I think I enjoy the editing process more when I've made usually multiple decisions to edit my photo, which I almost always do before or after applying an "artistic filter" such as Prisma. If I happen to luck out on a photo that doesn't need editing I certainly don't feel any less attachment to that one as opposed to the multitude that I feel can benefit from editing. Having said all this I still freely continue to use Prisma. Go figure. I guess all I really meant to say is I can understand John's point view.
Its not my bag Jilly, quite correct. But I can definitely appreciate other people's work in this area. I'm sure Mobitog is big enough for all our mobile meandering.
I think so too. Isn't that what makes it interesting?
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. Congrats David, Ted, Paul, Rizole (is that your given name, your preferred form of address?) - exciting images. And thank you Cat for HM 
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Yes!! I love the side convos!and side-conversations (for instance, now I know how to pit six cherries at once
