Post no.9
Digital Trends - Photographers tussle over whether ‘pro Instagrammers’ are visionaries or hacks.
An article by Molly McHugh
What interests me most is about how this article summarizes itself on how Instagram is a complementary feature for professionals. The app provides an extension of their work, ie. behind-the-scenes footage or by just being paid by large companies to run their Instagram accounts.
Other than that, it mentions its disregard toward being a professional or not, as to them, talent and attitude of any person gets the job done. Very diplomatic.
PhotoShelter - Why Instagram is Terrible for Photographers, and Why You Should Use It
An article by Allen Murayabashi
Why is Instagram good for us, but horrible for photographers?
- There is royalty free content all over the app.
- The quality in these photos are not as high compared to digital cameras. There would be pixelation and motion blurs as well as color distortions.
Basically, this app is aimed toward unprofessional photographers and its content are mostly focused on documenting life events. Therefore, it just a simple picture diary that delivers simple messages.
ReadWrite - How Instagram Remade Photography ( And could do the same with Video)
An article by Nick Statt
What shocked me when I was reading this article was the immediate shocking truth at paragraph two where its states that a daily newspaper with their 65 years of history, dissolved their photography department and started handing out iphones as replacements to cover live feed. The Sun-Times said that they would only rely on freelancers rather than permanent photography employees for professional photographs.
How soon will it be when Instagram photographs grace the pages of the front page of our daily newspapers?
Personally, although I favor the app, I wouldn't want to see Instagrammed photographs on my newspaper.
The article then states with this app, everyone is now a photographer. A professional photojournalist Scott Strazzante says that using his iphone to take pictures are much lesser of a hassle compared to lugging the heavy DSLR around especially in more challenging, and tight situations, it is way more convenient. However, professionally, he doesn't agree on Sun-Times actions to hand out iphones to photo journalists as it does not appear 'professional' or 'serious' enough.
Instagram all in all isn't anything to compete about, it's just normal day to day documentation of life.
TheGuardian - Instagram is Debasing Real Photography
An article by Kate Bevan
This article butchers Instagram when she mentioned on how Instagram has provided an outlet for amateur photographers to post images that spoils a photo with the provided filters in the app. She says that all the images have no meaning all look the same as they were given a faux aged look to them. She thinks with the technological advances we have today, we shouldn't be degrading our images making them look dirty and old but thrive on the high megapixels we have on our mobiles.
In my opinion, she might have had a conclusion that these filters only belong to the 60's where photographs generally fade off to that effect. She just couldn't see it in our current era on why would people bring their images to the past when it is currently in the present. She isn't totally wrong, but users who are not able to judge which filter complements and enhances the photo destroys the image and then makes it unrecognizable. However, they do learn over time after viewing their feeds of other users who do know how to use those filters.
Onto the part where she says all of the Instagram photos look 'the same', I had to disagree because those filters give very different color effects and feel to the image. Filters like Brannan, make the image appear more white and contrasted unlike the Kelvin filter which turns the image to a more yellower tint to give a warm feel.
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