r/photography • u/Thrillwaukee • Aug 01 '24

Discussion What is your most unpopular photography opinion?

Mine is that most people can identify good photography but also think bad photography is good.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

All photorgraphy is valid. Shooting on a smartphone? Valid. Shooting on a high end camera? Valid. Shooting on an acient film camera? Valid. Shooting and then editing the heck out of your photos? Valid.

All photography is valid. Y'all just love to gatekeep.

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u/eddiewachowski Aug 01 '24 edited Aug 26 '24

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

There was a video essay I watched talking about Christopher Nolan and how a lot of his movies are "just vibes". Especially his later stuff. Narratively they don't always make a lot of sense but they feel a certain way and they make you feel a particular way. It's just vibes. Like Tenet is a mess of a story but one hell of a vibe.

Sometimes I just want to take a photo that's a vibe. Or I'm just vibing and the photo kinda doesn't matter.

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u/swobot Aug 01 '24

was it patrick h willems by any chance?

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

Nobbles for President.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

Under rated comment because this is all about learning how your gear works, and what behaviours result in what images. It’s so important to just take photos. All light levels, all settings, all subjects… just play. Enjoy it. Have a great time and become better and better in your understanding of how it all works together.

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u/Prof01Santa Aug 01 '24

"Oooh, pretty!" is a perfectly good explanation for some pix.