Those who take and those who make

Chuck_P · Jan 7, 2025

Vaughn said:
Use make, take, create, shoot, capture, or whatever. The only time the issue comes up is in threads like this...we will still understand what the other is saying. Technically, the sun does not rise nor does it set, but we all know what a sunset is. The personal choice of words does reflect a little on how a person approaches photography, which is the most interesting part of these discussions.

Well said...........surely there can't be any more parsing of the OP. I vote the thread ends on that one.

Don_ih · Jan 7, 2025

We obviously won't understand one another because no one pays attention to what anyone else means. This isn't a discussion, it's a string of soliloquies.

Vaughn · Jan 7, 2025

Oh, I think we do a decent job. One just should resist equating understanding with agreement.

TJPhotoshop · Jan 11, 2025

I hope I'm a maker. Wasn't it Adams who said: "You don't take a photograph, you make it"?

When we retired, we moved into a house without a suitable place for a darkroom, but I had pretty much taken up digital photography almost exclusively by that time anyway. The last thing I wanted to do was just pop out jpeg after jpeg and put them into Flickr or something, so I got deeply involved with Photoshop and image editing early on. I still try to get the best shot I can, but I shoot only raw files, and the way the final image looks is up to me.

Sirius Glass · Jan 11, 2025

Welcome to Photrio!

TJPhotoshop · Jan 11, 2025

Alan Edward Klein said:
If I ever said "I'm going to check out the light." my family would think I was really weird, probably having some sort of religious experience, and lock me up. How about I:m going out to "record" some pictures? I don;t think that word has been mentioned. We do record whether its with film or a sensor/memory card. The one photographer I know who builds his pictures is Creydson.

Record? I thought these days every photo was "captured."

slackercrurster · Jan 12, 2025

cliveh said:
Those who take and those who make

Photography now seems to be more make than take. I am not just referring to digital, as there are many makers who use film. I realise it is not just a binary choice, but are you primarily a maker or taker? I think of myself as a taker.

Dunno. I mainly work with other people's photos and films now. Health is poor and can't pound the pavement doing street photography any longer. I'm still shooting, but it is with a copy stand or even a flatbed scanner. Other times it is with a screen recorder. I've probably shot 60K- 80K screenshots in the last decade. I also work with audio, VHS and Beta.

I especially love cine' film, but scanning is the issue. Still saving up and buying lotto tickets! Cine' scanners are not cheap. Duplicate set of shelves behind this with films.

Eventually this will be M-R films. Have many thousand 16mm films. Fantastic time capsules of history!

cliveh · Jan 12, 2025

slackercrurster said:
Dunno. I mainly work with other people's photos and films now. Health is poor and can't pound the pavement doing street photography any longer. I'm still shooting, but it is with a copy stand or even a flatbed scanner. Other times it is with a screen recorder. I've probably shot 60K- 80K screenshots in the last decade. I also work with audio, VHS and Beta. I especially love cine' film, but scanning is the issue. Still saving up and buying lotto tickets! Cine' scanners are not cheap. Duplicate set of shelves behind this with films. View attachment 387708 Eventually this will be M-R films. Have many thousand 16mm films. Fantastic time capsules of history!

Wow, may I ask where you got all those films? And do you work in a film studio?

Those who take and those who make

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