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Iluvmycam

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It's a matter of taste...
« on: September 19, 2013, 03:17:32 pm »


On another photo forum I am on, a member posted this thread.  Before I had time to even read or post to it it was closed.

It is a good topic, so I will open up discussion here.

runnah wrote:

This is relevant to all art forms but we will focus on photography.

So as most regulars on here will agree that overused filter packs and PS actions ruin a photo. But contrary to folks here 99% of the population loves it and buys it in droves. Most wedding photos I see have some sort to similar effect.

So are we wrong? If it is so bad than why is it so popular? Who is to say what is bad or good?


http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photographic-discussions/339848-s-matter-taste.html
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2013, 05:50:27 pm »

There is a difference between Fine Art and Commercial Art. Hence different needs and tastes. Phased to keep it tasteful.



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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2013, 05:53:07 pm »

People differ. Hence different needs and tastes.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2013, 12:24:21 am »

What it boils down to is this: My taste is excellent, and the taste of anybody who disagrees with me is terrible.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2013, 03:44:03 am »

People wants a quick cheap results that r not normal, so with one click if they can do something different like my 4 yr old grand kid wants to with my 30+ MP w/Zeiss on it's LCD screen than they feel they r also very creative. Getting sharp, well correctly exposed image is too much hassle & forget @ PS.
   All u have to do is to go 'Tunnel View' @ Yosemite and watch strangers look @ your LCD screen shot & tell u, my cheap camera takes better than your expensive one on tripod. ::) My wife kept telling me count to 10 & tripod is not a javelin.  ;)
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2013, 03:52:32 am »

What it boils down to is this: My taste is excellent, and the taste of anybody who disagrees with me is terrible.
 ::)

This is a very common way of thinking, nothing new but you summarised it perfectly  :(
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2013, 06:43:37 am »

This is a very common way of thinking, nothing new but you summarised it perfectly  :(

And that's because it is perfect!

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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2013, 08:46:42 am »


If it is so bad than why is it so popular?

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photographic-discussions/339848-s-matter-taste.html

The curmudgeon in me wants to reply "it is so popular because it is bad," but I know that's not really true. However, using food as an analogy, look at the immense popularity of McDonalds, Domino Pizza, and other chains that serve terrible food.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2013, 09:27:24 am »

The curmudgeon in me wants to reply "it is so popular because it is bad," but I know that's not really true. However, using food as an analogy, look at the immense popularity of McDonalds, Domino Pizza, and other chains that serve terrible food.


Don't be afraid to say it:

The Lowest Common Denominator.

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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2013, 12:14:05 pm »

However, using food as an analogy, look at the immense popularity of McDonalds, Domino Pizza, and other chains that serve terrible food.

Cheap fast cooked-food without shopping, without a kitchen, without utensils; somewhere warm and clean and dry.

But wasn't the topic something frivolous -- why people might like one style of photography more than another?
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2013, 10:56:33 am »

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It might be said that those who frequent sites as ours do tend to fall outside that LCD range and more toward the Fine Art appreciation direction.
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Rob C

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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2013, 02:35:01 pm »

It might be said that those who frequent sites as ours do tend to fall outside that LCD range and more toward the Fine Art appreciation direction.



It isn't about the membership of a particular forum - it's a measure of life in general.

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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2013, 11:12:13 am »

Bud Light is the top selling beer in the US........There's no accounting for taste.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2013, 12:49:44 pm »

There's no accounting for anything until you make some effort to understand what explanations there might be.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2013, 01:08:11 pm »

There's no accounting for anything until you make some effort to understand what explanations there might be.


And then there are those that are visual nomads.

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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2013, 01:17:40 pm »

What it boils down to is this: My taste is excellent, and the taste of anybody who disagrees with me is terrible.
 ::)

That is the POV of a narrow minded arrogant artist which I am quite capable of myself. When I am more humble and conscious, I try and ask of all art "what do you have to teach me?". More often than not the answer is not much or nothing, but in asking that question I give all art a chance. Sometimes.........sometimes I learn something important and sometimes........I learn to love art that I perviously despised.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2013, 02:02:36 pm »

And then there are those that are visual nomads.

And your opaque epigrams might be placeholders for some interesting ideas, which you don't take care to communicate.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2013, 07:32:29 pm »

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And your opaque epigrams might be placeholders for some interesting ideas, which you don't take care to communicate.
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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2013, 07:11:47 pm »

What it boils down to is this: My taste is excellent, and the taste of anybody who disagrees with me is terrible.
 ::)

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Re: It's a matter of taste...
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2013, 09:23:19 am »

What it boils down to is this: My taste is excellent, and the taste of anybody who disagrees with me is terrible.
 ::)
My view exactly, but do not forget that if something good becomes popular, then it somehow becomes less good.
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