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I primarily see photography as a form of art. As with any art form, one needs to transcend the medium to go from being a technician to an artist. Mastery of fundamentals is an essential first step in the journey of transformation into an artist.
At the very least, I expect that any entries in a challenge get the following fundamentals right:
focus
depth of field
shadowing due to light sources
color levels
appropriate cropping without losing bits of the image
1 == images have serious technical deficiencies and / or are just plain jarring / ugly / lacking taste - mostly both.
2, 3 == images that have some technical deficiencies, but are not distasteful.
4, 5 == average photos - ones that have the basics down pat, but to which I probably wouldn't give a second glance were I to see them anywhere else.
6 == photos where the photographer begins to show signs of no longer being restricted by the camera - the rudimentary signs of art start to become evident.
7, 8 == here's where the photographer really starts to escape the medium and is starting to express him-/her- self well. The person is mostly an artist but the mind is still yet not completely unfettered by the medium.
9, 10 == there is no subject, there is no camera, there is no photographer. There is only art.
Cheers,
Vijay
p.s. I consider myself to be at a level 4 or 5 for the most part and with occasional sparks of inspiration (1 in every couple of hundred photos), I manage to reach a level 6. No false humility here, but I suspect that the highest I will ever get to in my life (and very seldom) is a 7 - probably not 8. 9 and 10 are out of my reach. Se la vie. :-) |
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