Reply To: "Real" photographers are dumb

[Gerbles]

I guess one way to answer the question “what makes these photos any less artistic than a pro’s photos” would be to analyze *general* common characteristics of both types of photography. The fauxtogs’ photos lack certain elements of technical expertise that are mainly due to mistakes/lack of knowledge/lack of proper equipment, or just not caring. These are things like missed focus, color casts, messy composition etc. You cannot excuse these things as “artistic license. Sorry. These photos MAY have certain elements that derive from creativity, but like you will see on this site, most of them have the same old played out shit, like chalk boards, heart hands, railroad tracks, ultrasound photos and certain poses (like the one with the dad/baby daddy holding up a toddler in the air by his ankle) that come from pintrest. Very rarely do these people come up with their own ideas and have the ability and technical knowledge to pull it off. And more importantly, these people are in it for quick, easy money- NOT for the love of the craft- I don’t care what anyone says.

On the other hand, a professional photographer with talent and experience will have the creativity AND technical know-how, which makes their photos special, something people will want to display proudly in their home or office. And yes, some are more creative than others, and yes, I have seen pretty boring technically correct photos from pros, but in general, creativity and technicality go hand in hand. That is the key.

And you think wedding photography isn’t art? You obviously haven’t seen any work done by any really great wedding photographers. I have seen some on 500px that blew my mind.

So, could a fauxtog create art? Sure, but is it good art? probably not. Is photoshopping a girl in booty shorts and stilettos standing on the back of a horse art? I think it is, but it’s also really tacky and poorly executed, showing no skill in PP (I’m referring to a photo on this site from a while ago). Maybe you could say the lack of technical ability showing in a photo really overshadows a lot of the creativity in the photo, in that it sort of brings the overall quality of the photo down several notches, therein lies the issue with a lot of fauxtographers.