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Like many, I’m pretty good at taking something existing and changing it, tinkering, playing around, adding some touch to it.

Like many, I’m somewhat less skilled at creating something from scratch, without an existing idea.

In fact, that’s perfectly fine as far as photography goes. Photographers never start with nothing. There’s almost always some existing element, be it a visualization, a “found” scene, or even just a feeling. Photography is a subtractive art, like Michelangelo freeing the person from the marble.

Drawing and painting are additive arts. They involve starting fresh and adding to the canvas to create something totally new. Drawers and painters are creators; they can make something out of nothing. Some painters simply start with a feeling; others prefer to meticulously plan each detail beforehand.

Photography and painting require similar thought processes, but they require contrasting physical techniques.

Posted by Michael at 7:46 pm under concepts
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A prototype lens from Adobe lets you see the world from slightly different angles at once. It can project 19 different views in one shot, letting you change focus, angle, etc. without going back to retake the shot.

(French blog post; English video.)

Posted by Michael at 10:58 am under cool stuff, Adobe, Equipment
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