Too much progress for one lifetime
Do you like this panoramic view of Nafplio?
It is made out of 7 vertical shots, handheld with a canon EOS 6D Mark II and the use of the photo merge option, in Adobe Lightroom Classic.
The simplest thing in the world, isn't it?
Well it is now, but it wasn't always like that. So if you are in the mood of learning (if you are too young) or remembering (if you are closer to my age) how things were 20 years ago, keep reading.
Otherwise you can just take a look at the pictures which are new but edited in a oldie way :)
My biggest client in 2002 (when I still had a photographic studio) was an industry that required pictures of its facilities (a lot of buildings) and its products (a lot of them too). Part of the assignment was to take a panoramic picture of the main factory. I don't know if you were introduced into digital photography back then but I was as analog as it could get :)
So I took my Hasselblad and my tripod, I climbed on a rooftop, I found the best viewpoint and started shooting. I took all the 12 poses of the first roll of the 120 slide film that I was using (I think it was Ektachrome) and then a second and a third roll and many more. You see apart from the different angles, I also had to do some heavy bracketing in order to be sure that I'll have a set of pictures with the proper exposure.
Afterwards I left the films to the lab to be developed. The next day I took the developed slides from the lab and I chose the 8 pictures that were best to form the panorama. I took them to another lab to scan them. A couple of days later I took a cd with the scanned files and gave it to a graphic designer to stitch the original pictures into on panorama. A few days later I took another cd with the final image which I could deliver to the client!
All that for something that can be done today in a split of a second with any modern smartphone or at the most, in a few minutes shooting with a dslr and a few seconds in Lightroom for the stitching!
That was at the beginning of my career and now everyone is talking about AI and who knows how photography would be in another 20 years.
And if I'll be still around taking pictures, I am guessing that it might be too much progress for one lifetime :)
Thank you for reading and if you want to know more about me you can check out my introduction post.
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Stunning sepia images and I am especially fond of your panoramic view! The amount of work involved in editing photos back in yesteryear was ridiculous. Advances with digital photography beat developing film by hand in a black room as my father once did. Progress has been wonderful up to the point where we are today. I too am not a fan of AI @fotostef
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Thank you very much, I am glad you like it :)
It is a different era for sure. The challenge is not to let technology replace our creativity and just use it as a useful tool. I guess that applies to AI too!
Beautiful and lovely pictures.
Thank you for stopping by @jude9 :)
I think I have a digital camera from back then. I certainly have one that's older. 😁 It uses floppy disks!
Fantastic pictures, as always.
Yes they existed, but I detested them so much 😖
It took me a lot of years (probably too many) to accept the fact that digital is part of our life and that you can actually make quality work through that!
Thanks a lot :)
i didn't go into panorama photos till it was possible to stich in the PS.
but i think i did see a "panorama" film camera? it was kinda a point and shoot but the film looked panoramic.
Of course! How could I forget?
I had used a camera like that in the 90's.
It was that one:
Instead of moving the camera, it was the lens itself that was moving! Basic construction but it worked :)
Your panoramic view gives your shots the edge in capturing. I love seeing those pictures, great.
Thank you for stopping by @oasiskp2 :)
So do you prefer photography now or back in days gone by.
I remember as a child wanting to have photography as a hobby, but it was so expensive. 24 shots on a film, kids of today don't know how lucky they are hehe!
As an amateur, nowadays. Photography now is easier, more accessible and without any special technical knowledge, it is possible for a kid to unfold its creativity!
As a professional, on the other hand, definitely back then. I became a photographer because I didn't like office jobs and now practicing the profession means more time in front of the computer than behind the camera 😕
Cheers!