The Decisive Moment, Then and Now: Photography

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The consensus is that film photography has gone into extinction with the emergence of affordable digital media. Countless comparisons have been made between the two formats to see which best duplicates the most realistic portrayal. The key component that makes a captivating image is left out when people compare only technical specifications. Photography is more than just pressing a button and shifting through a memory card to find a winner. It is about creating an image that expresses a vision at a decisive moment in time. Digital and film media each have their place in photography. However, neither one can replace the creative eye. As the great modern photographer Lisette Model once said, "Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest." She had no idea how easy exotic effects would get, and just how hard that would make it to capture beauty and truth in the same photograph (Plagens).
The world has changed so drastically over the past few decades. From the moment we crack open our eyes in the morning to the time we shut down for the night is influenced by technology. We have become a society that has become increasingly dependent on technology to automate the simplest tasks. Our current population is known to panic at the first sign of anything outside of the bubble of comfort. It would be very hard to say that the current generation is a more productive one due to the efficiency technology brings to our lives. Do we do more in one day’s time than the generation that came before ours? There might be one correct answer to this question, but it does bring another question to mind. Has our generation become too technology dependent to understand the personal connection we build from the creative process? People ...

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...e if you choose to embrace it. A moment passed becomes nothing more than a memory so remember to embrace that moment with a photo.

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Jeffries, Stuart. "The Death of Photography: Are Camera Phones Destroying an Artform?" The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 14 Dec. 2013. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.
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