As there are tons of ideas that flow to my head when I am almost isolated. Let me talk about some incredibly boring topics concerning about my life in photography. I hope that, after you read this you can have some ideas as for how good (or bad) my concepts are, and how hopeless traditional photographers will be in the face of the modern technology. Put it simply, the enemy of the traditional photography is, of course, mobile phone.
Let us talk about the exposure. I got recently some people asked me how on earth the people can take those mind-blowing astrophotographic images. Gears are of course important but the other key factor that is often overlooked is the post-possessing. Hong Kong people have a tendency to explore the "truth-ness" in photos (which is surprising because they don't usually do that in most aspects). We, of course, want a photo to show the authenticity of the objects but in low-light environment we need skills.
Close illuminated objects depend on lights to be shown in the photos and the background starry night needed a long time to be captured. Also, you will need the mid-ground to set the background for the foreground, which also needs another exposure. Based on this, you already need 3 sets of images stacking together to gives a quality picture. That's why it will be difficult for a lazy person to take an amazing picture in the low-light environment. Investments in the post-possessing are, if not the most, important to give the best.
Until the smartphone comes into play. Now that the new iPhone is out, which enable users to adjust almost everything after they click the round white button. The camera will automatically take multiple pictures with different exposure to make sure you don't miss a thing. A lazy person can do a great thing now.
All they miss will be the hard work after a photo taken. Not so long we will not need any "traditional photography".
Soon, however, we will miss something in photography.
