The article “Instant Gratification” by: Stephen Joel Trachtenberg seemed quite interesting at first glance. Its category “Readings on Image and Media” caught my eye, as well as the subject matter and title. Instant gratification as I’ve learned is not the best way to go about living life, at least for me. I must work hard for the privilege to sit back and relax hence the hypocrisy of the title drew me in.
The requirement of developing photos is now a way of the past. Once a religious method of capturing history, now a single click of a button that anyone can achieve. Trachtenberg talks about the transition from film photography to contemporary digital photography. The technological advancement of the Kodak portable point and shoot camera, the Polaroid instant pictures, to the instant digital picture, that appears on a screen and can be sent anywhere via the internet.
The idea of having everyone be able to take pictures is quite a feat in itself. But me as a media artist love the idea of a picture friendly world, some pictures are harmless, some pictures are incriminating, some pictures have sentimental meaning and I think everyone should have a chance to create a photograph of some kind because of how important they are to today’s society.
-Nick Edmonds
Monday, December 8, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Video Hardware/Software Repsonses
1)
I found the functions of the Olympus camera to be very user-friendly and simple. The controls are similar to any other digital camera I’ve used so I was already familiar with its button interface. I did have some technical difficulties though; the batteries I used to operate the camera didn’t seem to last as long as possible, and when low battery occurred the camera would become very slow and some features would be disabled. The on/off button would not react as fast as it should; this was clearly due to the age of the camera and its great use. My ideal camera would probably be a huge Nikon with a fisheye lens attached. But I would be more than pleased with any new model of a Sony Cyber-Shot, but as of now I’m limited to the camera on my iPhone, which has a surprisingly high resolution.
2)
Final Cut Pro is my editing software of choice, I’m very new to Final Cut but it has similarities to Adobe Premiere Pro, which I’m familiar with. I was able to pick up the basics quickly and although I am not an expert I would like to learn the ins and outs of Final Cut Pro. It’s a very prestigious program and I’m very motivated to master it and continue to use it despite how complicated and endless it seems.
I found the functions of the Olympus camera to be very user-friendly and simple. The controls are similar to any other digital camera I’ve used so I was already familiar with its button interface. I did have some technical difficulties though; the batteries I used to operate the camera didn’t seem to last as long as possible, and when low battery occurred the camera would become very slow and some features would be disabled. The on/off button would not react as fast as it should; this was clearly due to the age of the camera and its great use. My ideal camera would probably be a huge Nikon with a fisheye lens attached. But I would be more than pleased with any new model of a Sony Cyber-Shot, but as of now I’m limited to the camera on my iPhone, which has a surprisingly high resolution.
2)
Final Cut Pro is my editing software of choice, I’m very new to Final Cut but it has similarities to Adobe Premiere Pro, which I’m familiar with. I was able to pick up the basics quickly and although I am not an expert I would like to learn the ins and outs of Final Cut Pro. It’s a very prestigious program and I’m very motivated to master it and continue to use it despite how complicated and endless it seems.
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