Making Images – Not Taking Images

By: Pete Myers
… the tools of the photographer changed at glacial speed. It was not unusual to see a photographic equipment manufacturer come out with only one major change in their camera line or film products every 10 years.
Today, we are on an 18-month technology cycle based on the great fuel of the modern era – the semiconductor.
It is easy to get caught up in the insanity of the moment-to-moment changes in camera technology, figuring that it has something to do with the art of photography. In fact, our technologies are just tools. The art of photography comes from the creative perception and mastery of the medium by the artist. I would suggest that this is an issue of personal journey and not an issue of tools.
I am a fine arts photographer by profession (www.petemyers.com). I offer no bias between shooting digitally or on film. I have done both successfully and have found in my own work more compelling issues in regard to my photographic tools – the lens, being...