When I first posted this it was to make a bit of a personal statement about cameras. I had someone asking about one of my photographs, that he was very impressed with, the colour, the lighting, etc, etc., and he went on to say he figured I must have been using a pretty fancy camera. He was surprised when I told him the specific shot he was referring to was taken with a Kodak digital point and shoot! Which brings me to my statement – it has always been my belief that it is the photographer and not the camera that makes a photograph! This photo edit I’ve created is my visual interpretation of that… the camera is only an extension of your own eye… it’s just a tool! As a paint brush is a tool in the hands of an artist, a computer in the hands of a graphic designer, or a scalpel in the hands of a doctor… the tool doesn’t make you good at what you do, it only enables you to do what you do! If you can’t see what you want to shoot a picture of, the camera isn’t going to help you.
beautiful, bright… and purple shot with a Kodak EasyShare CX7525
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