We don’t stick o on everything we also stick ie on shitloads of stuff truckie = truck driver, bikie = motorcycle gang member, tinnie = small aluminium boat or the more frequently used can of beer
As to why we do it………because we can!
We real Aussies prefer not to use many Americanisms as we are quite capable of effectively butchering the English language all by ourselves!
Hand held light meters worked very much the same way- get the light reading and nul the scales which shows you all the variants of aperture/iso(asa)/shutter speed- you can see on the scales what adjustments will yield the correct exposure up or down and adjusting the scales changes those variables without effecting exposure.
The yungins at work marvel when I can tell them what their exposure will be (usually based on the sunny 16 rule) without looking through the camera and any variation of the three (iso/ap/sh) to control depth of feild by just visualizing the scales in my head- and accounting for fill flash. When I explain to them how that works it’s an ah-hah moment for them- they get it!
To me, the lack of understanding basics like this is not due to a lack of interest by the current generations, but a failure of our generation to share that wisdom with them as they learn.
... nowadays when you do 10 or more FPS on a digital slr or mirrorless and who cares if 95% of them are misfocused crap or under/ overexposed as it's just an SD card deletion and they are gone and what's left you can salvage from post processing.
For many “professionals” as well. Some of the yungins we have at work graduated with BFA’s and MFA’s yet still don’t understand the concept of leading lines, rule of thirds, vanishing points, symmetry and balance.
When I try to educate I get “yeah- yeah, of course I know”, but they keep fυcking it up and then couch it in “I was going for a look”. Last time I checked, sloppy and lazy was never a “look”. Just getting them to understand X,Y, Z axis and perspective is challenging.
In this case it’s not one of ignorance or ineptitude- it’s hubris- they can’t be told because they know better and won’t be bound by “rules”.
I was assistant teaching an Artist Residency some years back for BFA and MFA photography students and these subjects came up when we were discussing composition. I noted that along with a few others one of the greats for these concepts Henri Cartier-Bresson and it was like I started talking another language, they had no idea of any of the photographers I mentioned. Still blows my mind how many "photographers" don't study or even think to look up some of the greats of photography. Probably could chalk it up to the the influence of phone cameras and social media on photography but still surprises me.
Ha! Had a professor once use the the "look" response as an example to state a point and they addressed it in the most wonderful and blunt way when describing poorly composed photos. He said "Going for a "look" or "that's my style" isn't a get out a jail free pass if the work isn't good....it's just shit work! So if you're gonna break the rules, you better make sure the images are f***ing beautiful!"
I chalk this up to everyone gets a gold star, everyone is a starter, everyone is special. I’m gonna sound like an old fucker here at 51, but these “artist” snowflakes wouldn’t last a minute in my college crits without running out of the room crying.
I don't disagree with you but what do you think will happen over the next 20, 30 years with AI taking over much (most?) of the critical thinking skills we at least still possess? We could end up like the Eloi in The Time Machine, child like humanoids unable to fend for themselves and at the mercy of their keepers, the Morlocks.
I think more like the movie Idiocracy.
I used to wonder: is the world going to end up more like 1984 or Brave New World? But, now, I'm pretty sure it'll be like Idiocracy.
But then, I work with a lot of young people and they constantly amaze me in a many positive ways, as much as I am worried about their inexperience and knowledge gaps.
We have 2 in the office who do incredible work- they came in green and picked up the process beautifully- modeled their style and practice after us veterans at first and then gradually started to incorporated their own vision- this is what I always hope for.
I think the difference between them and the others is they had less “professional” experience, were not graduated from “art” institutions and both truly have a passion for the history and processes of the craft.
Vintage cameras are certainly more ascetically pleasing than modern ones
I'm been doing amateur photography since my early teens. 35mm, medium format, stereo medium format with transparency film, B&W with darkroom time, large format (8x10!!), nikon DSLR, Fujifilm X100, pinhole, macro with Vivitar extension tubes, Nikkormats, etc.
Try doing a watch wristshot with any of the above.
I think cell phone cameras are fυcking amazing.
