Why do we take pictures, and what do we do with the pictures we take? Over fall break a few of my friends were talking about how a big chunk of our generation takes pictures \u201cfor the instagram,\u201d \u201cfor the profile picture,\u201d \u201cfor my new facebook album,\u201d etc. Sometimes it seems like photography is becoming more of a popularity contest than a hobby. The process between taking a picture and sharing it with the people in our lives seems to be getting more and more complicated- first we have to take a picture, then crop it, then add some contrast, then saturate it, then unsaturated it because it looks TOO colorful, then show it to a friend to see if they think it looks good, then instagram, hashtag, add location, send to facebook, etc. So the picture we take of a leaf is no longer natural, even though it\u2019s of a simple piece of nature. Do you think that this will only get worse as we become more wrapped up in social media and technology? It would be a really interesting experiment to get the original photos of the last 30 instagram posts on my feed. Finally, how does \u201cgreat photography\u201d today differ from \u201cgreat photography\u201d 30 years ago?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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