{"id":31,"date":"2011-01-16T13:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T21:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/?p=31"},"modified":"2011-01-16T13:22:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-16T21:22:06","slug":"technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently reading on the online photographer<\/a> about technique, and how accomplished photographers don’t really pay attention to it. I agree, and technique also influences style. Or rephrasing: The tools one used influences the appearance of your art, and so helps define your style.<\/p>\n

For various reasons, I use Linux (ubuntu<\/a>) and (mainly) open source tools such as gimp and digikam, among others. Each of these tools, and especially my favourite RAW converter<\/a> influences the way I handle my digital files. I guess the question is whether I use these tools because they give me the look I want, or if I get my look because I use these tools. I think the answer is a combination of each. I have used other software, but much of the time I get frustrated because I seem to be fighting the software rather than said software helping me achieve my vision.<\/p>\n

Now some will say I am a sucker for punishment because I don’t use mainstream tools. Again I argue that programs like Lightroom or Bibble, while very versitile, encourage you to work in a specific manner. If this manner works for you, great, all the more power, but again, a variety of tools gives more opportunity for experimentation. Not all painters use the same brushes, not all carpenters use the same brand of hammer.<\/p>\n

So my advice? Try using a variety of software, however don’t get caught up on using Photoshop, for example, just because “everyone else” uses it. There is something to be said for forging your own path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was recently reading on the online photographer about technique, and how accomplished photographers don’t really pay attention to it. I agree, and technique also influences style. Or rephrasing: The tools one used influences the appearance of your art, and so helps define your style. For various reasons, I use Linux (ubuntu) and (mainly) open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-photography","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}