Technological advances will make technical excellence more attainable. Aesthetic excellence will still be as elusive as it is today.
Normal people will see the photography of 2008 is technically crude. Amateur photographers (those who do it out if love) will still be thinking about bullseye composition, the rule of thirds, negative space, lines leading to corners, color harmony, light, repetition of form, color, texture, shape, line, and arresting elements. Ok, maybe not arresting elements because I think I made that up. I'll be gone by 2030. My point is that the difficult part will still be difficult.
Personally, I think there will be something available (in camera) to replace the use of ND filter, something that you can shoot without the fear of having highlight. High contrast scene is still a problem.
Posted by Mark Stahlke on June 19, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I predict that in 2030 people will still be arguing about Nikon vs. Canon.
The more it changes, the more it stays the same.
That "popular styles" will remain, making many photos "cookie cutter" - photos based on a popular style that "look alike."
Posted by David Becker on June 20, 2008 at 8:46 AM
" Organic Light Emitting Diode, or OLED, is a technology that uses carbon-based organic material in a process that converts electric energy into light. " - Older technology finally overcoming some of the last hurdles - Very cool - it might even turn into a diamond after a lightning storm if the blue OLED's haven't died of old age yet.
Nostradamus says "By the year 2010 LCD projectors and screens will be replaced by roll up OLED displays. By 2014 OLED surfaces will surpass the quality of printed images and the number of fine art photographers in galleries will explode exponentially, an artist will furnish an OLED in a frame with built in ram that allows a very high quality slide show. This will be immediately followed by a marriage of Photographic, Cinematographic, Graphic and Sculpture artist that produce huge 3D multimedia pieces as the OLED technology allows you to by these screens as one buys rolled art paper today. We will become an even more visually saturated race with virtually every surface covered with some man made stimuli demanding our attention. The demand for quite infinity rooms, where walls are blank and all sound is subdued will be seen as the only way to wind down. The need to "return to nature" will be so great and the resources so few that man will literally line up for a chance to escape to an area that has a vista which does not include man made objects (except for himself of course"
3D Television will be here and in the still camera as well (no need for special glasses)
The noticeable trends are increasing smarts in the camera; I look for that to continue, with "smart cameras" that selectively clean up highlights and shadows, freeze action, stabilize images and correct color. Sensors that much more accurately model the human eye. Inexpensive digital picture frames that store vast number of high resolution photos, maybe even the long-promised "photo walls" that extend a photo or group of photos over an entire wall. And international standards for Digital Rights Management built into each photo.
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12 repliesQuestion: how you think photography will look like after 30 year in term of technological advances?
Normal people will see the photography of 2008 is technically crude. Amateur photographers (those who do it out if love) will still be thinking about bullseye composition, the rule of thirds, negative space, lines leading to corners, color harmony, light, repetition of form, color, texture, shape, line, and arresting elements. Ok, maybe not arresting elements because I think I made that up. I'll be gone by 2030. My point is that the difficult part will still be difficult.
Pete D.
The more it changes, the more it stays the same.
Nostradamus says "By the year 2010 LCD projectors and screens will be replaced by roll up OLED displays. By 2014 OLED surfaces will surpass the quality of printed images and the number of fine art photographers in galleries will explode exponentially, an artist will furnish an OLED in a frame with built in ram that allows a very high quality slide show. This will be immediately followed by a marriage of Photographic, Cinematographic, Graphic and Sculpture artist that produce huge 3D multimedia pieces as the OLED technology allows you to by these screens as one buys rolled art paper today. We will become an even more visually saturated race with virtually every surface covered with some man made stimuli demanding our attention. The demand for quite infinity rooms, where walls are blank and all sound is subdued will be seen as the only way to wind down. The need to "return to nature" will be so great and the resources so few that man will literally line up for a chance to escape to an area that has a vista which does not include man made objects (except for himself of course"
3D Television will be here and in the still camera as well (no need for special glasses)