tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18301406118089474.post1830492776490315413..comments2024-03-02T02:30:59.679-08:00Comments on The Big Fat KILL: Slow MOkillyrbfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750274393031171924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18301406118089474.post-11088542138100590112009-10-14T18:51:54.902-07:002009-10-14T18:51:54.902-07:00Beh! Big brother, copy & paste FTL! (http://ww...Beh! Big brother, copy & paste FTL! (http://www.photoaficionado.com/situationroom/digital_lo_fi.html) :Pkillyrbfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750274393031171924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18301406118089474.post-2038922307911477572009-10-14T10:48:39.090-07:002009-10-14T10:48:39.090-07:00"I want to tell you some facts about Lo-Fi to..."I want to tell you some facts about Lo-Fi to answer most of the questions to understand this trend. Everything began with some guys at Austria that realized the magic of Lomo, some cheap plastic soviet-made cameras. They created a concept they called Lomography that "emphasizes casual, snapshot photography. Characteristics such as over-saturated colors, off-kilter exposure, blurring, "happy accidents," and alternative film processing are often considered part of the "Lomographic Technique."* <br /><br />The "Lomography" concept was pretty successful. Some critics raised an eyebrow and said that the "Lomography" concept was a cheap trick to make money. Well, maybe it was a trick, but not a cheap one since these guys made a lot of money. We prefer to use the term "lo-fi-" from Low-Fidelity instead of Lomography because in theory a Lomography should only be a photograph made with a Lomo brand camera, and it is possible to have this distinctive look with other legendary plastic-toy-cheap-cameras such as the Holga or the Diana and even with digital cameras. So we call it "Lo-Fi".<br />But the rage of the critics is right about bad photos: a bad photo is a bad photo anywhere, even if it was done with a professional camera and with a breath-taking lens. If it has poor framing, if it is vulgar in any sense, it will be a bad photo. <br /><br />The second criticism is that Lo-Fi is nothing new, but good old expressionism.Ariel M. Encarnacionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595988148771888112noreply@blogger.com