AboutPat G Expertise I can answer questions about the artistic aspects of photography, and tricks for shooting landscape, scenic, macro, and animal photography. I am familiar with Pentax SLR cameras, both film and digital. I have also done work in urban photography and creative photography, and I am familiar with creative uses of filters and lenses. I am familiar with composition and color theory, and know how to make use of light. I can answer questions about things like lightning photography and moon photography. I spend time studying the techniques of the well known photographers. I work exclusively in color. Although I travel anywhere and everywhere in pursuit of landscape and scenic photography, my main area of expertise is the American southwest, and I am familiar with many scenic areas. I also have familiarity with the plants of the Sonoran Desert, having studied not only their appearance but also their uses, including ethnobotany. See my educational credentials for other art that I do.
Experience I have spent the last ten years as a semi-professional photographer, selling my work on the internet, and having won international honors. The gallery of my most recent work, where I usually post frequently is http://patgoltz.deviantart.com/ I will take questions about how I did various photographs.
Education/Credentials The first prize I won for my art was when I was in third grade. I have a bachelor's degree in art from Ohio Dominican University, where I learned mainly ceramics and glaze calculation. I have also done various kinds of fiber arts. In addition, I do digital landscapes, abstracts, and fractal art.
Question You know I have seen photography evolve we are getting m ore technology but am just wondering what the future of photography holds for us, any ideas on where it will lead us?
Answer Hi, Chris,
I am going to make this public because other people might like to read my answer.
I can't really predict what the technology will become. It has always greatly exceeded people's wildest imagination. I think there will come a time when we can take high quality movies with a very small camera, and we can take individual frames from these movies and make them into photographs. Lenses will certainly improve, so that one zoom lens will eventually cover everything from fisheye to extreme telephoto. There have been substantial improvements there. Sensors will become more sensitive so that we can stop down a lens much more and still get a good photograph with a fast enough shutter speed. And at some point, holographs will probably become common, so we will be doing "3D" photography. They may even be projected into "thin air" like Princess Leia was in Star Wars. But here we are talking about mechanical things, and I don't know beyond that what they might come up with.
But there is the artistic side, and to me personally, that's more important. Photography will always be used artistically, no matter what kind of technological improvements we have. And people will continue to choose to disable some of the technology for artistic effect. For example, if a person wants to do an extreme macro shot, he might not want to have too much depth of field, because the background might be distracting. So he will deliberately circumvent the more excellent depth of field he will be able to get. And artistry will encompass more things; people will innovate and develop unique styles. So it could be said it will improve. But this is where a person's imagination will determine the future, and I can't really tell you what might lurk in the imagination of artists. I just know it will be exciting.
If for some reason you want to quote me, please attribute it. Thanks!
