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\nDon’t: Cyanotypes and Cross-processing<\/b> Both of these are Alternative Processes, which is a required course in most college photo programs. It’s like forcing a painting class to forage for their pigments amid nuts and flowers. “Alternative” means experimenting with the flexibility of the print-film process or something. Cyanotypes are all blue and splotchy. Cross-processing is where the colors are supersaturated, like that movie 21 Grams. Like using filters in Photoshop, it always looks bad.<\/p>\n
Don’ts<\/b>: Cell-phone Cameras, Cindy Sherman, Closeups, Crooked framing, saying “Cheese”<\/p>\n
Dos<\/b>: Color, Cinematographers, Collages, Cartes de visite (small portraits, about the size of a business card, popular during the 1860s)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If the author is serious, [s]he is a complete wanker, but ironic or not, the whole list<\/a> is funny as hell. Read it<\/a> at Viceland.com. ([S]\/He is also wrong. Cross processing can yield muted pastel or black and white as well as saturated palettes, and cyanotypes are usually blue but can be toned to a variety of non-blue colors and are only splotchy if you make them that way.)<\/p>\n
My dos and don’ts are: do<\/b> shoot however you want to and don’t<\/b> let anybody tell you different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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