wired.com— Three blind photographers share their methodology on snapping photos, as well as their gadgets of choice. They also provide some of their artwork.
Jul 17, 2009View in Crawl 4
I'd be more interested if someone could rig the cameras so that the lenses match the vision of the photographers, so that the finished piece shows exactly what the photographer saw as a blind person. (Of course, that wouldn't work for people who are completely without vision, but that doesn't exclude all blind people.) I think that would make for some stunning photography.
I have been working on that idea myself (I am the second photog in the article). It is hard since I do not know who everyone else sees. Since my periphery is better than my focal vision, I will try to create a filter of some kind to represent this effect. Often it is mistakenly done by blurring part of the image. My vision loss does not result in blur (as it does from nearsightedness), but in a lack of detail resolution.
I agree that I have been a dick. in fact I tend towards dickishness on the digg forums because well... i'm in good company here. My ridiculing comment has the highest number of diggs, 12 vs the next highest of 3. I make a more emphatic point than necessary so I concede that fully.As much as I'd like to on personal principle say that this concession had nothing to do with your reveal to me that you're a blind photographer yourself, well I just can't. You shifted my filter on your comments. If I loved photography more than I do now and made it my work, and I lost my sight I wouldn't let that keep me from finding new ways to express myself in that visual medium either. Photography is about expressing a feeling, a moment, a viewpoint and perhaps I lost sight of that. I also enjoyed when you compared me to a monkey.
flarsenJul 17, 2009
It often does that. Apparently Yahoo feels javascript is necessary to put a clickable image on a page.
serif69Jul 17, 2009
I'd be more interested if someone could rig the cameras so that the lenses match the vision of the photographers, so that the finished piece shows exactly what the photographer saw as a blind person. (Of course, that wouldn't work for people who are completely without vision, but that doesn't exclude all blind people.) I think that would make for some stunning photography.
oberazziJul 17, 2009
I have been working on that idea myself (I am the second photog in the article). It is hard since I do not know who everyone else sees. Since my periphery is better than my focal vision, I will try to create a filter of some kind to represent this effect. Often it is mistakenly done by blurring part of the image. My vision loss does not result in blur (as it does from nearsightedness), but in a lack of detail resolution.
xkenx87Jul 17, 2009
your blind on a device that uses a screen.I didnt know they made monitors with braille
wolfie1010Jul 17, 2009
I agree that I have been a dick. in fact I tend towards dickishness on the digg forums because well... i'm in good company here. My ridiculing comment has the highest number of diggs, 12 vs the next highest of 3. I make a more emphatic point than necessary so I concede that fully.As much as I'd like to on personal principle say that this concession had nothing to do with your reveal to me that you're a blind photographer yourself, well I just can't. You shifted my filter on your comments. If I loved photography more than I do now and made it my work, and I lost my sight I wouldn't let that keep me from finding new ways to express myself in that visual medium either. Photography is about expressing a feeling, a moment, a viewpoint and perhaps I lost sight of that. I also enjoyed when you compared me to a monkey.
ripersnifleJul 18, 2009
If I called you 'easily offended' would you be offended?"Blind" isn't a derogatory term last time I checked.