Why I hate Instagram Filters!Do I really hate Instagram filters? Why? Don't they make my iPhone and Android photos look artsy? The quick and dirty answer is no. In fact, back in the film days, we were constantly striving for film that did exactly the opposite of what Instagram does. The photos that are created when you throw a bad filter over a mediocre image are not artsy. They are busy mediocre images with awful filters thrown over them that make them look worse. There was a time when photographers were demanding and film companies were striving to manufacture a film that could generate a great image without all the noise and color weirdness that was so common back then. In fact the consistency was so hard to achieve that when buying film for a wedding it was necessary to check and double-check the lot numbers on even the most expensive professional grade films to make sure they were all the same, so that the emulsions would match each other! That was a lot of work that we went through in order NOT to have our pictures turn out like Instagram. Consider this scan of an image originally shot on film:
It's about timing and connection The image above works because of timing and connection. The look on her eyes is caught in such a way as you can almost feel the love coming from her heart. What makes the image is that you feel like you're watching something you shouldn't- it is a very intimate and emotional moment. Your mind clears away the imperfections of the medium because the emotion is there. Now consider this image shot with a modern professional DSLR camera with modern optics:
If you want to make your photos better, then put away the filters and instead spend some time thinking about the photograph you are making. What are you trying to say? What are you sharing with the world? I promise if you stop and think about your photography you will get much better images to begin with than you ever can by just throwing whatever filter over it as an afterthought.
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