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04.03.09 // Do we need photographers anymore?

The New Continental /
South Meadow Lane, Preston /
Speakers From 6.30pm /
Networking from 8.30pm /
Free entry, food and welcome drink /
Register here

Speakers:

Moy Williams
John Washington
Andy Walmsley
Steven Johnson

Originally planned for May 2008, we’ve decided to resurrect this event due to popular public demand for what promises to be our most heated discussion
to date.

We all know that the path of design progress is littered with casualties. Compositors, typesetters, pre-press—extinct species rendered redundant by the rise of technology. As this relentless advance threatens to add ‘photographer’ to the list, the GroupHub March event will cut to the chase and ask do we need them anymore?

Featuring an illustrious panel of photographers and art directors, we’ll be discussing the rise of stock libraries, the advance of CGI and the magic of that ‘A’ button on your digital SLR. We’ll be looking at how these advances affect the role of the photographer and, more importantly, what impact they are having on the quality and integrity of the output of our designers.

Places are free, but limited, so please register here so we know how many sausage rolls to buy.

Comments 3

  1. Steven Nicholson wrote:

    Has anybody else looked into this business of HDR photography? As far as I can tell, it seems to be a clever little cheat to creating a really dramatic photo. You can get mac friendly freeware readily on the web, after that, all you need is a steady hand and a digital camera with an adjustable exposure setting.

    You can get your hands on a free trial of HDR software over here— http://www.hdrsoft.com/ —or you could just do what I did and have a look on Wiki.

    By the way, has anybody got any HDR shots that they’ve created to post on the blog?

    Speak soon,

    Steven.

    Posted 11 Feb 2009 at 2:25 pm
  2. jameslightbown wrote:

    Oh how I wish I could come to debate the topic of the next grouphub but unfortunately I’ll be in LA shooting…

    Just wanted to drop you a line to say my answer is yes but good ones with vision and passion, who understand a clients needs and can translate them into images. Ones who know the art of how to sell a product via a picture as well as those photographers who can make images so skin tinglingly beautiful it makes your heartache.

    James
    http://www.jameslightbown.co.uk

    Posted 12 Feb 2009 at 11:57 am
  3. john wrote:

    When a photographer captures natural light on a subject that already makes your mind want to melt then many things happen – usually all at once. The feelings can linger for many years. I think the image from whatever medium is valid. Graphical imagery is great but it has a long march to shake the spirit of reality. Maybe photography is dying in the corpoate world??? God, I wish I could make it tonight…anyone dropping out?

    Posted 04 Mar 2009 at 6:02 pm

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