Are You a Hunter, or a Cook?

[Andy M]

‘Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I’m not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks.’

- Henri Cartier-Bresson


To adapt this to the goings on of today, are you a photo hunter, or a Photoshop cook?

[Scho]

i'm a cook.

i like to create an image out of things i can control.

when i don't have control i start flapping and take rubbish photos.

Edited by Scho on Monday 16th June 12:32

[stigmundfreud]

I'm an etheopean, I am hungry for any kind of food be it freshly killed or cooked in a microwave. I'll even eat if its still slightly warm.

[Scho]

stigmundfreud said:

I'm an etheopean, I am hungry for any kind of food be it freshly killed or cooked in a microwave. I'll even eat if its still slightly warm.

i'm a fussy eater fo sho'

[MartinP]

Mainly a hunter, but sometimes like to add a little garnish...

[White Fly Swater]

I shoot with an Olympus E3 and a Sako 223 and a Winchester 243 !

so I guess I'm a Hunter

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

I'm a cook these days, but I do enjoy writing a shopping list and hunting down the ingredients.




Have I mangled this metaphor enough yet?

[Simpo Two]

Hunter/gatherer

[Carolineccb1]

I enjoy both.

I consider myself a mediocre hunter who misses lots of opportunities. I keep trying because the buzz of getting it right sustains me during the long famines I have to go through.

At the moment, my cooking style is more Fanny Cradock than Heston Blumenthal

[havoc]

Hunter mainly, but I will 'trim/dress' the catch a little.

[CVP]

Really mainly a hunter at the moment and my PS cooking skills are not that great

[EmmaP]

I'm a happy eater. I'll photograph anything for money and the less time I spend cooking it the better.

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

If you're on a job then you can't always rely on being a hunter - here's an example. The hunter approach wasn't going to work because I was 100 miles from home in unfavourable weather, and had to produce something. I could have done more to get it right in-camera (grad ND filters on sky, keep camera level to avoid distortion), but I like the flexibility of doing it all in PS.

From this:




into this:

[stigmundfreud]

overlay layer on the sky?

[RobDickinson]

HCB - hack.