Case Study: 5 (Social media vs Professional in creative industry)

This article i found was posted by Olivier Laurent from British Journal of Photography. Basically this website share a lot of information about photography and lot of professional will share their experience and research on this website.

This journal that Olivier Laurent have do some research that are able to help on my research topic and this some of the point that are share in the article to support my argument. 

In the articles, Olivier used some quote from other professional to support that statement . Karim Ben Khelifa said that instagram  is a good tool to interact directly with the follower and is a social network that suitable for photojournalist rather than facebook. Karim also state everyone these days communicate with photographs.

Instagram was liberating for journalists and photographers, says Karim Ben Khelifa. "In most cases, we never really meet our audiences, and with Instagram you can interact directly with your followers. When you think about it, Instagram, more than Facebook, is the perfect tool for photojournalists. Everyone communicates with photographs today. Of course, when we post images on that platform, we're not necessarily telling a story like we usually do - with 15 images, for example. But there's a sort of romanticism, where we seek beautiful or incredible images."

This statement help me on supporting my argument on Instagram is social network app rather than just a photo editing and sharing application.

In the article Olivier also give some example of professional photographer using instagram to do some data collecting. Tomas Van Houtryve, a VII photographer, Instagram has allowed him to take pictures he'd stop taking altogether. Tomas Van Houtryve said that sometime he hesitate to take a photo due to the huge raw files but with instagram  he can just capture the moment he want. Although VII need some the perfectly images but something he still can use instagram or phone to capture photo as a visual notepad. When the idea take hold he will only go out with the more advanced camera.

But that is some other issue that were brought out by Olivier during his research. Facebook is using Instagram's data and content to generate revenues, which the photographers that using the apps lost their ownership and copyright of the images.

"with the fear of Facebook using Instagram's data and content to generate revenues, photographers have been rethinking their approach to the platform. Should they take the risk of losing ownership over some of their images in order to create a community of followers, or should they stop using the service altogether?"

"We've become complacent with the only commodity we have as photographers - our copyright - in our near unfettered embrace of sharing our content with for-profit companies such as Instagram," says John Stanmeyer, one of the original founders of the VII Photo agency. He also said that he want to owe  Facebook, twitter and Instagram and whatever other brilliant means of digital communication is invented to thrive and survive. He also respect that his friend and colleague is sharing their meaningful photo to the people out there with social network without caring the profit the can earn with it. 

Beside that some photographer use Instagram as a tool create awareness and gather followers.

It's for that potential that photographer Peter DiCampo and writer Austin Merrill moved Everyday Africa, a photography blog about everyday life across the African continent, from Tumblr to Instagram last October. "It has actually been the ideal platform for Everyday Africa, considering the project's goal is to remind a general public that Africa is more than just a place of extremes," As of 28 January, Everyday Africa had more than 17,000 Instagram followers and nine regular contributors, including photographers Shannon Jensen, Holly Pickett and Laura El-Tantawy, among others.

Ben Khelifa also agree that using instagram is a benefit to get resource to support their work. By sharing the photo and message by using social network can easily get more attention from viewer and in the future maybe will have some people that are interested to finance them.  He add "we see it, concretely, with Emphas.is," a crowd-funding platform he created with Tina Ahrens to help finance the work of documentary photographers and photojournalists." Photographers have to accept that while Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can help them gather a community of followers, these platforms are not interested in helping their users monetise their audiences.

(Emphas.is is an online platform where photojournalists can submit projects for crowdfunding by the public.)

Ben Khelifa says the debate isn't about what platform photographers should use. Instead, "the debate should be about click-through rates. If you have 100,000 followers with a CRT of 1%, it sounds small, but actually it means that 1000 people are ready to spend money on you. On Emphas.is, the average spent in 2012 was $113. So, with a click-through rate of 1%, that means you'd be getting more than $100,000 a year. This allows you to be independent."

But when comes to copyright issues, not everyone agree on the way forward."It is impossible for us, as professionals, to accept these terms," says photographer Ed Kashi. "First of all, it goes against everything we've worked so hard to protect for decades - that we own our work and can control it. But more than that, how can Instagram expect to monetise images of people who are recognisable without model releases? They aren't thinking clearly."

But Ben Khelifa argues that with the advanced technology everyone can easily print screen or download the images from the internet so, the question should be: can we fight these advances and the millions of people who are consuming images in that way? Or should we accept this new form of consumption and instead look at how we can bring them closer to us, how we can interact and benefit from them. 

Ben also said that if there are no audience, the images are pointless. So they should change a position to re-figure out the situation maybe in some point they can monetise them. 

For photographers, there are one way to secure their image copyright is too watermark the image before they share it online, making them unusable in advertising.

The app Marksta, which was developed by John D McHugh, himself a photojournalist, is to watermark the image after capture from digital devices before sharing on the photo sharing apps. 

John D McHugh also been testing other photo-sharing platforms such as EyeEm and Flickr beside instagram and he say that the feedback from EyeEm and Flickr cannot compare with the kind of number you get from instagram . He tells BJP. "Instagram has a massive community."

References

Bjp-online.com. 2012. The New Economics of Photojournalism: The rise of Instagram - British Journal of Photography. [online] Available at: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/report/2202300/the-new-economics-of-photojournalism-the-rise-of-instagram [Accessed: 2 Aug 2013].
This articles that post by Olivia had list down some of the famous photography though about the rise of instagram and how it affect their works.

Case study 4 : Instagram (part 2)

While doing some research for my essay, I found this interesting article which kind of related to my essay topic. In the article, the author share their experience and though about Instagram .

First article:
Instagram is debasing real photography by Kate Bevan (a freelance writer and broadcaster who specialises in technology and social media)


as the previous post that i had posted said that Instagram is app to

1. help promoting or advertising
2. small data size for fast sharing 
3. unique flitter to help edit the images

But  for Kate Bevan, she a has a different thought about Instagram, She say that Instagram/Hipstamatic/Snapseed filters are the antithesis of creativity, and make all pictures look the same.

In the article, she also noted that instagram is also tool that kill creativity. She explain that, not only Instagram but other apps like Hipstamatic/Snapseed etc filters are the antithesis of creativity. They make all pictures look the same. They require no thought or creative input: one click and you're done. 

I kind of agree of what Kate Bevan say if i stand on the position of a professional. If every professional used the same style is kind of a way of killing creativity. But from a normal people point of view, this statement are not that strong. Instagram photos can be a social media to communicate experiences with people. That is their use. And in some point, different people may have taken the same photos from different perspectives or apply different filters so is kind of original.

And from the article of "Is Instagram Killing Photography?" by Joel Bentley (a communications and project manager at Peer Giving)

He say that in some point that Kate Bevan is right. But he say noted that please do not blame the medium but the artist.

He argue that the problem with Instagram isn’t its limitations. He share some example in the article to prove his statement: 

"I have some incredibly talented photographer friends (check out @zachbulick, for example) who, while Instagram isn’t their sole outlet for creativity, enjoy working within the limitations that it imposes, and create unique, original photos that are, at their greatest, beautiful little nuggets of photos. Every medium in the world has its masters and its imitators. So don’t blame Instagram, blame ubiquity."

Instagram Invasion BY PROFESSOR JIM 

Professor Jim also did some responde on Kate Bevan's argument. He used an example from one of the book he has written.  He say that he have made a  similar argument in discussing the landscape photography if his parent's camera club years of the 70s and 80s. Pointing to the curious movement within digital photography programs towards adopting the colour grain and characteristics of particular slide films, and suggested that “Such visual enhancements offer a retro veneer that invokes a particular nostalgic mood, but they ignore the wider mode of how such technologies and the active pursuit of photography shaped the view.” (p. 286, Placing Memory and Remembering Place in Canada – sorry for the shameless book boosting!).

Professor Jim also noted that he didn't think that adding filter will affect the product outcome and he also say that is not a much to follow this kind of trends. He

 think that it’s more productive to ask why certain aesthetics find new traction in new technological form. 

In this article, he share the same argument that i posted in my previous which saying the new generation like to customize and personalize their photo and share it to tell that "i was here".

"Adding retro filters is about playing with the temporal dimensions of the photograph, juxtaposing the visual cues of previous eras with what we know is the current grounding of the 21st C digital object.  Whether or not this is a “reactionary” or “progressive” artistic endeavour is perhaps worth debating, but it is far from simply trying to make “bad” photographs look “good.”  Perhaps in an age that is arguably swamped with a surplus of images, such tweaking is an extension of our desire to customize, to personalize, to have our pictures say more than simply “I was here, then”."BY PROFESSOR JIM

References
the Guardian. 2012. Instagram is debasing real photography. [online] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jul/19/instagram-debasing-real-photography [Accessed: 2 Aug 2013].
I use this site cause inside this website it show the impact of how instagram bring to photography.

Bentley, J. 2012. Is Instagram Killing Photography? - Peer Giving Ideas. [online] Available at: http://ideas.peergiving.com/resources/post352/ [Accessed: 2 Aug 2013].
Benley J give a opinion about is Intagram killing photography and this evaluate article had some same tough with mine so i used it for support.

ProfessorJim. 2012. retro | Lug the camera. [online] Available at: http://lugthecamera.wordpress.com/tag/retro/ [Accessed: 2 Aug 2013].
I found this article that post by professor Jim is very interest and inside one of his blog had written something that are relevant to this essay question.

Instagram

For this topic i had decided to focus my essay base on Instagram and what are the impact that instagram had given to professional in the creative industry.

But before i start doing my result on the impact i start on finding what is the background for instagram! the growing status of the user

As a instagrammer, i know the instagram is photo sharing social media which are similar to facebook and twitter but instagram is focusing on using a simple image to tell the story and share the images between friend and family.
And now instagram is available with 15 seconds video.

Instagram allow the user  to apply filter to their photo and or video. There are 19 filters available

1. Amaro
2. Mayfair
3. Rise
4. Valencia
5. Hudson
6. X-Pro II
7. Sierra
8. Willow
9. Lo-fi
10. Earlybird
11. Sutro
12. Toaster
13. Brannan
14. Inkwell
15. Walden
16. Hefe
17. Nashville
18. 1977
19. Kelvin

Instagram is develop by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and it was released at year 2010 only for iphone user. By due to popularity and fund the get,  they decide to release another android version for all the android users in year 2012. Instagram was bought over by facebook for 1 billions in cash and stock in April 2012 and they close the deal at September 6, 2012. 

Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family. Due to the small image size and the variable of filters, user can easily snap and photo and apply a filter and upload with the usage phone data plan to share it to their friend and family.

Due to this, Instagrammer have grown from 5 million users in 2010 to 30 million users in April 2012.. At Feb 2013 , instagram announced that there 100 million active users.

Instagram bring out a trends which it the Hashtag.  The "Weekend Hashtag Project" is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags chosen by Instagram's Community Team. Followers receive the weekend's project every Friday, and each project encourages participants to post creative photographs according to the designated theme each weekend.

Besides that user can use  hashtag to categories their images so when other user search on this similar hashtag they will be able to see the image you have share. Instagrammer also available to comment and like on other people images. And after instagram was officially under facebook it is able to tag your friend in the images or video.

Beside that you also can share your instagram photo to other social network for example like facebook or twitter and you can also locate where you took this image.

Follow is = to add friend in facebook. but follow no need to get approved from the friend. If you follow a person you are able to see the images that the person upload every time. But something some user will private their profile to limited the follower and secure their images. 

Due to the simple interface and interaction it help attract a lot user beside that a lot of celebrities, fashion branding or company use instagram as way platform to advertise and update their fans or their follower. 

Award

1. The runner-up for "Best Mobile App" at the 2010 TechCrunch Crunchies in January 2011
2. May 2011, Fast Company listed CEO Kevin Systrom at number 66 in the "The 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2011". 
3. June 2011, Inc. included co-founders Systrom and Krieger in its 2011 "30 Under 30" list. 
4. Instagram won "Best Locally Made App" in the SF Weekly Web Awards in September 2011. 
5. 7x7Magazine's September 2011 issue featured Systrom and Krieger on the cover of their “The Hot 20 2011” issue. 
6. December 2011, Apple Inc. named Instagram "App of the Year" for 2011.

References

 "Congratulations Crunchies Winners!". TechCrunch.AOL. January 25, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.

This is one of the website that show what award had Instagram won.

 "The 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2011".Fast Company. Mansueto Ventures. May 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.

This is one of the website that show what award had Instagram won.

Lagorio, Christine (June 27, 2011). "Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Founders of Instagram". Inc. Mansueto Ventures. Retrieved October 4, 2011.

This is one of the website that show what award had Instagram won.

Swearingen, Jake (September 2, 2011). "SF Weekly Web Awards 2011: We Have Some Winners!". SF Weekly.Village Voice Media. Retrieved October 4, 2011.

This is one of the website that show what award had Instagram won.

"The Hot 20 2011". 7x7. September 23, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.

This is one of the website that show what award had Instagram won.

 Tsukayama, Hayley (December 9, 2011). "Apple names Instagram top app of the year". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. Retrieved December 9, 2011.

This is one of the website that show what award had Instagram won.

Geekshut.com. 2013. Instagram hits 100M monthly active users - Geeks Hut. [online] Available at: http://www.geekshut.com/instagram-hits-100m-monthly-active-users/8930 [Accessed: 2 Aug 2013].
This website show the flow how instagram user grow.

REAL SYMBOLIC AND THE IMAGINARY

The Imaginary

For my understanding of imaginary, is something like a dream. For what Lacan explain the formation of the ego in the "mirror stage". Imaginary is that i imaging something that i aspect myself can achieve or some something i can do. The imaginary is mostly on the condition of "i think" after seeing something the havent been achieve or try before.

The Symbolic

Symbolic is like a icon of the imaginary or we can say like a description of the image of thing that are been imaging. "Lacan does not simply equate the symbolic with language, since the latter is involved also in the imaginary and the real. The symbolic dimension of language is that of the signifier, in which elements have no positive existence but are constituted by virtue of their mutual differences."

The Real
Real is something that wake you up from your imaginary . Which are totally opposite to the imaginary stage. "This order is not only opposed to the imaginary but is also located beyond the symbolic. "

Normally we can find this in our lifestyle. Let me link back to the my essay and say how it work.

For example you see a poster or and advertisement of burger from a fast food restaurant

We will start imagine:

Imaginary : The burger taste so good and after eat it should very full
Symbolic:  BIG MAC . 

Real : The burger look so small and taste normal only. The image of the photo are being photoshop.

Here another example, I think guys will normally agree about this:

Checking out on images of a lady:

Imaginary: The lady is so pretty.

Symbolic: the amount of like and comment of the picture. she like a model.

Real: The girl look normal. The image have been photoshop.

This also apply to instagram as well.

When a people say a square photo in a social network

Imaginary:vintage  photograph 

Symbolic: analog camera

Real: photo taken by instagram and apply filter on it.

The RSI will normal been found while we are reading a magazine about a product advertisement but after buying or trying it only found the Real about the product. Or even photography, people sometime will believe that buying a expensive DSLR can capture like that professional but after they buy they only notice beside the camera they need some knowledge and experience to capture the level of image.

Case Study 3 : INSTAGRAM

Instagram was published at October 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger for Mac user. But Instagram become a hit for every smart user and they decide to create another version for other smart phone brand as well.  And Instagram was such a hit, Facebook decided to buy it over with 1billion dollar.
I am an "Instagrammer" also although i am not active on posting photo but i find a lot inspiration from the post that some other artist post.


Pro impact for professional in Creative industry:Instagram is similar apps like photoshop which create to photo editing and sharing. This apps was created because they can do the same job as digital so they decided to challenge that assumption. They created Instagram to solve three simple problems

Instagram FAQ:

1. Mobile photos always come out looking mediocre. Our awesome looking filters transform your photos into professional-looking snapshots
2. Sharing on multiple platforms is a pain - we help you take a picture once, then share it (instantly) on multiple service.
3. Most uploading experiences are clumsy and take forever - we've optimized the experience to be fast and efficient.

(http://instagram.com/about/faq/)


Instagram: A Model in Mobile Product Design & Strateg By Alex MoazedInside this article, Alex said that Instagram has become a case study in mobile strategy success. Other companies are now looking to learn from Instagram’s smart growth decisions and well-timed executions. 

Alex also analysis  that why Instagram will become success is because of this three point:
1. It stayed focused.

2. It chose the right platform.

3. It focused on data, not monetization. 

(http://www.applicoinc.com/instagram-a-model-in-product-design-and-mobile-strategy/)

Due to the success of the application, i think a lot of professional in the creative industry espeicially programmer and app designer would like to achieve something that are similar or even better. Which make Instagram like a benchmark for them to achieve. 

Although people will think that Instagram is just a normal photo editing and sharing apps but i think it can be use on a lot of ways especially promoting! 

As an"instagrammer" i follow a lot of artist that share their design through instagram, sometime even myself will post some of my artwork to instagram. By using instagram we can easily share to ou social network and through our social network we are able to get some feedback from the viewer and is kind of like promoting our artworks as well.

And while i am doing my research i found this article about 21 Stunning Examples of Businesses Using Instagram  by Carolyn Edgecomb in Social Engagement on February 25, 2013 which kind prove what i say is true.In the article, it show the way how you can make the most out of your Instagram page.

1. Keep Your Content Fresh, Interactive, and Aligned with Brand Attributes

1. Get Your Customers Involved

1. Use Compelling Images to Drive Traffic

1. Curate Images to Tell a Story

If you are interested you can visited this link(http://www.impactbnd.com/21-stunning-examples-of-businesses-using-instagram/)

Cons:This apps it kind like help the designer or business to make another platform to share their artwork but kind give the advertisement industry some headache of coming out a new way to advertise product.

Because of the abilities of Instagram, a lot of people can easily snap and design out the photo they prefer themselves which make them no need to go get any help from the professional. They user will rather take the photo themselves with their high mega pixel smart phone and filter with Instagram rather than spending money on finding a professional. And they can share their photo to the social network right after the finish filter the photo. And this what everyone nowadays needed, "FAST".

From 21 Stunning Examples of Businesses Using Instagram article, we can see that a lot of business is start to do their own advertising with the use social network and Photo Sharing Application. As i said in the Digital Camera blog post. The photo that had shared is no longer concert about the quality, is about the content that are try to tell. If the viewer get the content they needed and the image are pretty and nice they are ok with it. This is kind of a bad impact for the photographer and advertising company.

 

Others:The design of the apps and how the photo is snap is also impact for the professional in the creative industry especially photograph. Instagram app i almost like a digitize Instant film camera with cool vintage filter for user to apply after snapping a photo. Which the photos are all in square layout. This question was bring out by lecturer while he explaining the topic and it kind grab my attention. 

Will square image layout become the next trend for photographer or photography mobile apps. As i notice from some of the social network interface there start to apply this layout to their photo thumbnail, which are all square. For example facebook, user need click in to view the full images.  And will this slowly affect on how the designer layout their design this something unknown. 

And because of the square layout of instagram, it give opportunity for other apps designer to come out some app to the user to crop and place their design before they upload into instagram.

References

Applico. 2012. Instagram: A Model in Mobile Product Design & Strategy - Applico. [online] Available at: http://www.applicoinc.com/instagram-a-model-in-product-design-and-mobile-strategy/ [Accessed: 3 Jul 2013].
i found this information while searching about instagram and this show the design of mobile product and the strategic of it .

IMPACT Branding & Design. 2013. 21 Stunning Examples of Businesses Using Instagram. [online] Available at: http://www.impactbnd.com/21-stunning-examples-of-businesses-using-instagram/ [Accessed: 3 Jul 2013].
This website show the successful Business that use Instagram as a tool to their marketing tool.

Instagram.com. 2013. FAQ • Instagram. [online] Available at: http://instagram.com/about/faq/ [Accessed: 3 Jul 2013].
From this website we can find what are normal question been ask by the user. And from the site i found some very useful information that relevant to this topic.

Salzburn Designs. 2012. Instagram Case Study - Salzburn Designs. [online] Available at: http://salzburndesigns.com/gaming/instagram-case-study/ [Accessed: 3 Jul 2013].
I found this useful case study about Instagram by Salzburn Design which help analysed what is Instagram about.

Case Study 2 : PHOTOSHOP

While doing the research about photoshop, when i type in photoshop in the google image this show at the first images.

As you can see photoshop are very strongly build as one the photo editing tool in every people mind.  Photoshop allow people to do a lot photo editing with it  cool functions.

As the essay question ask what is the impact that photoshop will bring to the professional in creative industry. I will that there are pro and cons. But one thing for sure photoshop is the one of the best tool that every creative professional nowadays will know how to function. And this tool also one of the tool that make everyone can become an amateur photographer or even designer.

Photoshop allows user to the most common thing which is digital manipulation of photos. this tool are used in almost all print, web and all the digital designer. Beside that magazines, tabloids, advertisement and even news channels have utilized Photoshop to make the celebrities or model to look younger, thinner, or even more beautiful. Beside use on touching up photo people it is also use object like food for advertising. The burger look nicer and bigger in the photo.

Photoshop also help professional creative earn  like just editing their photo. Some people will pay the professional to just edit or recover their photo. (based one self experience while working in a camera shop.) And the best thing about Photoshop is there are always CTRL+ Z for undo, for example like film photographer and manual graphic designer or painter, it is very hard for them to undo their mistake.

Photoshop is available for everyone, user just need to paid and download the application it can help save a lot of hard work with few simple click. This kind of make everyone a designer which is part of the objective of Adobe.

This is kind of big impact to all the Creative professional, if everyone can be designer that are not point of finding a professional which kind make the industry come out a lot amateur graphic designer and photographer.

With the help of the information in the net, younger generation can easily adapt all the skill. But is depend on the self learning part, if the user didn't updated their they will be take over by the next generation.

But when come to software, is still just a tool to help make the hard work easier, Experience and Knowledges is very important.  This is what separate between Professional and Amateur. Everyone can come out with crazy idea but only experience and knowledge that can help the people to make the idea  better and even more solid.

Photoshop also can be a software that influence other apps designer or programmer to come out some similar product like it. Since It has a very large target audience. Which kind of like an impact to the Creative industry since almost every design need to be edited.

Case study 1: DIGITAL CAMERA

Camera is always one of the popular tool for professional in the creative industry. To capture a photo to create advertisement photo, to capture studio photo or event photo or use it on research purpose to collect information.

When camera was still fulling manual, it is not that user friendly. Before taking a photo user need to understand where is light sources and where to focus to capture a photo. And to take a professional photo, the user also need to know the composition and the camera angle. After taking the photo user need to go into the dark room and do the post post production. There are no undo during this processes. So every steps also need some basic knowledge and planning to avoid mistake.

But as the technology getting better and better , digital camera is now available with different kind of features and price. Some of the camera even got the editing function as well. For example like the brand new series that CASIO produce, which is target the female buyers.  Example like TR 150, ZR1000 and the latest one the TR350. These are some of the popular camera that used by the female audience nowadays. Due the flexibility of the screen, the user can easily adjust the angle, after snap they can use the editing function in the camera to edit then they can use the latest features that available which is the wifi connection to upload their photo to their social network.

these images is from www.google.com

ZR1000, EX-TR150 and TR350(with wifi)

Although this features are programed to help to make the user's work easier but this cool features also give the professional in the creative industry life harder. Due to the friend usage of the digital camera everyone can be a photographer. Which mean digital camera give pro and cons to the professional. 

Pro: due to digitalize user can retake all the bad images. Infinity memory space. Software program to fix the error and reposition the image.

Cons: due to the easiness of the software and various type of camera, everyone can use it to snap photo.  Which lead to a lot of amateur photographer and video grapher in these days.

Reality Check: Professional Photography Is Going Away

"Photography is a numbers game, in that only a certain number of your shots will be professional quality. The more shots you take, the more professional quality shots you will get. This means that any moron with a good camera can shoot and shoot and shoot, and eventually get a prizewinner. He may receive an honorable mention in a photo contest, or sell a photo for use in a brochure, then thinks he has the right to call himself a “professional photographer.”

With the advent of computer technology, the days of processing our film and prints are gone. Most photographers show their work online and rarely make prints. Any who still do so are a true exception. A multitude of websites and programs have been created that allow you to post and share photos with anyone. And anyone can edit (or over-edit) their work, online or offline, using software. Why bother with expensive prints? "by  Talbert McMullin

Talbert McMullin say that this are causing the Professional Photographer is going away. Not photographer just the Professional Photographer.

Black Star Rising. 2013. Reality Check: Professional Photography Is Going Away | Black Star Rising. [online] Available at: http://rising.blackstar.com/reality-check-professional-photography-is-going-away.html [Accessed: 2 Jul 2013].

I used this article to check what are the photography people think about the photography industry and digital camera bring what impact to it.

I found this information while i search about how digital camera change the industry of photographer and this show up.

Five ways the digital camera changed us

By Tom de Castella

BBC News Magazine

First : "I was there"

due to digital  camera it change the people lifestyle. People will record down where they went and what they enjoy by snapping photo.

Second:" we are taking more photograph"

Due to technology and memory space that can be use. Nowadays people can snap up to 200 -300 images in an events.

Third:"People are better Photographer"
With the ability of shooting a lot of images in a go give higher rate to snap a better image. Comparing now and last time, when u need 5 images, by snapping 240 digital images the chance is always higher 24 film images.

Fourth:"Citizen journalist"

With power of digital camera, user can easily snap some incident that happen whenever and where ever they want.

Fifth:"We are all archivists"

All the images that the user snap and they upload to their social network had build up a huge image bank.

BBC News. 2012. Five ways the digital camera changed us. [online] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16483509 [Accessed: 2 Jul 2013].

This article show five ways that digital camera changed us which have some connection to the essay topic.

Cell camera also bring some impact to Professional Creative these days. Now phone camera pixel are up to 14 mega pixels. And there are variable of photo edit apps available for the user to add filter, crop and touch up their photo and with the help of phone data plan the user can easily share the photo to their social network. 

Why will wireless camera phones revolutionize the photography industry

From this article "Why will wireless camera phones revolutionize the photography industry?"

in May 2003 by Evan Nisselson. He give a lot of example how cell camera affect the professional and the people.  

Evan Nisselson come out this article after he finish his book‘Love the Living of Life’. And say that when he is doing research for the book, he feel that bringing his cell camera is enough rather than bring the heaving SLR camera. And cell camera are always with the user no matter when they are cause their attached to the cell phone.

He did a short discussion with Bob Goldstein and he was talking the other day on the phone between about his research on how digital imaging is revolutionizing visual communications, and during their conversation Evan say that he use cell camera to capture down the research and point they make on the white board and another when he was on the road to work he say the several people that are doing the same that he did. Bob added some point, he said that cell camera all so command every one treat it like a normal camera. And the images that have taken, user will not think what it is take out of but what the content is about. If the content of the image is good nobody will have any problem with it.

In the article he also did a short discussion through instant messages Damon Kiesow who is a Sr. Photo Editor working the early morning News shift at America Online in Virginia. The topic is about how do you think cell cameras have and or will affect professional photographers. The result of the discussion is that cell camera got the ability of sharing and senting out other user in the shortest time. 

These point are similar to "Five ways the digital camera changed us by Tom de Castella". It show that the digital camera function are so easy. And the design of digital camera are compact user can bring  it anywhere anytime.

Digitaljournalist.org. 2003. Why Will Wireless Camera phones Revolutionize the Photography Industry by Evan Nisselson- The Digital Journalist. [online] Available at: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0305/cameracorner.html [Accessed: 2 Jul 2013].

I use find some useful argument from some article that ague what phone camera and digital camera revolution impact to Photography industry.

Essay topic

I will be writing my essay base on Question no 6 which is

'Critically examine a popular usage of digital cameras, Photoshop, or INSTAGRAM , and it's impact on professionals in the creative industry.'

I found that this topic is interesting and more to my lifestyle and freelance work so i think it will be great to get more info about what are the pro and cons or cause and affect of the digital camera, Photoshop or Instagram will due to the the professional in the creative industry.

Key word for the essay research will be :

1. Digital camera
2. Photoshop
3. Instagram 
4. Impact on professional in the creative industry
5. popular usages

And from this keywords i will start my research and they way to tackle the essay topic.  Before that i need understand how digital , photoshop and instagram bring out the impacts. And what kind of impacts are there that can affect the professional in the creative industry ? good or bad? 

This are some of the guideline that help me while i am doing my research.