background photos 04 by Publication Critique
Published Date: 12/06/07
With all the advances in digital technology, aesthetics have not changed very much. Sure, some people are fascinated by the most advanced high-tech designs. They love abstraction, and anything geometrical and out of this world really does it for them. For most of us, however, we would rather have background photos. Most people would rather see scenic views of things that they can actually go to in this world. We long for the great outdoors, for far off places and different times. Background photography does this for us. It helps us to imagine that we are somewhere better when times get hard.
I am a photographer, so I use background pictures a lot. Of course, I use scenic backdrops all the time in my photography. Some people think that this is a little bit cheesy, and I understand where they're coming from. No one will really believe that you are in a Victorian mansion just because your background photos look like it. The right background photo, however, really can set the tone for the picture. If you are willing to use something that is not too over the top, it will come across as believable. Even if people know that the background photos are just that, it doesn't matter. They can still get into the image of the picture as a whole.
Of course, it is not just my work that uses background photos. They are a big part of my life as well. Just because I work with photographic equipment all day, it does not mean that I don't want to see it at night. On the contrary, my walls are covered with background photos. I even use background photography as desktop wallpaper. I don't know what it is, but the more images that you have, the better things look. It is almost as if your room becomes a portal to any place you could imagine. There are background photos of all the great sites lining my walls. I can almost imagine that I could step in to any one of them at any given point.
A lot of art snobs look down on background photos, but for me it is all about creating an ambiance. If you can create an image that is beautiful, and add it to your living space, it will make your day to day life happier. And after all, isn't that what art is all about?
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