Is the Art of Photography "dead"?

While browsing random Flickr forums one day, I came across a thread about how to make photos better with Auto mode. Now, with any topic of interest, there will always be some self righteous douchebag that has to take a seemingly simple question and turn it into a drawn out religious lecture. So this guy writes out a long paragraph about how "photography is dead". As you might expect, he got his fair share of backlash from the posters on the thread and continued to ramble back and forth with some of them.

Now, I'm not saying that he wasn't a self righteous douche monkey, being a buzz kill for these people who just wanted some sound advice about Automatic mode on cameras, but at the same time, I fully agree with his plea. Photography, in a sense, is kind of a dead art. Not because it is literally 'dead'--meaning it's unpopular, but on the contrary. Photography went from being a "professional" hobby to a mass consumer demand. These DSLR's that most of us know about were not really something eminent in the consumer markets a decade ago. If you were lucky, you owned an advanced point and shoot camera but that was about it. Another example would be MAC cosmetics. They went from being a professional makeup brand to a consumer makeup brand. And in the same fashion, the art of makeup has gotten a little lost as well.

Is it to say that when anything becomes popular, the beauty of it dies off? And if so, why is that?

Hip Hop Quotes: "3005"

Hip Hop Quotes

Hip Hop has always been a big part of my life. I grew up listening to hip hop music, thanks in part to my older brother. From mainstream to underground, it's just a genre of music that's always resonated with me. I don't want to sound cliche, but when you've been through some struggles in life, Hip Hop music just seems to really understand. Sure, a lot of the music is about sex, drugs, women, and bling bling, but that's not the foundation of what is Hip Hop music. This genre is a culture in itself. So to pay homage to my love for Hip Hop, I thought I'd make motivational posts now and then from my favorite lyrics. Stay tuned. 

DBH mixtape O7: Beat Waves

BEAT WAVES (25 mins / 8 tracks)

O1. Chrome Sparks - Marijuana

O2. Gold Panda - Reprise (T. Hemingway remix)

O3. Giraffage - Tell Me

O4. Odesza - Bloom

O5. Snakehips - On & On (Feat. George Maple)

O6. Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover (Giraffage Remix)

O7. Louis La Roche - The Way She Makes Me Feel

O8. Raury - Cigarette Song (Snakehips remix)

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Yes, yes, it's the return of the mixtapes! I've been listening to these songs pretty repeatedly for a while, especially Louis La Roche's track "The Way She Makes Me Feel". I don't know what it is about a certain song that makes me absolutely addicted to it, but this track is one of them. I've been listening to it on repeat for a few months now. I love Louis La Roche's funky genre of music, like a mix of funk / disco / house, but this is something different. This is chill. I don't know, but it's pretty much my jam forever now. Also, Chrome Spark's "Marijuana" has been on repeat for a couple months. I don't actually really like Chrome Spark's other stuff. I've tried. It's just this one track that gets me. Something about the beat. I don't know. Hope you guys enjoy this one. This is probably one of my favorite mixes so far. :)

Heart-Revolution & Oh, I'm BACK. (again)

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

I know it's been a while since I updated this blog, but a lot has been going on in my life. I'll save that story for a rainy day though. I want to welcome the new year and coming back to blogging with a little teaser. 

I wasn't sure how to properly explain or 'tease' this design project, but I think the caption explains it pretty decently: "kawaii shit". Okay, I like video games and Japanese culture, so naturally this was bound to happen. 

I'll be updating my blog a bit on what's been going on in due time. I honestly have a crap ton of content on my computer that was meant for my blog but I put them all on the back burner due to some less than fortunate life events. Actually, it was mainly due to poor life choices. Yeah. Let's just leave it at that. An influx of content is probably going blow up on my blog in the coming days, so come back if you missed me. :)