24th February 2010, 01:02 PM
Oh dear... here we go again.
Yep, digital cameras on point and shoot (auto) mode... fantastic... every photograph is a winner. Point-and-shoot... and hey presto, job done. Yes I agree, 99.9% of all photographs will never see the light of day. But if your 0.1% of photographs available are shi*e because the person holding the camera just doesn't get it (photography that is) then you might as well not bother recording anything at all. I thought the point of archaeological excavation (whatever form it takes) is 'preservation by record'. The more you record, the more you actually do on site... the better the record. Everyone knows that apart from you, so it seems. Perhaps you just don't want to record anything at all... just take the money and run, eh?
And yes... virtually everyone I know in archaeology (well, actually, everyone I know... including my three year old nephew) can draw a picture that can rival Da Vinci or Escher. Yeah, right, of couse they can... through the medium of CAD and Photoshop! Don;t need any tallent or training in that, do I? Obviously you didn't need any training to create your own avatar... a fantastic work of art. No, it really is. Do you use the same tallent for your site reports?
Furthermore, I've seen some 'past masters' on site who shouldn't have been let loose with blunt crayons, let alone a pencil.
AUP away Mr Hosty... I'm outta here.
Yep, digital cameras on point and shoot (auto) mode... fantastic... every photograph is a winner. Point-and-shoot... and hey presto, job done. Yes I agree, 99.9% of all photographs will never see the light of day. But if your 0.1% of photographs available are shi*e because the person holding the camera just doesn't get it (photography that is) then you might as well not bother recording anything at all. I thought the point of archaeological excavation (whatever form it takes) is 'preservation by record'. The more you record, the more you actually do on site... the better the record. Everyone knows that apart from you, so it seems. Perhaps you just don't want to record anything at all... just take the money and run, eh?
And yes... virtually everyone I know in archaeology (well, actually, everyone I know... including my three year old nephew) can draw a picture that can rival Da Vinci or Escher. Yeah, right, of couse they can... through the medium of CAD and Photoshop! Don;t need any tallent or training in that, do I? Obviously you didn't need any training to create your own avatar... a fantastic work of art. No, it really is. Do you use the same tallent for your site reports?
Furthermore, I've seen some 'past masters' on site who shouldn't have been let loose with blunt crayons, let alone a pencil.
AUP away Mr Hosty... I'm outta here.