Today we conclude our talk about the journalistic investigation, on the “Sayidaty” magazine website, which deals with the stories of 4 professional Arab female photographers, with photography, society, and the great technical development related to photographic work.
Photography, in the eyes of photographer Natalie Moghaddam, is a profession with great popularity and widespread distribution, and an art that requires talent, precision, and love of detail from those who work in it. The Lebanese photographer and owner of Too Cute to Shoot studio says that through the camera, the photographer captures feelings, beauty, distinction, wit, diversity, and happy, poignant, shocking, and sad moments, whether the pictures are of people, places, or scenes prepared in advance.
As for the role of the professional photographer with the massive spread of technology and its techniques, the photographer confirms to “Sayidaty” that the rapid technological development, the availability of cell phones equipped with cameras in the hands of the majority of people, and the large number of amateurs in the field, are all challenges faced by professional photographers, but one cannot ignore their advantages out of taste. An inner sense of beauty, creative skills and ideas, attention to detail, and skills in using the computer and its programs.
Natalie highlights the role of technology in changing many things in the profession, but that does not eliminate the need for a professional photographer who must keep pace with this development. Natalie sees a huge difference between a professional and a non-professional photographer. The former has the eye and taste that contribute to determining the required photos according to their conditions, details and information, in terms of the best angle, details of external lighting, etc.
Regarding the exaggerated use of “filters,” especially in personal photos, she considers that “filters” do not convey the reality of faces, and professional photographers avoid that, as they control the details of photo sessions inside and outside their studios, while relying on their eyes to determine aesthetic standards.
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