in the cellulose acetate and silver halide days of the past, i started out with manual
"nikonography". I guess it could have been
"canonography" but bayonet mount ruined it. In my heart I really wanted to do some quiet
"leicagraphy" for that very special feel and look, but could not afford it. i also admired those who lugged rosewood and cherry frame cameras for their
"fieldography" and
"viewography" - someone once said that
"the best camera is the one you can lift, with both hands, while keeping a low center of gravity to avoid back injury" - too funny. anyway,
all in the past. i like the modern days of photon capture and beating to submission without chemicals. we are finally free to explore our collectively wired individuality with
"iphoneography" which often resembles images made-believe with a plastic lens found in a light-leaky toy camera (maybe not
all in the past) at many megapixels of quality color noise. i hear that some creative types have a blanket term for all this fascinating image wrangling -
"photography" (as in
light writing) but i doubt that will catch on.
