Why?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1. Augmenting our capabilities <\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/67851CA1-F322-4B4A-9209-CB42D3EECD54.jpeg?resize=1180%2C1689&ssl=1\")
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWith a computer, we can do more. For example whenever I send out an email newsletter<\/a>, it is like I am augmenting my voice and lungs 10000x. Without technology and computers, I would probably only be one of those weird guys on a corner with a microphone and loudspeaker, and my voice is not scalable<\/a>. For example digital photos are scalable and in theory infinite \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you can infinitely duplicate, spread and share digital photos, whereas with printed analogue photos \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n2. Computers as tools to make digital art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/EF72FE4E-B2F3-4537-AF03-07192DA6DF1D.jpeg?resize=1180%2C1689&ssl=1\")
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe biggest thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Computers are phenomenal because before them\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 making artwork was 10000x more difficult. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Consider procreate<\/a> and zen brush 2<\/a>. Before these apps, having to buy a photoshop license was insanely expensive, and before photoshop, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re restricted to expensive art tools. And with calligraphy<\/a>, you needed all these expensive materials and tools. With computers like the iPad, you no longer need expensive tools. The iPad<\/a> as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one stop shop\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for all things visually creative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n3. Augmenting the world around us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"matrix](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/neo-sees-the-truth-2-scaled.jpg.webp?resize=1180%2C738&ssl=1\")
Matrix<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow with LIDAR<\/a>, virtual reality<\/a> and other augmented reality<\/a> tools \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 we can literally see the world differently. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A computer \u00e2\u20ac\u201d either a laptop, phone, tablet, and now I suppose cars (self driving Tesla) and digital cameras. I consider all these \u00e2\u20ac\u0153computers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. But the question: Why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/07B3F62A-D59F-44E4-969F-E7465E1464F8.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2388&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333660"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333680,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333660\/revisions\/333680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- <\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
With a computer, we can do more. For example whenever I send out an email newsletter<\/a>, it is like I am augmenting my voice and lungs 10000x. Without technology and computers, I would probably only be one of those weird guys on a corner with a microphone and loudspeaker, and my voice is not scalable<\/a>. For example digital photos are scalable and in theory infinite \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you can infinitely duplicate, spread and share digital photos, whereas with printed analogue photos \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Computers as tools to make digital art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
- <\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The biggest thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Computers are phenomenal because before them\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 making artwork was 10000x more difficult. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Consider procreate<\/a> and zen brush 2<\/a>. Before these apps, having to buy a photoshop license was insanely expensive, and before photoshop, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re restricted to expensive art tools. And with calligraphy<\/a>, you needed all these expensive materials and tools. With computers like the iPad, you no longer need expensive tools. The iPad<\/a> as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one stop shop\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for all things visually creative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Augmenting the world around us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Matrix<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Now with LIDAR<\/a>, virtual reality<\/a> and other augmented reality<\/a> tools \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 we can literally see the world differently. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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