Manual engagement and automation in amateur photography

Ploderer, B; Leong, TW

Manual engagement and automation in amateur photography

Ploderer, B Leong, TW

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Media International Australia, 2018, 166 (1), pp. 44 - 56
Issue Date:: 2018-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ploderer, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leong, TW https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-9001	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:27:01Z
dc.date.issued	2018-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Media International Australia, 2018, 166 (1), pp. 44 - 56	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1329-878X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/123007
dc.description.abstract	© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Automation has been central to the development of modern photography and, in the age of digital and smartphone photography, now largely defines everyday experience of the photographic process. In this article, we question the acceptance of automation as the default position for photography, arguing that discussions of automation need to move beyond binary concerns of whether to automate or not and, instead, to consider what is being automated and the degree of automation couched within the particularities of people’s practices. We base this upon findings from ethnographic fieldwork with people engaging manually with film-based photography. While automation liberates people from having to interact with various processes of photography, participants in our study reported a greater sense of control, richer experiences and opportunities for experimentation when they were able to engage manually with photographic processes.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Media International Australia	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1329878X17738829	en_US
dc.title	Manual engagement and automation in amateur photography	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
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Abstract:

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Automation has been central to the development of modern photography and, in the age of digital and smartphone photography, now largely defines everyday experience of the photographic process. In this article, we question the acceptance of automation as the default position for photography, arguing that discussions of automation need to move beyond binary concerns of whether to automate or not and, instead, to consider what is being automated and the degree of automation couched within the particularities of people’s practices. We base this upon findings from ethnographic fieldwork with people engaging manually with film-based photography. While automation liberates people from having to interact with various processes of photography, participants in our study reported a greater sense of control, richer experiences and opportunities for experimentation when they were able to engage manually with photographic processes.

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