It has come to my attention that there are some upcomming changes on deviantart concerning classification of photography. Some of those changes will painfully hit many deviants like myself who like to upload photos to categories such as "darkroom" or "macro". Removing those categories saying that they are not strictly "subject-based " but more like "technique based" categories is total nonsense! As a darkroom photographer i think that there are times when the subject is less important then the techniqe. Not mentioning that

the techniqe can be a subject itself! "If you have a macro photo of a flower, for instance, please move it to the Flowers and Plants category." But what if im not interested in other simple flower photos? What if i want to view only flower macros? And what will happen if want to view only photos that were made on film, developed and printed by other deviants? The only option will be to stick to clubs such as analogphotographers
[link] or macrophoto
[link] But many people (especialy those new to DA) do not know about such clubs.
"The Darkroom category has caused confusion for years and it's time to end it" Ok, but why remove? Can't it be redefined? If DA want's changes so much then maybe there sould be two main photography categories? "Film photography" and "Digital photography"?
I don't know, I'm very sceptic about those changes. Removing Macro and Darkroom categories won't help anyone... It's a serious step back DA!
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i don't even see how darkroom caused any confusion though. how can you lump finished, worked on pictures in with a bunch of snapshots? anyone with a basic knowledge of photography KNOWS and UNDERSTANDS what darkroom photography is.
and a macro shot is something entirely different from a non-macro shot. they can't lump them all together either.
i don't like these changes >|
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how could this be any less clear; i guess we need someone to illuminate the darkroom on da.
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. . .this reminds me of the real world, most people
are idiots.
I'm not saying it isn't a shame, but I can understand why they're doing such a thing.
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. . .this reminds me of the real world, most people
are idiots.
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