is the art of photography being lost

    As a photographer i have helped mentor some new fresh photography lovers and they have all been awesome and taken my advise on board but a few have been what i call arrogant , It seems the  basic art of photography is being lost within a digital world easier access to dslr's,  photoshop,  online so called Diplomas and quick courses ,
  Then these people get a few good comments on a photo on there facebook pages or a loved one tells them to follow a dream and next thing you know they are a photographer but in actual fact they are what is known in the industry as a Fauxtographer (taken from the popular facebook like page your not a photographer)


 I have met a few arrogant togs lately some pro's and some relative new comers who not knowing some of the basic rules to photography and wanting to break them just to be different 

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

1. Tone of space (a room, for example) should be balanced and neutral, with no overall bias;
2. Blacks (like tuxes) should be black;
3. Whites (like wedding gowns) should be white;
4. Don’t over-saturate images (my personal pet peeve)! Final edited image should be representative of what the human eye saw when photographing occurred;
5. Flesh tones should be realistic and consistent. If he looks red and she looks pale white, something’s probably wrong;
6. Image should be level or straight. Use reference points within image to determine this;
7. Fix and remove any “red-eye” issues when flash is used;
8. Sharpen all images last, and do it sparingly;
9. Save images based on their intended use; images being posted online can be as small as 500 kb. Images that will be printed should probably be 1-2 mb (minimum);
10. For easy tracking and identification, rename/save images based on the event, like – “Jane & John Wedding 1”.

Read more: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/10-rules-for-editing-digital-images#ixzz1ixsi4FcD

rules also apply to editing but that seems to be something that's being lost with some people too ,

“Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously by means of certain signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that others are infected by those feelings and experience them.”

From that definition of art. There is no doubt for me that Photography is ART.

• Photography shows the Photographer’s Vision

It is true that when we look at a photograph, we are looking at a scene that already existed in this world and that’s just a mere image recorded. But definitely that’s not all. We are also looking at how the Photographer viewed the THE SCENERY and how the photographer chose to capture and present it to make it there art.    With the exponential growth of technology in the photography industry, many professional photographers are worried about how easy photography is these days. Plus with the help of Photoshop, their concern is that someone with a half decent camera can put their camera on AUTO and just shoot without thinking about the meaning behind each shot.