Jim,
I agree with all you have to say about how rules can be such a hindrence to
work...it hampers exploration to do what someone else has deemed 'safe' and
ends up leaving a photographer less than he/she could have been had they
just followed their inner eye.
Lea
----- Original Message -----
From: "James B. Davis" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: PF Exhibits on 27 AUG 05
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:50:00 +0100, Bob Talbot
<BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to:
"When I critique a photo, I try and look at its artistic merits only"
I'd love to read an example of such a critique. It's easier to be
inspired by what I'm shown than what I'm told to do.
Here's some examples of what I hate hearing:
"the beak isn't sharp, so the photo is no good"
"the body is blocked by one wing so it sucks"
"classical figure study rules say that is a no no"
"the bird is flying away from the camera, that's a no no"
"if only the eyes were visible"
etc etc, hate rules, hate em
Which is why I like Jeff's works, and Dan's photo this week. Screw it,
there are no rules, photograph whatever you want, in whatever way you
feel like. And as I said before, just ignore those who throw out rules
as a critique.
I'm just sooooooo tired of seeing the stock stuff, the stuff made by
rules. After all any idjot can get a rule book and a digital camera
and make a great photo, but it's tough to actually be - dare I say
it?, "creative".
All of this has inspired me to change my ways and go against the rules
more often. No no, completely ignore any rules, that's the ticket. Why
not display birds upside down? Put weird backgrounds behind birds?
Print a bird in negative or posturized.
I've been criticized as not producing catalogue grade bird images. Tsk
tsk. Bad me. Bite me.
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