Alan,
What is your guess on the camera/lens system he is using? He's got a
tremendous angle of view without much perceptible vignetting, so I would
expect that he's using either a center filter or a lens that flips around.
It reminds me of some of the wide-angle pinhole camera images that I make.
Guy
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Subject: RE: About Seth Taras' portfolio
Guy,
I've been enthusiastically forwarding Taras's URL to a lot of friends.
It would be good to hear from him on the list.
How to un subscribe from lists should be part of the core curriculum in
the school of life.
I guess there is no way on PF system to have info on the tag line.
AZ
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Subject: About Seth Taras' portfolio
From: Guy Glorieux <guy.glorieux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, March 14, 2006 3:34 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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Hi coleagues,
I just visited Seth's portfolio.
http://www.sethtaras.com
There are some truly magnificient pictures. So many that I can't point
to
anyone that I like best, for fear of diminishing the value of another
one.
This work is reminiscent of Jacques-Henry Lartigue's work in the 6x13
format, back in the early 1900's, documenting simple scenes of the world
around him, his friends, family, etc..., in a very effective and powerful
way.
I like the use the wide-angle panoramic format for this kind of images
because it pushes the limits of ordinary peripheric vision far out of the
normal range. Seth's lens & camera system has a really effective way of
managing distortion but I think that Seth has a fantastic control over
the
camera can offer to create very strong images.
Does anybody know what kind of camera/lens he uses?
Don't miss the web site of Daniel Taras referenced in the links page.
http://danieltaras.com
There is no indication of the relationship between the two photographers
but
he certainly knows what to do with a camera. There is a fantastic
gallery
of pictures of the Katrina Hurricane: look for the picture of the Teddy
Bear...
Lot's to learn from.
Best regards,
Guy
