At 9:19 PM -0400 8/3/07, ADavidhazy wrote:
The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated AUG 04 2007. Authors
with work now on display at: http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html include:
Morley Roberts - EllaRose at Kingsmere
Yes. You need to notice things like that big
bright spot right next to her face. Too much
competition. And yes, it would be nice if she
were looking at the camera, but it would be just
as nice if she were looking like she was
thinking, or watching something happy, or doing
something with the looking away.
Bob Sull - Tears of Joy
Technical matters are irrelevant here. This is a
terribly important moment and getting so nice and
close to the faces with their mixed expressions
was the real deal. Thanks, Bob, for showing us
such an important part of your life.
Kostas Papakotas - Concert Shot
Just not clear about the function of that hand up
there. It keeps stealing my attention. And,
although I really like the angle thing, I think
I'd moderate it a bit here. It's really a bit
too severe.
Valery Firsov - Riverside Swallow
Very interesting angle on the bird, you were
lucky to get that one. You must have been rather
close or sitting up in a tree! Interesting how
hard it is to get bird eyes at that angle too.
Linda Buttstead - PAIN
Hmm. Sure hope they're trying to get that guy on
a gurney fast. That does not look like a good
thing to be doing to his head.
Aside from that, you should never license to the
insurance company - it compromises your capacity
to remain neutral as a reporter. The insurance
company can do discovery for your images from the
paper, or simply use them as printed there.
And, if you're not an employee of the paper, you
should be licensing, not selling, to the paper.
Back to the image - I'm wishing you'd shot in a
lot closer if you were aiming for the man's face
reflecting his sensations. You certainly don't
need to be in his face, but this is the time for
two bodies - one long and one short - so you grab
the one for each shot as it occurs to you. For
all we know from this distance the man might be
already deceased.
This sort of thing is really hard, and doing it
over and over improves the rate at which you find
the decisive image. But it's hard on your soul,
so take care of yourself. It's right up there
with war shooting which can rip your spirit to
shreds.
Howard Leigh -
Nice and sharp, good color, cropping is tricky
but it does seem as though a little less green on
the right might be desirable. Were your bees
rubbing their bellies across the blossoms like
the ones I tried to shoot the other week? Mine
were in perpetual motion and had big tan bags on
their sides. It was very interesting but hard to
find the right exposure time to get something
sharp and still convey the frantic swarming of
the bee across the flower.
Tim Mulholland - The Needles
What a shame these Needles are in shadow. I
think I would have dared to dodge them a bit to
counteract the flatness of the light. Also, I
feel like there's way too much green stuff and
not enough of the image is the rocks.
Per Ofverbeck - Tall Ships´ Race in Stockholm
Did they actually race? I know they've been
doing some racing around there. Kruzenshtern is
so humongous, it's quite overwhelming. Sorry the
weather was so ordinary. A perfectly useful
tourist office shot, but there are a lot of
options here. I hope you explored more of them.
From: Xena and the PF gallery staff
Thanks to Xena and as always to Andy. How's your health coming along, man?
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Emily L. Ferguson
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