--- On Sun, 4/6/08, Marilyn Dalrymple <marilyn160@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Marilyn Dalrymple <marilyn160@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Photograph? Watercolor?
> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008, 7:10 AM
> There was a very appropriate comment made concerning my
> image in this weeks gallery stating that if I wanted an
> image that looked like a watercolor, I should just paint
> the image in watercolor (the comment is paraphrased - I
> didn't save it).
>
> Like photographers of the past (realizing they didn't
> have the tools available to them that we have now) I use
> the tools accessible to create the image I want. I
> don't see anything wrong with that. (I have shown both
> watercolors and oil paintings in shows, so I do know how to
> use those tools.)
>
> Having said that - there are photographers who say the same
> as the person who made the paint vs. photograph comment.
> Certain photographers feel the painterly photograph is not
> a *real* photograph. Likewise, painters say the image is
> not a *real* painting, so both are irritated with me. (In
> order to perturb so many, I must be doing something right
> {:->)
>
> I will be having a solo show that will include several of
> my questionable images in May, and have been invited to
> show several of the "experimental images" in
> another gallery show. I guess I'd better wear my thick
> skin to both shows.
>
> Marilyn
Well Marilyn one should always wear their thick skin, but really you shouldn't be too concerned. Of the work I have seen you post here, none of it was questionable. They were all strong images. IF you want to add painting effects to a photo, great. Being experimental is part of the exploration and in truth if you like what you have produced, who really cares what anyone else thinks? The only thing I would worry about is if they don't react at all. One well known race car driver once said,"I don't care if they cheer or boo, but don't let them just sit on their hands." Frankly I think the same applies to art and photography.
I wish I had some skills with a paint brush or pencil. I think there is a lot a photographer could learn from those skills. I wouldn't let the painter people saying you are just copying a photo, or the the reverse bother you. For the record,the breakdown I mentioned was a monitor problem of some sort on my end. It later that evening starting doing something weird, and the problem went away with a shut down, restart and the another calibration. Good luck with the show. I know it will go well.
Mark
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