On Jan 4, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
A Good minimalist grab shot.
This would be nice if Bob could stop putting everything in the middle and learn how to use negative space and how to direct the viewers’ eyes.
There aren’t enough people in the shot? Not enough brains in the reviewer to notice that is on purpose? It should have been shot on a tripod with a real camera so the shutter speed could be slowed down to 1 sec or more to make the people bur out.
It's a strange title meant to provoke comment and it works.
I believe the shot might have looked better as a horizontal and from a slightly higher camera position.
Hmmmm, another minimalist composition.
I’m confused, not to dampen Randy’s spirits about his ancestors, but I don’t know what it is doing here. What seems to have happened to photography is that now we see and/or work with the smallest of details, reviewers pick apart the most minute unimportant points of an image rather than looking at the overall effect, general tone, or ‘feel’. Plus most of us are filled with a sense of impending fame which comes from everybody believing they are on the cusp of becoming widely known for their efforts in photography while nothing could be further from the truth. MY favorite time in photography was 20-30 years ago when I only had 50,000 competitors, and that was OK. Now any idiot with an iPhone believes that we compete, while in actuality, we do not. IT used to be any idiot with a Rebel, but image quality is no longer desired, hence the growth of Instagram. Few of us look at presentation as we are too caught up in minutiae and the control we believe we have with software like PS or LR. It is as though we are award-winning photographers although deep down inside, we know we are not. PS is still crap in, crap out while we believe our ownership of superior image-making machines can elevate us to unforeseen heights. I wonder if the bubble is ever going to pop? OK, we almost all want to be (rich) and famous and believe we can get there with our images despite the simple fact that the competition is more fierce than ever before. Art Faul The Artist Formerly Known as Prints ------ Art for Cars: art4carz.com Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com Camera Works - The Washington Post . |
