You guys are just a font of wisdom. Andrew On 1/4/14, 4:44 PM, Jan Faul wrote: > I’m glad Tomoko and I have such good taste. Comic Sans is forbidden here > too. It is after all from MS. > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Randy Little wrote: > >> It wasn't taken with an iPhone and Tomoko forbids the use of Comic >> Sans, so no. >> >> Randy S. Little >> http://www.rslittle.com/ >> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> >> Perhaps you could resurrect it and use in 2017? Just change the >> names a bit and put it in Comic Sans. >> >> >> On Jan 4, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Randy Little wrote: >> >>> Because its fun and I said I would post a picture of Drake >>> brothers to someone on the list. I though it was a pretty neat >>> business card for circa 1917. >>> >>> >>> Randy S. Little >>> http://www.rslittle.com/ >>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> <mailto:jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Trevor Cunningham wrote: >>> >>>> Gregory david Stempel - Street Lamps >>>> I love it. It's a perfect blend of contradiction. My pic >>>> of the gallery. >>> >>> A Good minimalist grab shot. >>> >>>> >>>> Bob McCulloch - Boats >>>> Well seen, well arranged >>> >>> 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. >>> >>>> , well exposed. I like the errant ripple effect in the water. >>>> >>>> Dan Mitchell - Android >>>> Not enough people in the shot to make it the horror it is. >>> >>> 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. >>> >>>> Tina Manley - Children with Pig, 2002 >>>> Reminds me of a trip to the island of Sumba. Too bad the >>>> pig is cut off...or, that just might mean dinner :) >>> >>> Reminds me of a horror movie. >>>> >>>> John Palcewski - Hand >>>> I love it. But I've been so infected by these diatribes >>>> of digital capture ruining photography that I might not be >>>> allowed to respect it. >>> >>> It's a strange title meant to provoke comment and it works. >>> >>>> Yoram Gelman - Veranda in Decay >>>> Nice range of tones, but I end at that. The trees are all >>>> the decay I can see...maybe that's the point? >>> >>> I believe the shot might have looked better as a horizontal >>> and from a slightly higher camera position. >>> >>>> Christopher Strevens - The way. >>>> Flip the title with the details and you have a haunting >>>> photo essay. >>> >>> Hmmmm, another minimalist composition. >>> >>>> Art Faul - >>>> Perfect capture, and I would expect nothing less. But, I >>>> do beg the question, what's the context? Again, spectacular >>>> control of light, sensational color balance...there's even >>>> lines to show how close to perfect the capture is...but it's >>>> completely empty unless I frequent that station. Your film >>>> effort is commendable in this age, but lost with a >>>> bargain-basement gradient background that fails to follow >>>> the light angle of a wastefully careful drop shadow. And why >>>> not just use Comic Sans? >>> >>> I really hate the use of the word ‘capture’ as it makes me >>> think of soldiers in a war. I know this never occurred to >>> you, but the shot is supposed to feel empty. As to the >>> background, obviously you don’t get it. Others do, but you >>> don’t so I am not going to try to educate you. Do you have a >>> background in design or have you worked with font designers >>> like Herb Lubalin or Seymour Chwast? NO? Too bad. >>>> >>>> Randy Little - >>>> Very cool! This could even pass as modern. But, I'm >>>> confused...did your uncle produce this, or was he the >>>> daredevil? What happened to Mervin? >>> 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 <http://art4carz.com/> >>> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com >>> <http://www.artfaul.com/> >>> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com >>> <http://www.inkjetprince.com/> >>> Camera Works - The Washington Post >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm >>> ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ >>> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Art Faul >> >> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints >> ------ >> Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com/> >> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com <http://www.artfaul.com/> >> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com <http://www.inkjetprince.com/> >> Camera Works - The Washington Post >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm >> ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ >> >> . >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > Art Faul > > The Artist Formerly Known as Prints > ------ > Art for Cars: art4carz.com <http://art4carz.com> > Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com > Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com > Camera Works - The Washington Post > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm > ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ > > . > > > > >
