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Jan,
It’s unfortunate you saw this as a grab shot. Yes, it was a minimalist’s
approach to the subject, but I sat at my tripod for some time until the clouds
that I felt worked appeared in the background. I think if my memory is correct,
the shot took about 40 minutes.
But then, my idea of the “grab shot” may not concur with yours. For me a
grab shot does not use a tripod, nor does exactness play into the composition as
in this image. You are grabbing a subject as it is fleeting, momentary and
dynamic in it’s nature. No time for construction of the composition.
Gregory
Gig Harbor, WA.
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
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