Polite people practice six
Practice the 7-P’s and you’ll do better: Prior Proper Planning Prevents
Piss-Poor Performance.
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From: Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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Sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 2:51
Subject: Re: PF members new photographs on March 29, 2014
On Mar 31, 2014, at 2:00 PM, John Palcewski wrote:
Yoram Gelman, Inactive Chair at former Scranton Lace Factory, Scranton,
Pennsylvania. The image is one thing, the caption is another. The
image speaks for itself. Abandonment, ruin, etc. The caption, IMO, is
an unconvincing fiction.
I agree that the caption is weak, as it suggests that chairs in
general move or are flexible in doing their jobs. But the concept of
the shot is fine, although I do wish the photographer had pulled back a
bit more to give the room more dimension along the wall with the
windows. I guess it was shot on a tripod, and if so, why couldn’t the
shot include more darkness from the left side of the room?
Art should present a bit of mystery and as such, I would have
repositioned the chair (since none of us were there, how would we know
it was moved?) to make its reflection in the water on the floor
stronger. I might also have done a bit of cleaning, either by actually
picking up the scrapped pipes, or by doing so in PS. Again, as none of
us are there, what’s the harm with making the shot stronger? It’s not
‘cheating’.
It is OK to do so, as it might have provided more mystery. But since
you like to tell us about your excursions into PS, that’s part of your
behavior you need to change. We don’t need or want to know every bloody
little whit you fiddle with in a shot. Practice the 7-P’s and you’ll do
better: Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.
Art Faul
The Artist Formerly Known as Prints
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