Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps because I've discovered the secret of his framing? ;-) Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:02 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we photograph, artists who photograph, and HCB -golden mean Fascinating to see, Jeffery, but why do I think that HCB is sitting his his studio in the sky, enjoying a snifter of heavenly cognac, laughing his ass off? On 4/11/06 7:54 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > Bob, > > In looking at many of HCB's photos in the documentary, I detected that > HCB seemed to be looking for angles (one part of the documentary had > HCB talking constantly of "geometry"). The placement of subjects > seemed to be invariably on one side of an angle as I have collected > here: > > http://www.400tx.com/HCB.html > > Even if these images aren't compellingly "golden mean" (I couldn't > find little thumbnails of all of the examples they showed in the > film), HCB almost never places his subjects in the center of the > frame, and when he doesn't have an obvious diagonal, he often has a > rule of thirds composition. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > bob palmieri > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:49 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we photograph, artists who photograph, and > HCB > > > Jeffrey & Tina - > > I know from the Golden Section, but I don't really understand how to > use it in an organic way in snapping. Can you show me how it applies > to, perhaps, some of HCB's pictures? > > Bob Palmieri > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information