Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think it's short sighted (perhaps the word) to call the photo cluttered. Clearly the room they're in is cluttered but the photo itself is governed by a definable geometry and by clear and forceful separation of areas of dark and light. There is a diagonal line running down from the upper right to the middle left that passes just across the top of the mother's and boy's heads; another suggested line that bifurcates the photo and passes through their waists, more or less (in her case, an empire waist perhaps). And finally a lovely parabola that begins a the boy's right wrist, and traces along the tops of his arms and up onto his mother's shoulders and across and down her left arm that -- if you let your imagination continue it -- lands at the little girl's feet -- so that they are pulled together around a black center (the blackest part of which, btw, strongly suggests a valentine). The so called clutter is incidental, it is real life, it is the equivalent of clouds in the sky or ripples on the sea, its existence is what allows us to see the actual meanings that lie beneath. On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:04 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > > PESO: > > > > This is one that made the final selection in the editing workshop I > > attended. Maggie Steber, the editor, likes photos with lots going on, > > especially on the edges of the photo. > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/121968705 > > > > <http://www.pbase.com/image/121968705>What do you think? > > > > Tina > > This is clutter ;-) > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/23593534 > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >