Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Thanks for the insightful and helpful comments, as always. Regarding the alt5 picture, I had noticed that occasionally the singers would look up at the gallery and I waited for her to do so. So the picture is not an accident, and accordingly I claim the credit. Having said that, this is the only picture in this set which is cropped to any significant degree. There was a lot of garbage on the right side of the frame which I cropped away. The other six shots are all pretty much full frame images. Nathan Ted Grant wrote: > Nathan Wajsman wrote & showed: > > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_13.jpg > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_13alt1.jpg > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_13alt2.jpg > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_13alt3.jpg > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_13alt4.jpg > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_13alt5.jpg > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_13alt6.jpg > > Well done Nathan, > Nothing like a quick two shilling tour of London . ;-) > > Editing: >>partly because I am a lousy editor <<<<< > > Editing our work is the most difficult, because we our emotions and physical > involvement often cloud our choice of picture, rather than KISS....."look at > it photographically - is this one of my 10 best ever pictures? If not, out!" > > Add in a touch of, "any doubt it's out!" And the editing becomes > methodical, cold and often damn right misery! ;-) We can create more reasons > for the picture being used than there are in a box of corn flakes, flakes. > > There are the, "oh but gee whiz they wont notice... I love it, I know > there's a little tilt, I broke my ankle getting this, it's in!" :-) And the > "to leave it in" reasons go on forever. But in reality, we must always edit > by cold hearted ruthless "if in doubt out!" Otherwise we place our ability > as a photographer in jeopardy by showing a less than super shot each time we > use a photograph. > > Realizing you wished a tour series, I'd have said right off this is what it > is with captions Then we'd have looked at it as a photo essay using frame 6 > as the lead photo and building the others around it as a magazine layout. > > Pats and whacks! ;-) > 1/ The arm at first was a distraction, however on second look, it adds to > the crowded effect adding to the depth effect. Slight whack. > > 2/ I like this better because it's open and allows the viewer to see into > the car and more of the readers and riders and variations of people. slight > pat. > > 3/ A moment's wait, and catch the clerk looking eye ball to eye ball with > the customer then you'd have captured a communication factor with eyes open. > Nit picking. However, that's what makes it work better. Even a slight move > to your left going over the head of the boy allowing a slight move of the > clerk off centre possibly seeing his hands when handing over tickets or > money. Open another "communication action moment." > > If you look at this photo as, "Light - Eyes - Action" Then you understand > what I mean and how those little things make a difference. slight whack. > > 4/ Scalper: It works because it all balances right across the frame. Pat! > ;-) > > 5/ book store. It works and I'd not do much differently. It's great shooting > people when their minds are in action and involved doing something making > them completely unaware of the rest of the world. Pat. ;-) > > 6/ Sorry this doesn't do anything, as it looks like a quick over the balcony > shot. However! A bonus point if you shot because the singer turned her head > and you reacted to that action! If you didn't, and it just happened to be > that angle when you shot. Then a whack for that not being the reason of the > exposure. If you come back and tell me the turn of her head was the > triggering factor, then it's a Pat on the back, but just a small one. > > 7/ This is a big pat. Good angle and light use to enhance the body lines. > > Thanks for the tour. :-) > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html