Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One notable feature of all of your shots is the lack of people. Perhaps a few wider (whether FL or or not) shots could emphasize the lack of people in a broader area - city blocks and what not. Might fit well when the images are organized into a series. Just an idea. Keep shooting! Scott Jeffery Smith wrote: >The widest that I've gone down there with is a 25. I had the same idea re: >the barge. I recall seeing a telephono shot of a wooden sailing ship in a >harbor, and the effect of including the street in that shot was to make the >ship look mountainous. > >I did shoot a lot of 28mm two weeks ago, but in the proofs I always seemed >to need to be "closer". Part of the problem was also the amount of slimy mud >in that area. I have to wear knee boots to get around in the yards. If >things are drier in the future, I'll pull out the 21/4 and try to get some >front and back wide angles. > >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 Don Dory >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:37 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Lower 9th Ward - Another 20 images > > >Perhaps I haven't spent enough time with your images, but I don't recall too >many typical wide shots. By that I mean having a significant something in >the foreground with reinforcing subject matter rapidly disapearing into the >background. Take one of your house on car images, what would it look like >with a 21 or wider on top of the car/house with a debris field going as far >as the eye can see. Similarly, with the barge that started it all, an >ultrawide shot of the gargantuan barge with the little bitty houses next to >it. Possibly it might work better with a 500 to 600mm lens compressing >everything behind the barge to show the miles of destruction. > >I am truly sorry to ramble, but your work is important, you have a great >start, but the scale of the story is huge and mind numbing. > >Rambling some more, any people that could add some humanity that grounds >what this terrible event truly means. > >Don >don.dory@gmail.com > > >On 2/9/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > >>I've got 100 rolls of Tri-X and 100 rolls of Agfa 400. I'll keep >>plugging away at it. The one thing that won't happen is that I would >>run out of subject matter. >> >>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 >>Don Dory >>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:08 PM >>To: Leica Users Group >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Lower 9th Ward - Another 20 images >> >> >>Jeffery, >>I think that you have not found a great theme yet. Your photos are >>generally quite strong in documenting destruction. There is a >>randomness to them that Slobodan mentions. I think that for you, >>shoot a hell of lot more >>film, let your subconcious take control, but try to think about what is >>attracting you to a particular scene. Only by knowing what is drawing you >>in can you concentrate on that aspect. >> >>For example you have a lot of crushed cars. The wide establishing >>shots help to set the scene, but are there closer images that show the >>muck in the car, or the real damage to the car from the house, or just >>the idocy of a house sitting on a car that the wide shot does not >>cover/demonstrate. >> >>Or perhaps, with fifty plus contact sheets in front of you, you can >>start to edit down to a vision; or create a new shot list once you >>have a better idea >>of the whole. The place is not going anywhere anytime soon. >> >>Don >>don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >>On 2/8/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: >> >> >>>This is the last of the shots from the five rolls I scanned this >>>week, beginning at: >>> >>>http://www.400tx.com/9th-41.html >>> >>>Comments and suggestions appreciated. >>> >>>Jeffery Smith >>>New Orleans, LA >>>http://www.400tx.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >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 > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)