Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I preferred Phil's explanation ;-) Philippe Op 17-mei-07, om 22:16 heeft Ric Carter het volgende geschreven: > Phil-- > > When you get that feature article in the Living section of the > paper, as artiste's commentary on the high perspective level, you > might try: > > "What we're doing here is not so much studying the shoe as > actualizing the human interaction of looking at the shoe. After > all, it is only in the human eye and imagination -- that iconic > fantasy world of the individual viewer -- that the shoe takes on > its timeless magic." > > ... or some such bullshit;^) > > I enjoyed the photos > > ric > > > On May 17, 2007, at 4:01 PM, Phil Swango wrote: > >> Philippe Orlent wrote: >> Great theme for a book. What is the reason that you kept your camera >> on eye level and not lowereed it? >> (No critique, just an observation) >> ========================= >> >> That's a perceptive question, Philippe. The main reason is that >> we wanted a >> kind of "in the moment" or "a la sauvette" look, and when I shot >> at shoe >> level it was hard to avoid static-looking poses. Also, though the >> pictures >> were not candid by any means, they were taken during the actual >> working day >> of the art gallery and getting down on the floor for extended >> times was not >> always an option when customers were present. Finally, with my >> eye-level-only Pentax DSLR it was really hard to get low enough >> and still >> see through the finder. Ironically, the cover shot was at shoe >> level, but >> to make it we had to elevate the foot/shoe on a prop. A few of >> the pictures >> later in the book were taken nearer to shoe level but you can't >> see them in >> the PDF preview on the Blurb site. But I was always a bit >> concerned that >> the eye-level POV might put some people off. There are 40 shoe >> images in >> the book and sometimes it was a challenge to find a fresh way of >> seeing the >> same type of subject. >> >> The way the book evolved is that I would visit the gallery every >> day and the >> owners or manager would show me the footwear and outifts they wore >> to work. >> If something looked interesting we would do a quick shoot, usually >> lasting >> only 3-5 minutes because they were on work time. It was a very >> casual >> project and a lot of fun. We're now working on a second one. >> >> -- >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >