Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely agree with both you and Kyle on the subjects of: Purpose as well as Stretching for the exceptional photograph. While also surrendering to the occasional Simple little story. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Oct 4, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote: > At 09:45 AM 10/4/2010, you wrote: >> I'm always torn by stuff like this because my first thought is always >> "well, it's someone else's sculpture" which means that whatever "bang" >> comes out of the image needs to come from the _way_ it was photographed >> rather than the sculpture itself. One should look at the photo and go >> "what an amazing photo!" not "what a clever sculpture". > > Excellent observation, Kyle. I wrote in my blog awhile back: "Taking > photographs of another person's art is a little like shooting fish in a > barrel." > http://northcoastphotos.com/sites/northcoastphotos.com/previous_site/Lympa_2008_01_24.htm > > George - I did enjoy the sculpture photos as a story - the people add a > nice photo-journalistic touch. > > Gary Todoroff > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information