SCraig
Been spending a lot of time on here!
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2011
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- Nashville, TN
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- sc-photo-tn.com
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What else would you call it? It most assuredly is photography. Just because something doesn't meet your definition of what is or isn't photography doesn't make any less or more THEIR idea of what is or isn't photography. I don't care for his images either but that, in and of itself, is not germane to the conversation.If the only point of this is to show the trick, then it's not photography. If you don't care about the lighting or the background, but only to show off the trick, how can you call it photography? You must always consider composition. Facial expressions aren't an absolute necessity, but it helps to convey the attitude, the emotion and the concentration of the skater. The same applies to football (soccer), ice skating, running - sports shots.
As a photographer, you're job isn't first and foremost to think as a skater, but as a photographer. If a photograph is good, then photographers can spot what makes it good, regardless of their field. Basic composition is always important.
That shot on page 2, that wasn't particularly good, imo.
As a photographer his job, first and foremost, is to get the photograph that fits the subject. If that subject breaks all of your so-called rules of photography then so be it. They may not be his rules. If a particular sport necessitates getting the area around the skater in the image then so be it.
Magazines and newspapers are full of photographs that break every conceivable rule of composition simply because sometimes there isn't time to worry about it. The world is not composed and sometimes it just won't stop long enough for the photographer to get in the most advantageous position for a shot. Sometimes you just shoot what you can get.