Not EVERY potrait must be shot in portrait orientation!

[tirediron]

Pots and kettles...

there's the one liner!

But... it took him four pages; he's slipping!

 

[Geaux]

I didn't take photography classes or any art classes, I should probably just step away from the camera and sell it....

 

[kundalini]

True, and for the rest of us, any picture of you where we only have to see have as much kundalini is a bonus!!

Oh Really????




Are you sure about that???

 

[tirediron]

Oh gawd... BLEACH!!!! In the name of all that's holy... BLEACH!!!

 

[Geaux]

 

[Geaux]

Oh, and this too....

 

[subscuck]

Note to self: Never leave any bait er, hanging, for Kundalini.

 

[kundalini]

I know, I know. Centering your subject is just a bad idea, in'it?

 

[tirediron]

I know, I know. Centering your subject is just a bad idea, in'it?

Ask Derrel for a critical analysis of the subject!

 

[pgriz]

Kundalini is in touch with his animal side. Plus he takes a really mean self half-portrait.

Eh, this discussion is not making much progress. Part of the problem is that taking pictures is so simple - anyone can, and does, do it. To make a comparision with writing - in our society, pretty much everyone is literate (meaning being able to read and write at a basic level). However, few of us raise the quality of our writing to the point that it is interesting to others. While "good writing" doesn't necessarily follow rules, it must be able to understood by the reader, and more importantly, be able to pull them in. Quality of writing is more than putting a string of words on paper... it is developing a subject, populating it with enough detail to make it interesting for the reader to continue reading. Writing also has its forms and conventions and expectations, so excellent technical writing will be very different from excellent investigative journalism, will be again very different from a successful pot-boiler work of fiction. Photography is filled with conventions and informal protocols - and the "rules" that apply depend on the type of photography being done. It is a good thing, in general, for any practitioner to know what the prior art in his/her field is, and I don't think taking courses and studying the masters will diminsh one's ability or enjoyment. There are, of couse, a very small minority, has has such inherent ability and talent, that they can leap to the highest level from almost no training - but this minority is truly very, very small. I remember an artist that my wife likes a lot, tell her that it took him more than 30 years to become an overnight success. That's what most of us will have to do - read, learn, do, revise, polish, improve, and with time (remember the discussion where I referenced the quote that it takes at least 10,000 hours before one can consider that one is good at something...), we will actually have something that is of interest and of value to others.

 

[memento]

 

[Geaux]

 

[kundalini]

Kundalini is in touch with his animal side.

..... and too old to care anymore.


Mr. Mellonhead put it in a good way....


‪John Mellencamp - Let It All Hang Out‬‏ - YouTube

 

[c.cloudwalker]

I just hate to do this but I will anyway. I will go along with Derrel (derell?) Whatever. He is absolutely right. No freaking way should anyone dare be any different from the people who came along before. Let's all create the exact same vertical portrait that does not offend anyone's small minded view of the art world outside of school. Especially Darrel's school...

Whatever school that is because one thing I'm sure of is that we didn't go to the same school. Although I have to admit I only went to mine for, like, 3 semesters. I realized they had nothing to teach me, lol.

 

[Josh66]

cant keep up.

They have a pill for that now...