Recommended Exposures by Ansel Adams

[Petraio Prime]

You're really not very good.

At what? LOL

You do realize, if you're talking about photographs, that I have been doing photography for quite a few decades, don't you? The few I have shown here are not necessarily the 'best ever' and are not intended to be anything other than a small sampling, because I have so many photos that have never been scanned. I have neither the time nor the interest in 'showing off'.

Also, I don't usually try to photograph a lot of the subject matter that most 'amateurs' go in for: flowers, landscapes, sunsets, etc. For the most part there is simply no challenge there for me. These are relatively easy, 'safe' subjects. I prefer people and dynamic situations, usually, but I also have an interest in documenting old abandoned places.

Here's a fellow I found interesting:

http://www.photographyboard.net/kid-with-big-shirt-4344.html

This kid had been playing in the street or playground and was quite dirty. His shirt was several sizes too big. His head was shaved, too.

I found the contrast in texture and form between these two building to be curious:

http://www.photographyboard.net/garage-next-to-old-building-1091.html

These are the sorts of things that I find interesting and worth the trouble to photograph. I'm not saying they are 'good' or 'bad', but I think they're not the sorts of photographs many here would take.

 

[PJL]

So, in a nutshell, we've come to the conclusion that landscape photography is easy and only appeals to bourgeois people who know nothing of photography, photographs only matter if the actual process of taking the picture was difficult, Ansel Adams was a talentless hack, 90% of what National Geographic has ever published is a waste of paper, and you can spend lots of time on a photography forum without being a photographer or liking to associate with photographers.

 

[Petraio Prime]

So, in a nutshell, we've come to the conclusion that landscape photography is easy and only appeals to bourgeois people who know nothing of photography, photographs only matter if the actual process of taking the picture was difficult, Ansel Adams was a talentless hack, 90% of what National Geographic has ever published is a waste of paper, and you can spend lots of time on a photography forum without being a photographer or liking to associate with photographers.

Oh no, I have always liked and admired National Geographic.

I never said "photographs only matter if the actual process of taking the picture was difficult". What I believe is that many people settle for what is 'easy' photographically: 'the path of least resistance'. I'm sure that hiking over rough terrain to get the right spot for your vista shot is not without effort. The point is that once you're there, it's relatively un-challenging in what can be called the photographic skills that are required. It's much harder to get the ball right out of the shooter's stick in a lacrosse game, or the ball right out of the fullback's hands in a rugby match.

 

[Village Idiot]

I don't know the first thing about the photography culture back in 1964, but today in 2010, 46 years later (see what I did there?),

You did Maths there!

 

[Village Idiot]

You're really not very good.

At what? LOL

You do realize, if you're talking about photographs, that I have been doing photography for quite a few decades, don't you?

Ever hear of a kid named Joey Lawerence? This kid is not even old enough to legally buy beer in the US, iirc.

Joey Lawrence Fine Art

He does amazing work. You could build guitars for all your life and still suck at it.

 

[benlonghair]

You're really not very good.

At what? LOL

You do realize, if you're talking about photographs, that I have been doing photography for quite a few decades, don't you?

Then put up or shut up. Show us your awesome stuff. Prove you're good enough to be considered something other than a troll.

So far, judging from your photos, the only thing you're good at is trolling.

 

[Petraio Prime]

You're really not very good.

At what? LOL

You do realize, if you're talking about photographs, that I have been doing photography for quite a few decades, don't you?

Then put up or shut up. Show us your awesome stuff. Prove you're good enough to be considered something other than a troll.

So far, judging from your photos, the only thing you're good at is trolling.

I have no interest in doing so. Not worth my time and trouble.

 

[benlonghair]

So you're admitting you're a troll.

We're making progress here.

 

[Petraio Prime]

So you're admitting you're a troll.

We're making progress here.

No, a troll would clog up the discussion in the way you are asking me to, and I am refusing your request.

 

[Petraio Prime]

So you're admitting you're a troll.

We're making progress here.

No I'm just not a mindless, Ansel-Adams-worshipping drone.

You apparently call anyone who disagrees with popular culture a troll.

 

[Josh66]

You apparently call anyone who disagrees with popular culture a troll.

I'm a troll. I hate Kesha. I hope she falls off the face of the earth and burns.

I also hate Rhianna and Jason Derulo...

I don't even know who any of those people are.

 

[Petraio Prime]

You apparently call anyone who disagrees with popular culture a troll.

I'm a troll. I hate Kesha. I hope she falls off the face of the earth and burns.

I also hate Rhianna and Jason Derulo...

I don't even know who any of those people are.

I think I know who Rhianna is...not sure though...

 

[Village Idiot]

You apparently call anyone who disagrees with popular culture a troll.

I'm a troll. I hate Kesha. I hope she falls off the face of the earth and burns.

I also hate Rhianna and Jason Derulo...

I'd bang Rhianna.

 

[Village Idiot]

At what? LOL

You do realize, if you're talking about photographs, that I have been doing photography for quite a few decades, don't you?

Then put up or shut up. Show us your awesome stuff. Prove you're good enough to be considered something other than a troll.

So far, judging from your photos, the only thing you're good at is trolling.

I have no interest in doing so. Not worth my time and trouble.

Or you don't have anything worth showing.

 

[Petraio Prime]

Then put up or shut up. Show us your awesome stuff. Prove you're good enough to be considered something other than a troll.

So far, judging from your photos, the only thing you're good at is trolling.

I have no interest in doing so. Not worth my time and trouble.

Or you don't have anything worth showing.

Why am I not surprised at your immediate resort to negativity, to putting someone else down? Not everyone has the same interests in photography that you do. I am not interested in showing, OK? Can't you accept that not everyone is? I'm not like you. Is that clear enough?