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08/08/2006 12:23:21 AM · #1 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
What am I missing? |
It's on the Zen score thread. I gave everyone in the Zen challenge a poem, most of them broken haiku, i.e. "broku"
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08/07/2006 11:28:07 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by Cheerz:
Have any one looked at your own shooting style to determine what type of photographer you are?
How many different types are there in the first place?
hee hee.. any takers? |
I looked at my style and decided I am an LAME style photographer. |
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08/07/2006 10:49:09 PM · #3 |
What type of photographer are you? Good question. Maybe someday I'll figure it out. I turned down many weddings because I didn't feel ready.
Then I finally agreed and was actually looking forward to it and they canceled on me three days prior...and you guessed it...no contract.
We had a verbal agreement as to what I was going to provide and when.
Lesson learned. I've done all kinds of events as a transient vendor but I couldn't be surviving on my income. Earns just enough to keep me in more equipment. All I know is I love it!
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08/07/2006 10:42:59 PM · #4 |
I like to think my photography expresses a hidden anger at the machine that our society has become. A machine that simply grinds the soul and the spirit. A machine that forces us to find that dark place inside of us all and dwell within ourselves, praying for release.
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08/07/2006 10:36:36 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
What am I missing? No recent mail from you, dahlink. Resend?
R. |
Hmmm.. is your PM addy link from here broken? Sent via clicking on that... Message was a) thanks MUCH for your comment on my zen, and b) send me your IM info so I can figure out how to use that and "call" you. |
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08/07/2006 10:31:57 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
A broken haiku sort of thing. Very posthumousish.
And read your email one of these days, wouldya? :-) |
What am I missing? No recent mail from you, dahlink. Resend?
R.
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08/07/2006 10:03:54 PM · #7 |
A broken haiku sort of thing. Very posthumousish.
And read your email one of these days, wouldya? :-) |
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08/07/2006 09:50:52 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Didn't do well? you got a high score from me AND a broku! what more could you want? ;) |
You lost me there; what's a "broku"?
R.
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08/07/2006 09:29:53 PM · #9 |
I think there are many opinions on what "type" of photographer I am... :-)
My personal opinion is that I am a "personal" photographer, since most of my work ranges from portraits to boudior and persoanl nudes.
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08/07/2006 09:20:16 PM · #10 |
| I like to find something interesting and shoot it, or find something mundane and shoot it in an interesting way, or if I'm lucky, find something interesting and shoot it in an interesting way. I think composition is important, I love colors that stand out, and I think humans are great subjects to shoot. I don't know what type of photographer that makes me, but I do know that photography makes me appreciate the beauty that is all around me. |
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08/07/2006 09:15:07 PM · #11 |
well, i was a purist, b&w street shooter, tri-x, grain, high contrast, stolen candids, the whole bit. funky angles and disturbing content. decontextualising and therefore distorting the message of the image. ooo yeah, baby. model, weegee, arbus, frank...
then, i finished university, and had to actually support myself.
then, all my camera gear was stolen.
so, for quite a while i took very well composed snapshots.
now? good question. a photographer with a pretty good eye, who's learning all the time? willing to try almost anything?
as i get older, i seem to find it less important to strictly define myself. mutable, that's me...
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08/07/2006 09:08:20 PM · #12 |
A crappy one.
7th to last place! LOL
Message edited by author 2006-08-07 21:18:11. |
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08/07/2006 08:57:53 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Those that DO take it seriously seem to be mostly classifying themselves by their preferred subject, so to speak, which I find a little strange.
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If it were me, I'd chick the whole question and replace it with "How would you define the way you see?" |
Same thing, no? |
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08/07/2006 05:53:39 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Heh, we're all a bit sensitive still, are we?
I hope that didn't sound arrogant. What I really meant is that there are times when I see the shot on review and just get that "thrill". The correlation between that "thrill" and a ribbon has been fairly close (but by no means perfect). When I saw the butterfly shot for bokeh, in instantly knew it had a chance. It may just represent that my likes and DPC's likes are very similar. It also seems that the "thrill" comes most often when I'm shooting nature. I have to try harder with other shots to get something I'm happy with. |
I'm just having a little fun Doc.
Although, didn't you and Rikki show up at about the same time?
Hmmm...
;p
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08/07/2006 05:53:24 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by micknewton:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I can almost say that with each and every blue I have shot I could tell within a few seconds that it would blue. |
Wow, it must be nice to know that you're going to get a blue ribbon.
Are you pulling a 'Rikki' on us, or are you just that confident in your photographic talent and editing abilities? ;P |
Heh, we're all a bit sensitive still, are we?
I hope that didn't sound arrogant. What I really meant is that there are times when I see the shot on review and just get that "thrill". The correlation between that "thrill" and a ribbon has been fairly close (but by no means perfect). When I saw the butterfly shot for bokeh, in instantly knew it had a chance. It may just represent that my likes and DPC's likes are very similar. It also seems that the "thrill" comes most often when I'm shooting nature. I have to try harder with other shots to get something I'm happy with. |
I have to admit that with my lone blue ribbon.. I felt very .. confident.. that it was going to win it. Sometimes you just get that feeling.
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08/07/2006 05:46:02 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by micknewton:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I can almost say that with each and every blue I have shot I could tell within a few seconds that it would blue. |
Wow, it must be nice to know that you're going to get a blue ribbon.
Are you pulling a 'Rikki' on us, or are you just that confident in your photographic talent and editing abilities? ;P |
Heh, we're all a bit sensitive still, are we?
I hope that didn't sound arrogant. What I really meant is that there are times when I see the shot on review and just get that "thrill". The correlation between that "thrill" and a ribbon has been fairly close (but by no means perfect). When I saw the butterfly shot for bokeh, in instantly knew it had a chance. It may just represent that my likes and DPC's likes are very similar. It also seems that the "thrill" comes most often when I'm shooting nature. I have to try harder with other shots to get something I'm happy with.
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08/07/2006 05:43:12 PM · #17 |
well i was a good photographer for my zen entry, a pretty good one for my action entry, now i have entered the stop action and i am back down to a sucky photographer.
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08/07/2006 05:38:26 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I can almost say that with each and every blue I have shot I could tell within a few seconds that it would blue. |
Wow, it must be nice to know that you're going to get a blue ribbon.
Are you pulling a 'Rikki' on us, or are you just that confident in your photographic talent and editing abilities? ;P
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08/07/2006 05:37:31 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I can tell you what I am not. I am not a people photographer. I am happiest when nobody is within the frame of my viewfinder. I am terrible at candids and struggle with portraits only getting good ones through sheer repitition.
I do have vision to capture landscapes and natural settings without trying. That is, I don't think "ok, rule of thirds, proper exposure, etc." I just know when the shot is right in composition and lighting. I can almost say that with each and every blue I have shot I could tell within a few seconds that it would blue.
I also like to try the "construct" thing where I create a shot. I used to think I was actually better at this than natural shots, but I've changed my mind. It's still fun though, and I enjoy trying to do things "on the cheap" which normally require expensive equipment. |
Whereas, I am the opposite.. and I prefer my subjects to be children. Much more natural models. If I get lucky enough to find a natural adult model.. great.. but they're few and far between, and most of them don't know how to act like the camera isn't there.
When I try and shoot subjects that aren't people and children. I'm lost.
It tends to show. Not many people care for my landscapes/things photography. :)
Message edited by author 2006-08-07 17:38:33.
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08/07/2006 05:34:07 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by micknewton:
I'm the type of photographer that spends way too much time developing software. |
same here. |
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08/07/2006 05:31:33 PM · #21 |
I can tell you what I am not. I am not a people photographer. I am happiest when nobody is within the frame of my viewfinder. I am terrible at candids and struggle with portraits only getting good ones through sheer repitition.
I do have vision to capture landscapes and natural settings without trying. That is, I don't think "ok, rule of thirds, proper exposure, etc." I just know when the shot is right in composition and lighting. I can almost say that with each and every blue I have shot I could tell within a few seconds that it would blue.
I also like to try the "construct" thing where I create a shot. I used to think I was actually better at this than natural shots, but I've changed my mind. It's still fun though, and I enjoy trying to do things "on the cheap" which normally require expensive equipment.
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08/07/2006 04:55:11 PM · #22 |
99% of my photography is with black and white 35mm film. I feel completely inept with digital cameras.
My favorites usually happen when I try to photograph something and something else catches my attention. An accidental photographer? |
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08/07/2006 04:42:48 PM · #23 |
| I'm the type of photographer that spends way too much time developing software. |
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08/07/2006 04:39:11 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by mad_brewer:
Interesting point. So how do you define the way you see? |
Me personally? I consider myself to be literal and emotive. In the work that I take seriously, I seek to explore the calmness and serenity I conceive to be at the core of things. These are qualities that I want to project in my work, very consciously, and I want to do it by finding and conveying this quality of the world around me.
Written on the fly, please don't pick it apart. I haven't really thought about it. And yes, this matches "zen photography" very well, and no I didn't do well at all in the zen challenge, and yes that bums me out :-)
R. |
Actually, anybody that looks at your portfolio should be able to see that clearly without having to ask you.
As for me I would ditto what BradP said (jack of all trades, master of none). Although I'd like to master something at some point but frankly I doubt that will ever happen since my interest always tends to fade over time.
Message edited by author 2006-08-07 19:08:24.
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08/07/2006 04:37:42 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
And yes, this matches "zen photography" very well, and no I didn't do well at all in the zen challenge, and yes that bums me out :-)
R. |
Didn't do well? you got a high score from me AND a broku! what more could you want? ;)
I'm a dilletante photographer. I'm in my head and I can't get out. I want to find my photos, or else I feel that they're not really there. But I want to get over this tendency, or transcend it.
p.s. SherwinJames when I think of a storyteller on DPC, your name is the first that comes to mind.
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