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01/24/2012 09:38:10 AM · #1 |
| Here's a link to a very interesting blog entry on square format. Lots of other links to good examples of its use. Also links to interviews with photographers who use the format. |
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01/24/2012 09:53:15 AM · #2 |
| There are some really nice photos in there. Thanks for posting! |
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01/24/2012 10:18:34 AM · #3 |
| Mighty interesting. Thanks Germaine |
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01/24/2012 11:03:18 AM · #4 |
| Thanks G. I do love that square thing. |
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01/24/2012 11:11:04 AM · #5 |
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01/24/2012 12:02:21 PM · #6 |
| That took an hour....!!!! Thanks |
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01/24/2012 09:42:09 PM · #7 |
| Thank you, what initially brought you to the article? |
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01/24/2012 11:08:34 PM · #8 |
| That's bookmarked! Thanks for sharing. |
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01/24/2012 11:10:40 PM · #9 |
Good, I opened my mind more to this format. However, it is subject dependent. A square format does NOT work for all images.
Message edited by author 2012-01-24 23:11:38. |
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01/25/2012 10:18:45 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by bspurgeon:
Thank you, what initially brought you to the article? |
It's a long story... 8)
I was web surfing and ran across a video of a seminar that David Duchemin ran about a year or so ago. In the video he pluggeed his line of e-books. Gibson was one of his authors, and I got his books on black and white (very good, IMHO) and found my way to his website. I now follow his blog and read his entry which I posted here.
Incidentally, Gibson has published his own e-book on square format. I've bought it, and I think it's very good.
I have no connection with David Duchemin or Andrew Gibson except as a satisfied customer.
Totally off topic, Craft and Vision books is a really cool concept. Most of the "books" (they are short -- usually under 75 pages) are five dollars (four if you get them within the first five days of publication) and in .pdf format or iPad apps. They have a lot of eye candy and some good information. Again, my NSHO. |
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01/25/2012 11:47:17 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
Good, I opened my mind more to this format. However, it is subject dependent. A square format does NOT work for all images. |
I've been thinking about this comment. I understand it, but I disagree with it. Every photographic opportunity, every subject, includes a workable square format option. You just have to see it.
Maybe Richard's point really is that if you see the thing by default as a 4:3 or 3:2 or whatever your viewfinder shows you, then forcing a square format does indeed not always work. But you can choose to see it square as your default vision, and then it does.
I love square, probably because I use a 6x6 medium format film camera as a first love. If you see in square, then every picture is square until proven otherwise.
I'm convinced that seeing square is more stimulating, more flexible, and more penetrating, and it makes better pictures for me. |
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01/26/2012 10:01:55 AM · #12 |
| Thanks again G. I purchased Andrew Gibson's book 'Square' on your recommendation. It suits me: I've always been kinda square. |
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01/26/2012 12:45:16 PM · #13 |
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01/26/2012 01:06:21 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Germaine:
Totally off topic, Craft and Vision books is a really cool concept. Most of the "books" (they are short -- usually under 75 pages) are five dollars (four if you get them within the first five days of publication) and in .pdf format or iPad apps. They have a lot of eye candy and some good information. Again, my NSHO. |
 Ursula originally told me about this set of books and I have the one called "The Vision Driven Photographer." I'm really looking forward to the Square book! Thanks! |
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