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01/14/2005 01:16:04 AM · #1 |
This is one of those looked over at the time photos I just got back to editing. Tell me what you think. |
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01/14/2005 02:00:39 AM · #2 |
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01/14/2005 02:01:38 AM · #3 |
| I don't know what to say really... the picture just doesn't really move me in anyway... might be more interesting if he was actually doing something. |
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01/14/2005 02:12:04 AM · #4 |
This comes across WAY more as a nice portrait "on the job" than as a candid. I don't think it would have ranked especially high in candids. Nice nough pic, though.
Robt.
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01/14/2005 03:16:57 AM · #5 |
The conductor looks great, behind him is very blown out although this would be cropped out because I would like to see more in front of him rather than behind him.
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01/14/2005 04:07:24 AM · #6 |
| It's a nice exposure, but it looks to me like he's posing and he knows that you are going to take the shot. |
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01/14/2005 06:50:05 AM · #7 |
The photograph itself is very nice with good color and nice exposure. However with that said it looks more like a posed picture that a candid shot and would of most likely Suffered for that reason. Again a good picture but maybe not for that challenge.
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01/14/2005 09:15:26 AM · #8 |
I guess we have differing definitions of candid going on. The gentleman in the picture did see me taking his photo, but he is a stranger to me. It was something that just caught my eye for that instant. Thanks for the nice comments.
I am trying to track him down throught the railway museum to see if he would like a print. :) |
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01/14/2005 11:36:45 AM · #9 |
Dar,
Speaking for myself, the line between "candid" and "portrait" is drawn after the print is finished. It comes in how the image is viewed, not in the taking of the image. "Candid", for me, is a feel a photograph has of being spontaneous and unpremediated. "Candid", for me, requires an emotional subtext to the image as well, a sense of story-telling.
For me, whether the subject is aware of being photographed is irrelevant. For example, pictures of enraged tock stars trying to shove your lens down your throat are assuredly "candid" by my criteria above.
Your image is an excellent one, I really like it very much; it just floats in a grey area between formal and candid, in my eye. That's not a criticism, just a matter of semantics.
Robt.
Message edited by author 2005-01-14 11:37:44.
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01/14/2005 12:09:32 PM · #10 |
| Thanks for your explanation of Candid. I would agree that it may not fit into everyones definition of candid. What do you all think it would score in a portrait challenge? |
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01/14/2005 12:14:03 PM · #11 |
I'd love to see a challenge for what I call "environmental portraiture", which is basically shooting people in their natural environment, at work or at play, whatever. The goal would be to tell us something about these peoples' lives. Many of the best candids make us ask ourselves questions about the people in them; in environmental portraiture, we are trying to answer the questions. Your pic would perhaps make a solid 6 in that category.
Robt.
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01/14/2005 01:32:52 PM · #12 |
This shot should not be underrated (although I don't think it has been by anyone in this thread)...I think this gentleman would be very pleased to have a copy of this print.
It's a flattering image of him at work presenting his occupation in a very flattering way. I think it's great!
It doesn't "pop" like some here would like it to, but it's a great formal photo (taken in a candid moment, to be sure).
I might revisit the crop (only because of the blown out highlights) but otherwise I really like it!
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01/14/2005 01:50:23 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
I'd love to see a challenge for what I call "environmental portraiture", which is basically shooting people in their natural environment, at work or at play, whatever. The goal would be to tell us something about these peoples' lives. Many of the best candids make us ask ourselves questions about the people in them; in environmental portraiture, we are trying to answer the questions. Your pic would perhaps make a solid 6 in that category.
Robt. |
I love that idea, you should submit it to the challenge suggestion forum.
Bill |
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01/14/2005 02:22:19 PM · #14 |
| I actually kinda like the blown out highlights in this shot. I think it adds to the interest of the train. I also love the challenge idea. Thanks. |
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