Painless Choice - DPChallenge Forums

02/09/2005 09:05:24 AM · #1

I really enjoy being a DPC member. I've had a blast entering as many challenges as I can. Good score, bad score - doesn't really matter that much. I truly am having fun and learning.

What I don't get is the reasoning behind the challenge in active voting today - 'Pain'.

My first reaction to the challenge topic was this challenge wasn't for me and I tried to forget about it. Then I thought, maybe I can come up with something. Tried taking some photos at the kid's basketball games thinking maybe I could get the right expression on a scramble for a loose ball. That didn't work. Some expressions were there, but they were determination, and sometimes maybe anger - not pain.

The more I thought about it the more I again came back to the question - why Pain? Aren't there enough painful images to see in the news today to go around already? If you observe someone in pain, wouldn't that be the time to put DOWN the camera and offer some assistance?

I'm sure there will be some "staged" shots in this challenge - maybe that's ok. I guess the clichÃ©, "different strokes for different folks" applies here. I see there are 215 entries so it appears many were able/willing to capture the emotion pain in a photo...I haven't looked yet, and not sure I'm going to.

Thanks for letting me vent - I feel better already.

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

02/09/2005 09:15:09 AM · #2

i agree 100%, but from a different perspective. for me, this is no different than a theme of "garbage". Garbage isn't pleasant to look at, so how do you vote on something that was intentional done to be unpleasant?

Pain is painful to see. How do you take a good photo of something diturbing?

that being said, i'm actually doing pretty well :)

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

02/09/2005 09:40:45 AM · #3

Originally posted by hopper:

Ok, but garbage applies to an inanimate object. Pain, as applied to this challenge in capturing the emotion thereof, is about a living object. BIG difference in my opinion.

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

02/09/2005 09:55:50 AM · #4

Luckily, most of these shots are staged or stretched to fit the challenge.

02/09/2005 10:51:18 AM · #5

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:

Luckily, most of these shots are staged or stretched to fit the challenge.

Thanks. That's good to know. I may have to take a look after all.

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

02/09/2005 11:45:53 AM · #6

true. true.

not the greatest example

Originally posted by glad2badad:

Originally posted by hopper:
i agree 100%, but from a different perspective. for me, this is no different than a theme of "garbage". Garbage isn't pleasant to look at, so how do you vote on something that was intentional done to be unpleasant?

Pain is painful to see. How do you take a good photo of something diturbing?

that being said, i'm actually doing pretty well :)

Ok, but garbage applies to an inanimate object. Pain, as applied to this challenge in capturing the emotion thereof, is about a living object. BIG difference in my opinion.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

02/09/2005 02:38:52 PM · #7

Originally posted by hopper:

true. true.

not the greatest example

hopper - Thanks for the response.

Joey Lawrence

PhaseOne P45

02/09/2005 04:11:20 PM · #8

Originally posted by glad2badad:

The more I thought about it the more I again came back to the question - why Pain? Aren't there enough painful images to see in the news today to go around already?

Do we not also see pink, road signs and light everyday? It's just a challenge, get over it.