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01/29/2007 12:35:19 PM · #26 |
Some great replies already on this one ...
But listen: When you have a baby you're with them a great deal of the time. They are beautiful, and have wonderful photographic and presonality qualities that are virtually unlimitted. They are also a challenge subject since they are often unpredicatable. If you have one, why not photgraph him/her before he/she gets too old to be THAT cute ;]
No thread like this would be complete without an example. Isn't that precious ;)
LOL!!!! RAOTFLASMT!
Message edited by author 2007-01-29 12:38:15. |
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01/29/2007 12:47:41 PM · #27 |
| what i really found amazing is the fact that a dude with one challenge under his belt even HAS an opinion about what other people enter. One entry and 1 comment do not an expert make. |
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01/29/2007 12:59:22 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by Pedro:
what i really found amazing is the fact that a dude with one challenge under his belt even HAS an opinion about what other people enter. One entry and 1 comment do not an expert make. |
But, he has been around for a while. Just hasn't done what it takes to show activity on the profile page. |
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01/29/2007 01:01:12 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by karmat:
But, he has been around for a while. Just hasn't done what it takes to show activity on the profile page. |
I saw that...I still say sitting back and watching the game ain't nearly as as difficult as playin' in it. :)
*edited to say: I didn't mean to come off sounding like a shithead the first time around...just pointing out that this whole thing is a lot harder when you're on the receiving end of judgmental comments. No disrespect intended to the OPs photographic skills or worthiness as a human being...just to that one particular comment :)
Message edited by author 2007-01-29 13:03:41. |
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01/29/2007 01:04:04 PM · #30 |
Yea, I agree.
But, people do enter babies in a lot of challenges.
Message edited by author 2007-01-29 13:06:15. |
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01/29/2007 01:06:32 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Yea, I agree.
But, people do enter babies in a lot of challenges.
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and in a few years they'll enter a lot of toddler pictures. After that it'll be kid pictures...then teenager pictures...then wedding pictures...then more baby pictures!
People learn what they live...they photograph it too :) |
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01/29/2007 01:07:33 PM · #32 |
| Yea, I guess technically, I'm at the toddler stage now. And kid pictures, though my "kid" hates *posing* |
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01/29/2007 01:15:59 PM · #33 |
I think Imma make it a mission to win a ribbon with a kid picture in a non-kid-themed challenge.
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01/29/2007 01:17:56 PM · #34 |
| If anyone can do it, you can, Pedro. . . . |
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01/29/2007 01:18:29 PM · #35 |
Yes, Baby pictures do not generally score well.
Yes, we see a lot of them.
A parent's world revolves around their children, or should anyway. The day a parent does not want share with the world, perhaps one of their most important things ever in their lifetime, is the day the parent needs to re-consider what is important to them.
Maybe their submission wasn't the best subject to use in a particular challenge, but was important enough to them to want it in their permanent portfolio. It's all about pride and prejudice.
'nuff said.
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01/29/2007 01:19:50 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
Originally posted by idnic:
No babies in the Nude challenge, perhaps the OP could go vote there without being offenced. :) |
There is at least one, the OP can't get a break :( |
Yes, and several FLOWERS, but at least no landscapes (sigh of relief)
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01/29/2007 02:29:41 PM · #37 |
I couldn't say it better. I got 2nd to last place in Best of 2006 because I submitted a picture of my daughter the first time eating solid foods. Very messy photo. Funny to me. Comments were harsh and so was the voting. BUT...I didn't put it in there to win, and I certainly didn't care about the votes.
My daughter was the "Best of 2006" for me. So I totally understand and share your comment below.
Originally posted by BradP:
Yes, Baby pictures do not generally score well.
Yes, we see a lot of them.
A parent's world revolves around their children, or should anyway. The day a parent does not want share with the world, perhaps one of their most important things ever in their lifetime, is the day the parent needs to re-consider what is important to them.
Maybe their submission wasn't the best subject to use in a particular challenge, but was important enough to them to want it in their permanent portfolio. It's all about pride and prejudice.
'nuff said. |
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01/29/2007 03:22:25 PM · #38 |
Personal photos, I would say, generally don't do as well as an impersonal, more documentary photo - the "essence" of a person in a photograph is more comfortable and more cohesive in some ways I think.
Having said that, an intimate portrait or successfully captured moment which is revealing of a person can be quite appealing and can do well here at DPC. |
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01/29/2007 06:22:15 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by metatate:
Personal photos... |
are very difficult to make into something universal. It, really, should be the very last thing a novice photographer should try to present in public. Baby and pet shots are usually 'personal' in this way. Weddings can be 'personal', depending on involvement. Even taking a picture of a car can be a very personal endeavour to some people.
Then there is the ever-present commercial implication. What can the baby shot be perceived to sell? Postcards, sentiments, personal pride or chocolates? (Alas, a pink border!). Does the car look like it's for sale, would it serve a seller's branding or image intent well or does it look more like a 'personal' take on the well-known shots of this sort?
Then there are the clichés: sunsets, city lights, floral and no-floral still-lives including ornate vases and gift-shop paraphernalia, sheep-faced nudes in red latex and so-called studio-shots of batteries and incandescent light bulbs.
Now the sunsets could be enjoyable, if only there weren't so many pictures of them. Still-lives, too, don't have to conform to everybody's 'taste' and, potentially, could outlast the photographer. To take an arresting photograph of a light bulb, flashlight battery or a red crayon, well, that's got to be the most challenging thing of all!
The sheep in latex, to me, makes the most base type of photograph of all, because it is not only demeaning to a gender but also to those who are exposed to it. Its commercial association would, again, in my view, make it not only a distasteful contribution to photography but also an irresponsible one.
It is, it occurs to me, not the subject alone, but also its treatment, the way we render it, which (opinion) is stigmatized by over- or abuse.
It's easy to create in an early epoch, as everything, still, holds true. In a late time like ours, it's like crossing mine-fields.
Message edited by author 2007-01-29 19:07:19. |
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01/29/2007 06:50:42 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by Pedro:
and in a few years they'll enter a lot of toddler pictures. After that it'll be kid pictures...then teenager pictures...then wedding pictures...then more baby pictures!
People learn what they live...they photograph it too :) |
Amen to that!
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01/29/2007 07:03:45 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by banmorn:
Originally posted by idnic:
No babies in the Nude challenge, perhaps the OP could go vote there without being offenced. :) |
ahem....think you might want to look again! LOL! |
Yah.. the nerve of that baby.. he sure has balls!
*looks for a place to hide*
Message edited by author 2007-01-29 19:04:06. |
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