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03/07/2010 12:23:15 PM · #1 |
Hi,
I got two photos for the Fine Art challenge. I don't really know if this meet the challenge or how this will do... any help ? :D |
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03/07/2010 12:25:08 PM · #2 |
| Be brave and go with the one you like best! |
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03/07/2010 12:30:47 PM · #3 |
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03/07/2010 12:33:16 PM · #4 |
Are you in Jimi??
keyz - if you want help choosing, I don't mind offering an opinion if you want, but to be honest I (like many others) really don't know how the voting will go on this one so Jimi's advice to go with the one you like best is the right guidance. |
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03/07/2010 12:53:08 PM · #5 |
| Votes on this one will be strange, I just have an hard choice between something strange and something more classic... |
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03/07/2010 01:00:51 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by keyz:
Votes on this one will be strange, I just have an hard choice between something strange and something more classic... |
thats the exact same problem i have :/ |
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03/07/2010 01:13:19 PM · #7 |
I decided to stretch myself on this one.. My entry is definitely one of the "strange" ones... Actually, from a DPC point of view, I think I'll get beaten senseless for it, however I like the photo, I like that it was way out in left field stylistically (for me), and that I shot it using a pretty bad camera(you can get about 2 shots / minute with it..).
In the end, I hope some people see what I do, but I expect a pretty sad score :) Dunno, of course, since I try not to judge my worth on my entries performance (hard sometimes isn't it?), I don't really think I'll mind getting beaten around a bit on this one.
-Cory
Message edited by author 2010-03-07 13:13:54. |
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03/07/2010 01:15:48 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by keyz:
Votes on this one will be strange, I just have an hard choice between something strange and something more classic... |
if both are technically equal, I'll go with the riskier, strange one. that's just me tho
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03/07/2010 02:23:37 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by macwilyum:
Originally posted by keyz:
Votes on this one will be strange, I just have an hard choice between something strange and something more classic... |
if both are technically equal, I'll go with the riskier, strange one. that's just me tho |
See, IMHO, that's the issue entirely, in order to judge technical quality, you have to know what the photographer was after, what were they thinking, was it "fine art photography" "modern art as a photograph"*(this opens an entirely new can of worms, basically, which movement were they working in?), or even more so- the even harder to discern "contemporary art photograph"...
So, to be technically equal is a hard, hard thing to judge here I think.. I wish people would list what movement/form they were working in on their titles, but... I doubt many, if anybody will do that..
Also, the whole "Make a contribution" bit, implies, to me, that the photo should not feel like something I've seen before, it should feel new and fresh, and make me want to take a step back and appreciate photography from a different perspective.
Just my $0.02 |
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03/07/2010 02:29:32 PM · #10 |
| Don't overthink it - it will cause major indigestion! : ) Just submit what you like - you'll never figure out DPC voters, especially in a challenge like this. |
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03/07/2010 02:55:12 PM · #11 |
The Danish Philosopher/Mathematician Piet Hein said:
"There is one art;
no more, no less ΓΆ€”
to do all things
with artlessness."
Great advice. Overthinking is the death of the artistic impulse. Worrying about what other people are gonna think, that's the Armageddon of art. "Art" doesn't happen by shooting for a target audience.
Just go make some art, and let's all see what the voters and the jurors respond best to. It's a wonderful experiment!
R.
Message edited by author 2010-03-07 14:55:37. |
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03/07/2010 03:14:40 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
The Danish Philosopher/Mathematician Piet Hein said:
"There is one art;
no more, no less ΓΆ€”
to do all things
with artlessness."
Great advice. Overthinking is the death of the artistic impulse. Worrying about what other people are gonna think, that's the Armageddon of art. "Art" doesn't happen by shooting for a target audience.
Just go make some art, and let's all see what the voters and the jurors respond best to. It's a wonderful experiment!
R. |
It's funny, I'm really glad I put my entry in on the first day, I've over thought the heck out of it since then, but funny thing, I might be happier with the image now than I was before.. I really like it, and hope that some of the voters and maybe, just maybe the jurors, will like it.
Harold Rosenberg spoke of the transformation of painting into an existential drama in Pollock's work, in which "what was to go on the canvas was not a picture but an event". "The big moment came when it was decided to paint 'just to paint'. The gesture on the canvas was a gesture of liberation from value ΓΆ€” political, aesthetic, moral.
I think the same could well be applied to this challenge.
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03/07/2010 03:47:58 PM · #13 |
| Well, after living with one picture for the past two days (and I really like it), I'm thinking about switching. I wish I were a better decision maker because that's half the process, I think. |
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03/07/2010 06:29:43 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
Well, after living with one picture for the past two days (and I really like it), I'm thinking about switching. I wish I were a better decision maker because that's half the process, I think. |
I like the practice of testing an image. One good test is to let the thing sit for a while, then revisit it and compare the recent sense of it to that of the original one. Unfortunately, we don't have the time for this experiment here. Another way to measure the thang could be to hang it alongside others in an appropriate gallery for the context, real or imaginary, and see how it fares.
I sometimes write a little critical piece or invite someone else to rip it, whatever fist or wit available. If the assault goes through, the wood's rotten. If it withstands the impact, it might endure... Hell, kids are generally spontaneous, which keeps their response honest. If your dog pisses on it, well, I hope you kept the original.
Message edited by author 2010-03-07 18:30:32. |
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03/07/2010 07:34:30 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
Well, after living with one picture for the past two days (and I really like it), I'm thinking about switching. I wish I were a better decision maker because that's half the process, I think. |
I like the practice of testing an image. One good test is to let the thing sit for a while, then revisit it and compare the recent sense of it to that of the original one. Unfortunately, we don't have the time for this experiment here. Another way to measure the thang could be to hang it alongside others in an appropriate gallery for the context, real or imaginary, and see how it fares.
I sometimes write a little critical piece or invite someone else to rip it, whatever fist or wit available. If the assault goes through, the wood's rotten. If it withstands the impact, it might endure... Hell, kids are generally spontaneous, which keeps their response honest. If your dog pisses on it, well, I hope you kept the original. |
Good practice to test the waters and, in practicality, this makes perfect sense. Unfortunately with only hours left before the challenge starts, I don't have that option. So do I go with the image that I did have time live with (and still like), or do I pick the one I took yesterday that's probably equally odd but in a different way (and I can hear my gut saying do this)? I'm really not expecting anyone to help me with this ... just saying. |
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03/07/2010 07:39:55 PM · #16 |
If you can, Penny, put them both up on your monitor at the same time. Look for a few minutes. Go away, do something else. Let the screensaver come up. Then when you hit the mouse to have your screen come up again, which one grabs you first? Does it continue to keep its hold?
Or toss a coin. :-) |
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03/07/2010 07:43:04 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
If you can, Penny, put them both up on your monitor at the same time. Look for a few minutes. Go away, do something else. Let the screensaver come up. Then when you hit the mouse to have your screen come up again, which one grabs you first? Does it continue to keep its hold?
Or toss a coin. :-) |
Thanks Deb. I did try that but they're both SO different! Maybe if I go watch the Oscars something somebody will say will click and then I'll know what to do. I have a coin in my pocket just in case. |
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03/07/2010 08:02:25 PM · #18 |
| I show them to my wife and enter the one she likes the least. The one she likes has received the kiss of mediocrity. |
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03/07/2010 08:05:30 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
I show them to my wife and enter the one she likes the least. The one she likes has received the kiss of mediocrity. |
I'm sittin' on three scores of 6.3+.
This is the FIRST time I went with what my wife suggested.
Hmm.......8>)
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03/07/2010 08:08:56 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
I show them to my wife and enter the one she likes the least. The one she likes has received the kiss of mediocrity. |
Re-marry. |
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03/07/2010 09:01:51 PM · #21 |
| Hah! I can't get the incumbent spouse to commit! |
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03/07/2010 09:05:33 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by tnun:
Hah! I can't get the incumbent spouse to commit! |
Your incumbent spouse is very wise... :-) |
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03/07/2010 09:06:03 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by tnun:
Hah! I can't get the incumbent spouse to commit! |
Dare I ask... commit whom? :O)
Ray |
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03/07/2010 09:07:18 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by tnun:
Hah! I can't get the incumbent spouse to commit! |
"Incumbent spouse" ... now there's a way of describing someone's relationship to another I haven't come across yet, and I'm in northern California, home of the "non-traditional marriage" ... ;-) |
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03/07/2010 10:10:20 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Originally posted by tnun:
Hah! I can't get the incumbent spouse to commit! |
Your incumbent spouse is very wise... :-) |
Well then, I better hold an election. |
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