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12/04/2011 05:41:55 AM · #101 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by vawendy:
I'd like to know which of my photographs actually inspire an emotional response, not just technical quality. I'm not getting that information from the voting. |
This sounds like an open call, and I like your reasons, so I'll provide my score for you post-challenge and a modicum of "reasoning" behind it. As far as emotional impact, only a few photos have that. And there are sound psychological reasons for that. If half the photos we saw had emotional impact we would be on an emotional roller coaster every day. Our brains are wired to ignore most of what we see, in order to keep us from being overwhelmed by sensations. To transcend that requires a bit of trickery, of surprise.
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What a wonderful offer! I happily accept! |
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12/04/2011 01:06:08 PM · #102 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
But no matter how good a shot may be, if it does not scratch the artistic itch you are feeling then you probably should not do more like them. |
Originally posted by vawendy:
That seems quite limiting. Why give up because something didn't work this time around? If you want to pigeon-hole yourself and stick only to what works, I guess you can. I would take it as a challenge instead. Why doesn't it scratch the itch? What can you add, modify, etc. in order for it to scratch the itch? Exploration is the key, imo. |
Seems limiting to me, too..... It doesn't make much sense to me to not avail yourself of the help and knowledge of other photogs, especially when they're right to hand if you're in a community such as this. Yeah......maybe a certain genre doesn't float your boat, but on the off chance that you either happen to get a really good shot and preserve it for a specific purpose, like Ursula's landscape, or to just have a usable working knowledge of a particular type of photography in case you're happen to be thrust into a situation that requires a certain skillset.
Case in point......what happens when your _________ (fill in the blank-cousin, neighbor, boss, pastor) asks you to shoot ___________(Blank again-wedding, family portrait, promo shots)?
In my case, I've dabbled outside my genre, *and* comfort zone enough to know what to definitely say "No" to....and mostly it's about not having the inclination and patience for dealing with whomever wants the shots. Most of the time it's borne out of ignorance in that the average Joe/JoAnn simply has no clue what's involved in editing and presenting your best foot forward when it comes to your work.
I know that I have learned, for instance, that I truly suck as a wedding photographer (That's a story in itself! LOL!!!), but I am pretty decent at capturing a few lovely moments at most any family gathering, wedding or otherwise. The problem for me is I hate to do posed shots, yet I have good luck with random candids.
But I wouldn't know any of this without at least trying. I have studied work here from accomplished wedding photogs, and I *really* admire the good ones. Part of the level of admiration that I have is due to having tried, and failed miserably at it.
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12/04/2011 01:21:39 PM · #103 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
That's what I'm trying to create. I would love to create a masterpiece sometime in my photographic experience. |
You already have.......numerous times. But your perception is skewed because what is pretty much normal for you, is spectacular for some others......in short, masterpieces...
I'd kill, or at least maim, to have a shot like this in my repertoire. I live in an area where there are eagles, ospreys, herons, hawks, woodpeckers, and other birds that if I had one iota of knowledge and skill at shooting birds, I'd be in a virtual heaven by virtue of locale. But.....it isn't my thing. I don't have the knowledge, skill, or for that matter, patience for bird photography. I luck out every now and then, but to me, you create masterpieces in an assembly line fashion.
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12/04/2011 02:03:19 PM · #104 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
That seems quite limiting. |
If you are perfecting your craft, it would be a restriction you should overcome. Technical limitations are no reason to limit your vision. But if your artisitc sensibilities get no satisfaction from a style or subject matter, you should move on to doing that which gives you the greatest satisfaction.
It is supposed to be limiting. Art is a process of refinement. You limit yourself. You get better at that thing that you want to improve by working on just that one thing. Zeno's paradox meets the artistic horizon.
Picasso painted in blues for a couple of years because he wanted to explore a certain emotional range, not because he only had blue paint. He limited his pallet and subject matter so he could delve fully into sadness, poverty and alienation. And when he was done he moved on. But he carried what he had learned from that narrow pursuit on into the rest of his career.
Masters of art history have often worked in different themes over the years of their lives focusing on a single aspect of their art for years, them moving on. Each era creating a unique variant in their style. It is of course limiting but limits create power. The same artistic energy that can create a rocket to the stars, left unfocused, will create a flash in the pan. A light bulb gives of a nice even light, limit and channel that same energy and you can make a laser that can throw its light for miles. |
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12/04/2011 02:31:24 PM · #105 |
Wendy,I confess I admire most of your photos, but some of them evoke more than that, for instance #'s 1 and 2 in your recent opinions request (not the popular choices); however it is not a question of the arty or fringe opinions and figuring where they come from: you have to tap into your own G spot as it were. - At my age I can say how I want, which is sort of the point: it is a life's work to know for oneself where is the beauty, an ongoing agony and ecstasy.
And not a question of what's missing, but a quest. |
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12/04/2011 05:08:31 PM · #106 |
Originally posted by ubique:
Photography versus Photographs...
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Maybe it is a terminology thing? I mean, as an example, in the art of writing there are both literature and journalism, but photography is used for both the art of photography and the craft of it. |
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