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 12/10/2014 11:54:01 PM · #26
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
What made you decide to delete the post, rather than just edit it or put a *bleep* in place?

The entire post was "Peter Lik is a _____". Without the scatological term there's no content. If you'd have followed the statement with an actual critique of the work, say, then I'd have done exactly what you suggested.
12/10/2014 11:54:20 PM · #27
Originally posted by Bear_Music:


"cloth container for female sanitary equipment"

You KNOW all this, Lanndon; why push us? This site's not a good place for gutter language.


by the way, for those in the dark, peter lik is one of these. i like the way bear_music said it better.
 12/11/2014 12:02:37 AM · #28
So do I :-)
 12/11/2014 11:22:12 AM · #29
But he's a rich one and works tirelessly at his craft to promote his work and it's paid off in spades. I don't know why that necessarily makes him a jerk other than these types do seem to be a bit self-infatuated (but that's part of the mystique they cultivate).

Heck, you look to be well on your way Lanndon. I think Pete would be proud of your favourite shot to date.


12/11/2014 12:32:39 PM · #30
BTW how does one get those jewel colors? I'd really like to know. HDR PP?
 12/11/2014 12:38:27 PM · #31
Originally posted by pixelpig:
BTW how does one get those jewel colors? I'd really like to know. HDR PP?


I don't have nearly the PP skill, but since I tend toward colors like this I'd say it's probably a combo of some HDR type algorithms and things like vibrance in photoshop. There really is some skill involved in being able to push the colors to their edge without inducing pixel saturation artifacts.
 12/11/2014 12:39:59 PM · #32
I don't believe this forum is about Lik anymore. He is adored by so many that he doesn't need defending.
 12/11/2014 01:02:46 PM · #33
Did a little more reading. It seems Peter Lik says he gets the jewel colors in-camera. No PP.

So, now I'm googling "boosting saturation in-camera". I'm also reading that it's possible to create a single-image-looking comp by combining multiple single shots. Sort of a combination of focus-stacking and panorama. Totally not allowed at DPC, though.

Message edited by author 2014-12-11 13:17:13.
 12/11/2014 01:10:49 PM · #34
Originally posted by pixelpig:
Did a little more reading. It seems Peter Lik says he gets the jewel colors in-camera. No PP.


Haha. He's the Chuck Norris of photography. I'm sure he's lying through his teeth to maintain an impression.
 12/11/2014 01:13:28 PM · #35
I checked out his gallery in Vegas his work is amazing.
When I get the chance I will check out his soho gallery.
12/11/2014 01:18:10 PM · #36
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by pixelpig:
Did a little more reading. It seems Peter Lik says he gets the jewel colors in-camera. No PP.


Haha. He's the Chuck Norris of photography. I'm sure he's lying through his teeth to maintain an impression.


It makes for great PR, though.
 12/11/2014 01:31:04 PM · #37
I have a question.
Peter Lik just sold a photo called "Phantom" for $6.5 million does that mean that he can never sell that image again?
I'm guessing the image was never available to the public.
 12/11/2014 01:34:45 PM · #38
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
But he's a rich one and works tirelessly at his craft to promote his work and it's paid off in spades. I don't know why that necessarily makes him a jerk other than these types do seem to be a bit self-infatuated (but that's part of the mystique they cultivate).

Heck, you look to be well on your way Lanndon. I think Pete would be proud of your favourite shot to date.




Peter lik isn't a DB because of what he takes. He's a DB because he's a DB. I'm on my phone now so I'll find an example of it later to post, but he says crap like "I was wallowing through a dusky field, and the most remarkable scene reached down from the heavens and blessed my camera with its angelic touch. I feel like I am doing natures greater service by revealing this tender image to you. Do try to enjoy it, oh timid fans. "
 12/11/2014 01:40:14 PM · #39
You know, it's interesting. This is a PHOTOGRAPHY site. Peter Lik takes photographs, which some people (a LOT) really like, and others seem to hate. What his PERSONALITY has to do with it, I haven't a clue. He's created a marketing machine, his rhetoric is overblown, he's sort of the Liberace of photography, I guess, but why are we attacking the PERSON? What's they payout in that? Isn't it totally irrelevant here, or oughtn't it be, anyway?
 12/11/2014 01:53:55 PM · #40
i enjoy it when photographers take photographs sincerely. it helps create some meaning for me that goes beneath the aesthetics of the image. it's fun to see true passion and vision from the artist's perspective. peter lik proves himself again and again that that's not his angle.

now, i do really enjoy his images, so don't get me confused on that mark. his galleries are amazing; his work really only comes to life when you see it printed in person. they're very beautiful. but they're all pretty hollow.

im not a very good photographer, so i also take hollow, relatively meaningless photographs. maybe one day ill be above that.
 12/11/2014 02:00:59 PM · #41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJWk86J5ScQ

You can watch a few of these he seems like a regular guy who just enjoys shooting.
 12/11/2014 02:46:13 PM · #42
since i have been trying lately to understand art, what exactly about them makes them hollow? for the same reason i dont get what makes Strand or Adams et al. so great.
 12/11/2014 02:50:13 PM · #43
maybe ansel adams isnt so great.
 12/11/2014 02:56:58 PM · #44
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs (DBs) are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of scrimmage.

"Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests."
Deepak Chopra

Just maybe Peter Lik and Ansel Adams have a good understanding of karma.

Message edited by author 2014-12-11 14:58:09.
 12/11/2014 02:57:05 PM · #45
Originally posted by Mike:
since i have been trying lately to understand art, what exactly about them makes them hollow? for the same reason i dont get what makes Strand or Adams et al. so great.

You have to put all these people in their time and place to understand the aura attached to them. What makes the "Mona Lisa" so great? Seems like a pretty grungy painting to me, what's the appeal?
 12/11/2014 03:11:24 PM · #46
not a fan of deepak chopra either, man

Originally posted by hahn23:
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs (DBs) are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of scrimmage.

"Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests."
Deepak Chopra

Just maybe Peter Lik and Ansel Adams have a good understanding of karma.


Message edited by author 2014-12-11 15:11:36.
 12/11/2014 03:19:16 PM · #47
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Mike:
since i have been trying lately to understand art, what exactly about them makes them hollow? for the same reason i dont get what makes Strand or Adams et al. so great.

You have to put all these people in their time and place to understand the aura attached to them. What makes the "Mona Lisa" so great? Seems like a pretty grungy painting to me, what's the appeal?

I've always thought the Mona Lisa was the period-equivalent to the infamous "picture of the prom queen baring it all" that everybody talked about seeing, but never was able to substantiate - I think people were told about what "Mona" (or was it what Moaning Lisa did) to get a free painting, and that's why she has the smile...so then everybody flocked and talked about it, which turned into a "I have to see what everybody is seeing" phenomenon, which has turned it into a "priceless piece of art history". Wouldn't exactly hold the same value if you took a picture of a smiling pornographic movie starlet fully clothed, framed it and hung it in a gallery; but over time that effect could be achieved if the right precursor conditions were met that drew appeal to it, causing the image to gain favor, and as such, a following.

anyways, enough rambling musings for one thread; back to the thread point as originally stated, I think it's pretty close to ansel adams for a lot of people (landscape shots as a whole), so I'd be up for this after a sufficient period of time.

Hey, Peter Lik's work is like the Mona Lisa.....funny how that comes around full circle. ;p
 12/11/2014 03:52:06 PM · #48
Peter Lik = Thomas Kinkade of photography. It's intellectually void work, and it's quite sad that this is the highest grossing work ever. Artists like Gursky and Sherman made statements with their work. Lik's work is just glorified computer wallpaper. To say critics of his work are jealous is a gross oversight. I wouldn't wish his portfolio on any of my colleagues as we'd never have anything interesting to talk about except how pretty a sunset can be. Photography can be so much more. Nothing wrong with landscape work, it's just sad that work that is so basic is what is selling. But I guess you can't expect the buyer to want to have to think about their art as they're too busy running a hedge fund or something of that nature.
 12/11/2014 04:14:06 PM · #49
i always wondered why it isn't flattering to shoot a portrait where you can see up someones nostrils.
 12/11/2014 05:08:16 PM · #50
Originally posted by petrakka:
......... Lik's work is just glorified computer wallpaper..........


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