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 09/15/2006 01:45:58 PM · #26
I'm sorry but it just looks too staged.
When I look at this photo I envision this guy holding his arms and keeping his face in that goofy forced expression for moments on end.
It feels static.
I see no hint of motion, too set up and just screams cheesey.
 09/15/2006 02:27:13 PM · #27
what rulebook are y'all using? throw it out. there's no reason why photography should have different rules of composition than the rest of the visual arts, where it's generally considered a *good* idea to crop out part of the subject. That adds energy to the piece, makes it interact with the world around it, while simultaneously creating interesting shapes of negative space by breaking up the background.

(edited to refine my last sentence and remove a really bad use of quotation marks)

Message edited by author 2006-09-15 14:28:32.
 09/15/2006 02:41:51 PM · #28
I agree, it does look too, staged. Most rock musicians don't seem to stand in such a vertical posture during their performance. They seem to be more dynamice. The camera angles seem usually high or low not as much straight on.

IMHO, but for Rock music, which also deviated from the average norm when it was created, this not-so-normal cropping works well, too.
 09/15/2006 02:43:08 PM · #29
yet you like this photo? how is it an less staged?



Originally posted by rswank:
I'm sorry but it just looks too staged.
When I look at this photo I envision this guy holding his arms and keeping his face in that goofy forced expression for moments on end.
It feels static.
I see no hint of motion, too set up and just screams cheesey.
09/15/2006 02:49:48 PM · #30
Originally posted by hopper:
yet you like this photo? how is it an less staged?



Originally posted by rswank:
I'm sorry but it just looks too staged.
When I look at this photo I envision this guy holding his arms and keeping his face in that goofy forced expression for moments on end.
It feels static.
I see no hint of motion, too set up and just screams cheesey.


I think the point would be, the rock photo seems too set up in terms of what it emulates, which is spontaneity and an outburst of raw emotion. I don't necessarily agree with that analysis, but the one you're showing here is an entirely different sort of image, the setup works well for it, it's what it IS, you know?

R.
 09/15/2006 02:52:29 PM · #31
i don't disagree ... but in my mind, these 2 photos go into the exact same category (staged on purpose).

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by hopper:
yet you like this photo? how is it an less staged?



Originally posted by rswank:
I'm sorry but it just looks too staged.
When I look at this photo I envision this guy holding his arms and keeping his face in that goofy forced expression for moments on end.
It feels static.
I see no hint of motion, too set up and just screams cheesey.


I think the point would be, the rock photo seems too set up in terms of what it emulates, which is spontaneity and an outburst of raw emotion. I don't necessarily agree with that analysis, but the one you're showing here is an entirely different sort of image, the setup works well for it, it's what it IS, you know?

R.


Message edited by author 2006-09-15 14:52:42.
 09/15/2006 02:57:30 PM · #32
Originally posted by hopper:
i don't disagree ... but in my mind, these 2 photos go into the exact same category (staged on purpose).


Sure, but for Rswank, apparently, the rock picture looks TOO staged for what is trying to convey. "Staged spontaneity" is a hard one to capture :-)

R.
 09/15/2006 02:58:28 PM · #33
anyone else feel the overwhelming urge to reply to this thread with :

"because the people who voted liked it better than the other shots in the challenge... duh!"

or is it just me?
 09/15/2006 03:04:17 PM · #34
This is apparently a self portrait. To do an action self portrait of this quality is truely amazing. I'm impressed.
 09/15/2006 03:07:09 PM · #35
Originally posted by kudzu:
anyone else feel the overwhelming urge to reply to this thread with :

"because the people who voted liked it better than the other shots in the challenge... duh!"

or is it just me?


But that begs the question that's being asked in this thread: "WHY did the voters like it so much? What is it that works so well in this image? It's unorthodox, and yet it made a seriously strong connection with the voters. What can we learn from it?"

R.
 09/15/2006 03:08:45 PM · #36
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
But that begs the question that's being asked in this thread: "WHY did the voters like it so much? What is it that works so well in this image? It's unorthodox, and yet it made a seriously strong connection with the voters. What can we learn from it?"


true enough... just got the post-lunch sleepies and it struck me as funny...

i'll go back to sleep now...
 09/15/2006 03:10:47 PM · #37
Sleep tight! :-)

R.
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