When I saw this contest it took me a few days to come up with the best subject. This camera was my Grandfathers Camera during WWII. I found a whole bag of undeveloped film from this camera and still have to get them developed. Finally getting some better ideas and shots after weeks of more practice and reading up.
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The subject you chose here meets the challenge without a doubt. Antique cameras fascinate me quite a bit and I have a small collection of them myself. Your score on this photo is rather mediocre, and I think there are a couple reasons why.
1. You took an old subject (the camera) and put it in a clean, sterile, and bright environment.
You aren't trying to sell this camera on ebay or make a cataloge page to describe it. This camera has a specific character. It's character is old, textured, worn, used, and historical, just to name a few things. In an antique environment, this camera would feel more at home and possibly stir more artistic emotion in the viewer.
2. Your lighting is rather poor.
I'm not sure if you were attempting to have a purely white background and surface, but if that was the case, don't waste your time. That would further push your antique camera into a modernized 'clean room' environment and further contradict the theme of the image.
Sometimes photographers will get wrapped up in the technical aspects of photography and simply forget about WHAT they are photographing and HOW it integrates into an environment. In art photography, an emotion is what you are looking for most of the time. On DPChallenge, you have to look for 'eye candy' or simple visual appeal. You need something that will attract the viewer visually rather than emotionally. Occasionally you can get both, but without the first, the viewer won't give it enough time to stir an emotion...
The subject you chose here meets the challenge without a doubt. Antique cameras fascinate me quite a bit and I have a small collection of them myself. Your score on this photo is rather mediocre, and I think there are a couple reasons why.
1. You took an old subject (the camera) and put it in a clean, sterile, and bright environment.
You aren't trying to sell this camera on ebay or make a cataloge page to describe it. This camera has a specific character. It's character is old, textured, worn, used, and historical, just to name a few things. In an antique environment, this camera would feel more at home and possibly stir more artistic emotion in the viewer.
2. Your lighting is rather poor.
I'm not sure if you were attempting to have a purely white background and surface, but if that was the case, don't waste your time. That would further push your antique camera into a modernized 'clean room' environment and further contradict the theme of the image.
Sometimes photographers will get wrapped up in the technical aspects of photography and simply forget about WHAT they are photographing and HOW it integrates into an environment. In art photography, an emotion is what you are looking for most of the time. On DPChallenge, you have to look for 'eye candy' or simple visual appeal. You need something that will attract the viewer visually rather than emotionally. Occasionally you can get both, but without the first, the viewer won't give it enough time to stir an emotion...
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