On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Phillip Franklin wrote:
> Ian & others,
>
> The term "mere mortal" is referring to those who are unfortunately born
> with less talent for seeing the imaginative than the great photographers
> of our time.
Phillip,
I have to confess that I was being more than a little facetious about
the literal meaning of your original comment (i.e. if we mere mortals
can't see it, why should we accept it and risk being taken for a ride
like the emperor & his new clothes?). Sorry about that, I know I
shouldn't do it but sometimes I just can't resist. Anyway (and I'm not
being facetious now) thanks for an intelligent reply to a silly comment.
> I think I have a very confident easy going style with professional
> models and thus I sometimes get better stuff than those photographers
> who are not as comfortable when shooting in a studio. As photographers
> covering events or shooting posed models in the studio, the
> photographers presence will affect the outcome. Many people just like
> to ham it up for the camera ... is that posing?
I've never been any good at all at getting people to pose for me, which
is why I prefer shooting musicians playing. I just let them get on with
it and wait for the right moment. Sometimes I even manage to capture
it.
> As far as ethics goes .... unless a person attempts to manipulate an
> image for any thing such as phony claims as to distort the obvious truth
> for gain ... I don't think ethics should even be discussed here.
I've been having a quiet chuckle to myself about this thread, because
there's a picture in my unofficial gallery section that is, technically,
a composite of two images, though it's very hard to spot. I'm not going
to let on which it is either.
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