At 05:43 AM 5/12/2005, Darin wrote:
>Hi John,
>
>I appreciate the tips on different types of film, that is one area I know
>nothing about and just use what ever they have at the local stores, which as
>you suggested I'll probably continue to do until I get better.
>
> > Many of your photographs have a point of interest or subject dead
> > center which can either be too powerful or visually splitting the photo in
> > two.
>
>I get what your saying about the subject being dead center, but could you
>give an example of one "visually splitting the photo", to help me better
>understand?
See this one . . . a photo I did six years ago . . . it is nearly split in
half by very straight horizon line and contrast of sky meeting turf. Use
your hand or piece of paper on the screen and crop about 1/4th of the
bottom off (removing about half of the foreground grass) and see if that
doesn't improve its visual impact (not that it has a whole lot to begin
with; it's not one of my better photos).
http://johnlind.tripod.com/oly/gallery/om27.html
Regarding the cabin photo:
>I agree, there's a lot wrong with this one, but it was in a remote area I
>wasn't sure I'd ever get back to, so I had to make do with the time of day I
>was there.
The "pros" can spend a day or two to make a single photograph in the field
. . . waiting for light and sky to be just right. Sometimes they make a
"record" or "establishing" photograph and go back at a different time of
year for a different sun angle, seasonal weather, or knowing that plant
life will look different in another season. That said, few have the luxury
of doing this . . . but knowing about their patience and willingness to do
this is at least revealing about how they achieve some of their
photographs. I waited two years to make one photograph . . . visualized it
one summer, knew what I wanted, also knew I would go back there for a week
every year (for other reasons), and waited until the weather provided the
direct sun and sky I needed for it. Been known to wait for something . . .
but that's the longest . . . thought I'd never get to shoot it. Some of
the others done near where I live have waited for a particular season and
conditions that would do something for it to give it more impact . . . such
as this TOPE photo:
http://johnlind.tripod.com/oly/gallery/om153.html
I had been waiting since the late summer hoping for 3-6 inches of snowfall
in the winter followed by a clear blue sky day . . . that never happened .
. . but the heavy frost and clear sky did . . . so I shot that instead to
at least seize the opportunity of the sky conditions with the frost. Still
waiting for the snowfall followed by a very early morning clear sky . . .
and if that happens and I can go shoot it again, I will.
>I also agree that I need to do a lot of work on composition. It's
>gonna be touugh training myself to get out of snapshot mode, but well worth
>the effort I'm sure!
Not as difficult as you might think . . . all it takes is consciously
thinking about it every time you pick up a camera, reviewing things
afterward, and periodically reviewing various compositional techniques
until it becomes an automatic habit.
-- John Lind
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