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Re: [OM] IMG: Friends at Fly-In

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Friends at Fly-In
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:22:31 -0500
The "rule" is (or was) taught at the New England School of Photography. 
   I adhere to it or try to.  If cropping the feet makes a better photo 
it can always be done afterwards but it's difficult to add feet not in 
the original.  You may, of course, do whatever pleases you.

Chuck Norcutt

Sue Pearce wrote:
> Although in your specific example some ugliness is appropriate, it has been 
> a very long time since I heard this particular "rule." Don't know where it 
> came from and when it left, but I'm not sorry to see it go. Just another of 
> those rules that made photographs dull.
> 
> Bill Pearce
> 
>> Chopped off feet is just something that I'm very sensitive to since it
>> was drilled into me in my training not to do that.  A friend of my
>> wife's is bemoaning hiring a certain photographer (who came highly
>> recommended) to photograph her daughter's wedding.  She is really upset
>> since the photog managed to chop off the feet of bride and groom in
>> nearly every full length photo and never got the requested photo of
>> bride alone with a full shot of the dress let alone a full shot of her
>> very long train.  There are a goodly number of bride alone but none show
>> her feet and bottom of the dress.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichol wrote:
>>> Hi Chuck,
>>>
>>> I noticed that, but, since I didn't take it, I accepted it as-is.  I 
>>> cropped
>>> out a few extraneous people, but the bottom edge shows all that was in 
>>> the
>>> original.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:24 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Friends at Fly-In
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry for the prior blank post.  Don't know how it happened.
>>>>
>>>> Good shot except your feet are cut off.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>>> I've had this photo on my wall for several years, but never posted it,
>>>>>> because it was made by a friend, who kindly sent me the digital file.
>>>>>> However, in the interest of full disclosure, I would like to show the
>>>>>> casual dress codes here in the state that calls Country Music its most
>>>>>> famous product.  As you can see, on a hot day, we are fashionably
>>>>>> attired.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The occasion was a large fly-in at the local airport in 2006. 
>>>>>> SSorince
>>>>>> this combines airplanes and photo-ops, I took advantage of it.  All of
>>>>>> us are retirees from Arnold AF Base, and have worked together in
>>>>>> various capacities over the years.  As you might expect, I am the one
>>>>>> that is encumbered with cameras.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tennessee+OldTimers+Attend+a+Fly-In+2006.jpg.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Comments and ridicule are welcomed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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