Thanks for the comments Shel! I agree. Not my kind of pic, and not a kind i care to venture into anytime soon... They posed as I was trying to take a candid shot, and it turned out that that image was the "best" one. In any case, not too good, and not making my photoblog... Cheers,
j On 9/17/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Juan ... > > Nope, it's not your style, and it clearly shows. It's not a bad pic, but > there's something "off" about it. The moment wasn't quite caught, there's > a bit too much tension in the faces and postures of the subjects, not > relaxed enough, not quite natural or capturing the "who" of the subjects. > You got the what - you just might not have worked with them enuf. hard to > pinpoint it exactly, but the sense I get is that neither you nor the > subjects were completely comfortable with the shooting experience. > > I think this is a scene that's more to my style of shooting, more direct, > more interpersonal. > > Also, I think the pic is just too small to be fully examined on a monitor > screen. Something larger, like 700 or 800 pixels wide, might give a little > more punch to the image. And for clowns and people in silly attire, it > comes across as a bit too dark. It's as though the tonality is at odds > with the subject. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Juan Buhler > > > This is not my kind of picture, as I don't think my photos usually > > work when the subjects are looking at me. But given all my attempts to > > shoot these guys in a way that resembled a certain picture by Doisneau > > failed. So: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/44044849/ > > > -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
