Hi Bruce, I feel somewhat similar to Bill. For a while you were posting a lot of such shots, and they were becoming repetitive, but I also knew that your Little League stuff was just around the corner, so I didn't say anything, although I think we may have touched on the subject when we got together for dinner a few weeks ago. Anyway, as you say, we all photograph what we know best, what's available to us, and what we like.
Now, I think you've pretty much nailed this approach and style of photography with this subject, but not exhausted the possibilities. Try some different camera positions, perhaps shoot around the subject some more, when you get the shot you like, take some more with a different lens, or from a different position, or try for a different background, perhaps with more or less detail, or think more abstractly. IOW, can you move what you're doing further along, push your envelope or comfort zone, take more chances and risk more failures? And just so some readers of this post who may think I'm being overly critical know it, I like Bruce's stuff enough to have gotten, what was it Bruce, three prints, one of which graces my desk and another which went to a lady friend (who, incidentally, loved it as well), and a third was sent off to a fellow in prison with whom I correspond, in order to add a little joy and brightness to his otherwise drab existence. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > Interesting but fair comment. So all other genre's are not > repetitive? What makes this one so and not others such as sports or > street or flowers or portraits or landscapes? More wanting to know > your thoughts - not defending myself. Almost all semi-macro flower > pics are relatively the same, as are cats and dogs and people, etc. > > I would be curious if many others feel the same. > > Anyway, I do appreciate your candor - it is always good to hear > positive and negative comments - especially if I can learn from them. > > -- > WR> You seem to be trying to invent a genre unto yourself it seems. > WR> I'm finding these pictures to be a little repetitive, and a little too > WR> minimalist. > WR> Technically, they look fine, but the aesthetic leaves me cold. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
