In a message dated 5/4/2007 10:53:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess if you want to classify my not caring for a particular shot as an emotional reaction you may be right. But there's a distinction between feeling indifferent towards a shot and having the shot move a person, generating an emotional response.
I don't tire of nature/landscape shots showing no trace of man's footprint because 1) I like it that way and 2) that's one aspect of photography, cropping out what we don't WANT to see in the photograph (as is including those elements we wish to see). I can appreciate (even though it may not be your expressed theme) the juxtaposition/intertwining of man and his natural surroundings. I guess what your photos don't do for me, is emphasize that enough. The shots are possibly too regular, too normal, too everyday vantage, that they fail to move me. There is no impact. Out of those you shared, the only other one besides "Stop", that has an impact for me is the oak under the power lines. There is a fair amount of contrast (not light/dark photographically speaking) in the two main components of the photo, that it has meaning. I don't really like the shot, but it does have some meaning. >Do I have to have one theme? As a dyslexia, nope, I usually don't have one >theme or one point. I usually have more than one. So maybe I don't understand your theme. Or maybe you don't have a clear one, or maybe it's TOO multi-faceted for me to get it. As a suggestion though, any presentation whether oral or visual that has a theme should have a clear theme so that the audience gets the point of it and each component of the presentation should reemphasize the theme. Otherwise, the point, if there is one, can get lost. One scene from a movie that has always stuck with me is the opening moments of Joe vs. The Volcano. There's a beautiful tiny flower growing in a crack in the pavement in front of the hideous Anal Probe factory. It's survived for days or weeks, then get's trampled under foot, gone in an instant. Anyway I didn't mean to get you upset, and my reactions were not a criticism of you, so please don't take them that way, if you did. Tom C. ========= So? I am still a newbie photographer (at least in my own eyes). And I am trying a new thing (for me). Thus I may not always "get it." I may, in fact, be mediocre a lot of the time. I am with other shots not concerning my series. So I make absolutely no apologies for that. I also have a concept in mind, involving collages/montages of more documentary shots combined with more editorializing shots. Sneak up on the viewer with emotional impact and meaning. Let some things sink in before hitting them with a stronger message. And some others seem to like some you do not. Mildly or more than mildly. Different strokes for different folks. I am going to show what I think will fit my series on list to get feeback. You certainly don't have to like anything I show. For this series or anything else. And I don't mind critiques or feedback that pertain to a particular photo. No, Tom, I didn't feel attacked or overly criticized or anything like that. I did feel, however, you wanted to start some kind of debate with me. About environmental concepts or technology or the purpose of photography or the purpose of landscape/nature photography or something. And I am not interested in debating. Here or elsewhere on the Net. I don't have the time or inclination for it. I have felt that I have noticed that you instead seem to enjoy them. But over the years, I have found it really consumes too much of my time, since I am not that verbal a person, to write long posts to others. And it winds me up having to work so hard at expressing myself (that dyslexia thing again). I am more visual anyway, so I'd rather show than tell. So I just stated my opinions to get past all that. And now you have stated yours. As far as I am concerned that is not a debate and now it is over. That is what I meant, I do not wish to continue discussing it. Take Care, Marnie --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
