Comments on: Pointless Photography? http://www.whatsgottastay.com/pointless-photography/ Taking note of the good things Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:06:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Helene http://www.whatsgottastay.com/pointless-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-2684 Helene Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:29:52 +0000 http://www.whatsgottastay.com/pointless-photography/#comment-2684 Jeremy, I find myself looking at your photos and noting the way the light falls, how the colors appear, what's in focus (and what is not), then looking at the settings used and trying to make mental notes. I've been playing with snow shots lately, just shooting lots of pictures at different settings to see what works and what doesn't. As you said, practice practice practice! Too bad my family doesn't get my obsessive need to capture a single perfect snowflake against the navy blue of our car..... Jeremy, I find myself looking at your photos and noting the way the light falls, how the colors appear, what’s in focus (and what is not), then looking at the settings used and trying to make mental notes. I’ve been playing with snow shots lately, just shooting lots of pictures at different settings to see what works and what doesn’t. As you said, practice practice practice! Too bad my family doesn’t get my obsessive need to capture a single perfect snowflake against the navy blue of our car…..

]]> By: Judy http://www.whatsgottastay.com/pointless-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-2653 Judy Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:35:48 +0000 http://www.whatsgottastay.com/pointless-photography/#comment-2653 I like it...and art is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? One of the first things I tell my beginning digital photography students at the local recreation center workshops is "always take your camera with you, and take lots of pictures." Especially with digital, taking lots of photos and then self-critiquing is really the only way to learn. Sure the plastic pieces of the faucet detract from the "old" look that the brick and oxidation give the scene, but a bit of retouching, including a conversion to sepia or black and white, would greatly reduce the new and unseasoned look of the plastic pieces. Keep 'em coming. I for one am enjoying them. I like it…and art is in the eye of the beholder, isn’t it?
One of the first things I tell my beginning digital photography students at the local recreation center workshops is “always take your camera with you, and take lots of pictures.” Especially with digital, taking lots of photos and then self-critiquing is really the only way to learn. Sure the plastic pieces of the faucet detract from the “old” look that the brick and oxidation give the scene, but a bit of retouching, including a conversion to sepia or black and white, would greatly reduce the new and unseasoned look of the plastic pieces.

Keep ‘em coming. I for one am enjoying them.

]]> By: Scott Smith http://www.whatsgottastay.com/pointless-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-2644 Scott Smith Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:20:06 +0000 http://www.whatsgottastay.com/pointless-photography/#comment-2644 Amen brother, you said it well. Amen brother, you said it well.

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