On 1/13/2013 12:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
It didn't even occur to me that he was doing anything but thinking
about a photograph that he had just looked at.
I can assure you that it is indeed the case.
The problem with the photo is that it isn't immediately obvious that
the guy is the subject. It's a bit late to go back and reshoot it
with the 50/1.2, wide open on him, for very shallow depth of field,
and maybe a little bit of fill so he isn't in the dark while the
photos are well lit, preferably with a more disturbing, thought
provoking photo in the background. :-)
Well, he's not the subject indeed. It is the cross product of the
expressions of the shot on the wall on the right and him... Or at least
this was my intention...
On one hand, the ambivalence of the subject does help tell a story.
I kind of like photos where at first you think it's a photograph of
one thing (the photos on display), and then you realize that it's
about something else (someone thinking about the photos). On the
other hand, if it were my photo, I'd probably go in with the
adjustment brush and make him a little brighter. I might also use
the brush on the near wall of photos, (which seem like they might be
what the camera focused on) and blur them out a bit, to fake a
narrower depth of field.
Brushes, brushes... Be simple, Larry and people will look up to you :-).
I already applied some amount of brightening by means of gradient filter
of LR... Mighty good things these filters are, if you have a photo that
has distinct areas of different brightness...
If I wasn't going to be brutal I would say good pic!
Likewise, it is a very good picture as it is, but you wanted me to be
brutal, and like a good sadist, I aim to please.
I did not know you were a sadist, let alone a good one. I would suggest
you're the other way around but it is you who insist on using brushes on
your own photographs... :-)
To alleviate such allusions in the future I have devised a notion of
"B&H comment". I hope that similarity with the trade mark of a well
known retailer will take your mind off unwieldy things...
Boris
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