Re: San Francisco Pic
Hi Boris ... Photographs are just as much about what the viewer sees and feels as what the photographer's intention was, and his or her feelings and vision. I don't think I had the "Big Brother" concept in mind when I made the shot. I just liked the contrasting expression between the poster and the man sitting in front of it. Yes, I recognized that there might be some symbolism there, but, frankly, I don't have a lot of time to think about depths of meaning when trying to grab a shot. I look more for composition or some strong element that might make ~this~ snap a good one. Sometimes only later will the layers of meaning manifest themselves, but then I'm looking at the photograph as much as a viewer as as the photographer. shel Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hi! > > SB> A while back Juan Buhler and I went out shooting in San > SB> Francisco. Anyone heard from Juan in the last year or so? > SB> Anyway, this was one of the shots I grabbed that day. > SB> Comments welcome. > > SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html > > This image is great by all means. But it is a little depressing, at > least to me. It makes me feel 'Big Brother Watches You` rather > acutely... Which is not the most mood-building thought of course. > > I wonder, Shel, whether this was one of the thoughts that crossed your > mind when you were taking this shot. > > Boris
RE: San Francisco Pic
Tremendous shot, Shel! The look on that man's face is haunting! Beautifully sharp, great exposure (the background is all washed out, but the foreground is spot on!). I love the composition: just cutting off the top of the head of the man in the ad gives a real tension to the photo. The juxtaposition between that man in the ad and the subject - the differences between the two sets of eyes - amazing!! See, I'd never think of cutting off the bottom of the subject's legs like that, but it works tremendously well here - draws us to his face, and the ad behind him. I love this photo! thanks, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: San Francisco Pic Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:18:18 -0800 A while back Juan Buhler and I went out shooting in San Francisco. Anyone heard from Juan in the last year or so? Anyway, this was one of the shots I grabbed that day. Comments welcome. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
Re: San Francisco Pic
On 18/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >A while back Juan Buhler and I went out shooting in San >Francisco. Anyone heard from Juan in the last year or so? >Anyway, this was one of the shots I grabbed that day. >Comments welcome. > >http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html Nice composition Shel - works great for me. You should keep a diary about your street shooting - might make a good book one day - oh yeah, with illustrations :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
Re: San Francisco Pic
It's a nice shot. I wonder if you could have pointed more to the left. I find the street distracting, but I really don't know how bad the other half would have been. The tonal range in the two faces nice however. As a matter of fact, I like the range of tones in the entire image. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: San Francisco Pic
That's not Juan ... Juan was grabbing a slice of pizza at the time the shot was taken. This was "just some guy" who happened to be sitting there with an expression that seemed to counterpoint the look of the poster guy. David Miers wrote: > > Not knowing who Juan is of course, but I wondered if that was him on the > bench because of the backpack he is holding. It looks sort of like it might > be a padded camera backpack type. I thought he looked really comfortable > with the idea of being photographed, maybe too comfortable. He's doing a > very good job of expressing a softer, more relaxed image rather then the > hard, cold, and mean look on the poster guy. Very likely if he was your > partner for the day it wasn't hard to get him to comply. Everyone's a wanna > be detective here huh? LOL
RE: San Francisco Pic
Not knowing who Juan is of course, but I wondered if that was him on the bench because of the backpack he is holding. It looks sort of like it might be a padded camera backpack type. I thought he looked really comfortable with the idea of being photographed, maybe too comfortable. He's doing a very good job of expressing a softer, more relaxed image rather then the hard, cold, and mean look on the poster guy. Very likely if he was your partner for the day it wasn't hard to get him to comply. Everyone's a wanna be detective here huh? LOL -Original Message- From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: San Francisco Pic >>A while back Juan Buhler and I went out shooting in San >>Francisco. Anyone heard from Juan in the last year or so? >>Anyway, this was one of the shots I grabbed that day. >>Comments welcome. >> >>http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html > >Composition is great but I'm more concerned about the guy on the >bench. Obviously he must know he's part of it although his >expression is hard to decifer. Uninterested in what is going on or >mildly annoyed, hard to tell as the photo is small. What was the >"deal" with him? > >Andre I see, Juan is on the bench and trying to look like the poster guy... I should have tought about it! Andre
Re: San Francisco Pic
A while back Juan Buhler and I went out shooting in San Francisco. Anyone heard from Juan in the last year or so? Anyway, this was one of the shots I grabbed that day. Comments welcome. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html Composition is great but I'm more concerned about the guy on the bench. Obviously he must know he's part of it although his expression is hard to decifer. Uninterested in what is going on or mildly annoyed, hard to tell as the photo is small. What was the "deal" with him? Andre I see, Juan is on the bench and trying to look like the poster guy... I should have tought about it! Andre
Re: San Francisco Pic
I don't know ... he saw me photographing him, didn't object. I think he was more ambivalent than anything else. I wanted to catch a neutral expression to contrast with the "harder" look of the advertising poster. Andre Langevin wrote: > >http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html > > Composition is great but I'm more concerned about the guy on the > bench. Obviously he must know he's part of it although his > expression is hard to decifer. Uninterested in what is going on or > mildly annoyed, hard to tell as the photo is small. What was the > "deal" with him? > > Andre
Re: San Francisco Pic
A while back Juan Buhler and I went out shooting in San Francisco. Anyone heard from Juan in the last year or so? Anyway, this was one of the shots I grabbed that day. Comments welcome. http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/sfpic2.html Composition is great but I'm more concerned about the guy on the bench. Obviously he must know he's part of it although his expression is hard to decifer. Uninterested in what is going on or mildly annoyed, hard to tell as the photo is small. What was the "deal" with him? Andre
