Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-19 Thread brooksdj
> It's not my normal style of thing at all, so I find > myself unable to decide whether it's worth showing. > But I'll never learn if I don't, so here it is: > > > > Have at it. Comments actively encouraged

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-19 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:26:25 -0500, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK - I hear you. Shel made much of the same sort of observation. > So I've radically cropped the picture to isolate my favourite part. > Here's the result: > > >

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/18/2005 9:28:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's still not a great shot, but I think that this is much better. This stuff with people in it is hard! :-) Much, much better, IMHO. Yup, people is

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-18 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:45:29PM -0500, frank theriault wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:36:53 -0500 (EST), John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Have at it. Comments actively encouraged. > > John, you street shootin' guy!

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-18 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:36:53 -0500 (EST), John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK - We've seen Marnie's shot of a worried parent, > and we've seen a nice treatment by Marco. > > But, strange as it may seem, even I took a shot of > a group of people gathered on that self-same bridge. > >

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-18 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Marnie I often engage the people I photograph. I like to think that much of what I do is a type of portraiture. The people usually know I'm photographing them, often I've spoken with them and know something about their situation. Sometimes I just shoot, but often that's after a bit of ob

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-18 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:57:22AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > It doesn't come together at all, John. Too many people all facing in > different directions. There's no cohesion here, just a bunch of people > hanging out on the bridge. Where's the story? What's the photo supposed > to be about

Re: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/18/2005 2:58:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It doesn't come together at all, John. Too many people all facing in different directions. There's no cohesion here, just a bunch of people hanging out on the bridge. Where's the story? What's the photo su

RE: PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-18 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It doesn't come together at all, John. Too many people all facing in different directions. There's no cohesion here, just a bunch of people hanging out on the bridge. Where's the story? What's the photo supposed to be about? Color seems to be a distraction here as well. I did a Q&D B&W convers

PESO - On the bridge

2005-03-17 Thread John Francis
OK - We've seen Marnie's shot of a worried parent, and we've seen a nice treatment by Marco. But, strange as it may seem, even I took a shot of a group of people gathered on that self-same bridge. It's not my normal style of thing at all, so I find myself unable to decide whether it's worth show