time of day for your shooting

no_name wrote:

dj_nme wrote:


If they vomitted on canvas and then submitted it to some sort of art
gallery with a slightly believable fictional back story (usualy about
your tortured soul or some such claptrap), then they may end up being
touted as the next Jackson Pollock.


Maybe not the best aspiration considering how he ended up.

It could be worse, you could be touted as the next Sid Vicious of the
photo world :0

My point is - it's a waste of time to complain about another poster
wasting your time ...


OK damnit, I'm marking this thread ignored...


: - )

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"William Graham" wrote:


"no_name" wrote in message
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Art's easy ... tilt the camera so the horizon runs at a diagonal. Frame
the subject so the head is right at the bottom and the rest of the
picture
is nothing but background or give so much foreground you cut your
subject
off at the knees.
Viola! Yer' an artiste.
You'd certainly think that if you went to the photography degree shows
of the colleges around here.

I sit in front of the TV and see a bunch of people dressed like
gorillas screaming and making unbelievably bad noises on a stage, and I
think it's terrible.
Ah.
You didn't like the result of the Eurovision Song Contest, then?
Thought they looked more like Klingons myself!

Slainte

Liz

I have to confess, I get most of my information about up and coming rock
groups from the last 5 minutes of the Jay Leno show every night.....But
then, I guess I should understand that it is, after all, a comedy
show........

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"William Graham" wrote:

I have to confess, I get most of my information about up and coming rock
groups from the last 5 minutes of the Jay Leno show every night.....But
then, I guess I should understand that it is, after all, a comedy
show........
Just like the Eurovision.

Slainte

Liz


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OK OK OK enough already!

One of you has 16+ years experience in one thing, and the other has 40 years
experience in another thing. Bravo to both of you!
Obviously, with this much experience, neither of you are spring chickens
anymore.
So how about dumping the childish tit-for-tat game and engaging in
meaningful and respectful dialog about photography?
A mature person would walk away from this childish behaviour without having
to get the last word in.

Henry

On 18 May 2006 08:55:43 -0700, "Kernix" wrote:

Question: do you see more quality shots using color film if you shoot
early and late in the day versus mid afternoon.

I exclusively try to limit my shooting to times when the sunlight is
warm and colorful. I've lost too many good compositions because of the
harsh direct afternoon light. I have had great shots taken at mid day
but usually under specific compositons - under shade or cloud cover, or
places where reflections are preferred such as water surfaces, river
beds with bright colored dirt, etc.

But in general, I prefer dusk/dawn shooting becasue of the warmer
results - and the creativity seems to be pumping more because of the
more vibrant colors. Also, I like to take into the cost of film and
devolping/processing charges. It's a waste when you only get 1-2
keepers per roll. The % should be higher if you want to make a profit.

Any thoughts on this? Agree/disagree?

Jim


Of the dozen or so copies I sell per week the majority are golden hour
shots. Spain/Middle east/Canada But that really depends on the
marketing. Most of my gallery work is industrial and doesn't sell
nearly as much yet gets much better review. Something to match the
color of the couch will always sell better than a compositional print.

Other than that what I like the most is on a print by print basis. I
have no favorite subject or time to shoot.

Good question K

My main point was you'll get more keepers with the warm light than
harsh lighting. I've shot midday and have keepers but I do have to be
much more aware of my composition. This other guy didn't seem to
understand that. I suppose you could purposely compose a shot with a
washed out sky and have the washed out sky as a meaningful part of the
composition - but really - how often will you need or want to do that.
This all came from a comment I made about preferring the warm light
hours.

Whateva - to each his own.

Jim