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Advanced Composition Article
I have written part one of an article on advanced composition. I would
like your opinion on the article. Particularly, do you find the article of value, and would you like to see future articles? If so, I will complete the additional parts of this article and, over time, prepare other articles to be made available on my web site. The article can be found on my web site at: http://ronbigelow.com/articles/adv_comp/adv_comp.htm I apologize in advance, but the navigation system on my web site does not yet link to this article. I am not going to alter the navigation system until I am sure that such articles are of value to my web site visitors. If you leave this article to visit the rest of my site and wish to return to the article, you will need to add the page to the favorites section in your browser or use the back button to return to the article. Ron Bigelow http://ronbigelow.com |
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Didn't have time for a full read, but a skim, along with looking at the
images (most of which are very good examples) indicated that it is nice work - well done. It's nice to see a bit more in-depth coverage than is frequently offered, along with some of the psychology involved in choosing a particular composition or style. To me the definition of a great image is one which imparts emotional impact.. so I like your approach. (O: |
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On 4 Jul 2005 20:51:05 -0700, in
.com, "ron" said: I have written part one of an article on advanced composition. I would like your opinion on the article. Particularly, do you find the article of value, and would you like to see future articles? I enjoyed reading your article & liked your choices in example photos. Do please continue the series. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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ron wrote:
I have written part one of an article on advanced composition. I would like your opinion on the article. Particularly, do you find the article of value, and would you like to see future articles? Ron, Yes, I would like to see more in the series, please. Your ideas gave me food for thought, and the examples illustrated your points well. Cheers, David |
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4 Jul 2005 20:51:05 -0700 skrev ron:
I have written part one of an article on advanced composition. I would like your opinion on the article. Particularly, do you find the article of value, and would you like to see future articles? If so, I will I find the article interesting. Haven't have time yet to read it carefully, but what I have read this far is of value to me. I'm not a very experienced 'picture-taker' (dare not to call my self a photographer...), and am looking around the 'net from time to time to get information along the lines you provide. Unfortunately, most of what you can find out there are just technical (read: equipment bashing?) So, your article, which focus solely on what it is all about - good images - is a nice break. Please, continue the series! And thanks for the first article! -- Mandus - the only mandus around. |
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"ron" wrote:
I have written part one of an article on advanced composition. I would like your opinion on the article. http://ronbigelow.com/articles/adv_comp/adv_comp.htm Sorry to be a spoil-sport; your photos are very good but your ex-post-facto intellectualizing about them is just so much artsy-fartsy BS. Too many artists delight in ascribing deep philosophical underpinnings to works which actually had been instinctive and intuitive, or simply happy accidents. Composition "rules" will not help photographers who have no basic artistic sensibilities. At best, such rules may help them avoid their worst mistakes. Owning a computer does not automatically turn you into a programmer, and simply owning a camera does not make a photgrapher. In my book, a photographer is an artist who uses a camera... and the art comes first. Study art, not photography. -- Anti-Spam address: my last name at his dot com Charles Gillen -- Reston, Virginia, USA |
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I found the article useful. The photos are very nice and, although this
does not relate to composition, I would be interested in a summary of the exposure information for each. -- Remove -NOSPAM- to contact me. |
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Ron,
The article is good. I've saved it for future reference. I would appreciate the opportunity to read more articles in this series. Thank, Jack "ron" wrote in message oups.com... I have written part one of an article on advanced composition. I would like your opinion on the article. Particularly, do you find the article of value, and would you like to see future articles? If so, I will complete the additional parts of this article and, over time, prepare other articles to be made available on my web site. The article can be found on my web site at: http://ronbigelow.com/articles/adv_comp/adv_comp.htm I apologize in advance, but the navigation system on my web site does not yet link to this article. I am not going to alter the navigation system until I am sure that such articles are of value to my web site visitors. If you leave this article to visit the rest of my site and wish to return to the article, you will need to add the page to the favorites section in your browser or use the back button to return to the article. Ron Bigelow http://ronbigelow.com |
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I would have thought calling someone's work artsy-fartsy Bull**** (why
hide the words?) is pretty rude. Too many artists delight.. Nice generalisation - based on what exactly, other than your own perceptions? And you therefore apply this to the OP on what basis? ..in ascribing deep philosophical underpinnings.. So there is no such thing as philosophical underpinnings? Or are 'deep' ones particularly unpleasant? .. to works which actually had been instinctive and intuitive, or simply happy accidents. So, 'happy accidents' should be enough for anyone, I suppose - we shouldn't try to learn why it was 'happy'? What do you mean, 'instinctive and intuitive'? Does that mean *you* like them? Why, exactly, do you like them? What, exactly, is the problem in trying to determine *why* something works? How about things like shooting down at a subject to indicate a position of superiority - is that purely instinctual and doesn't need explanation? As a person who teaches photography, I spend a lot of time on composition, because the clients *want* it, *enjoy* it, and some of the most frequently asked questions are - "Why didn't this work?" and "how could I have done better here?". When we go through some of these issues, I can watch the little lights turning on in their heads - "Aha - I will know what to do next time!" Getting exposure right is pretty easy, but making a picture work does NOT require you to be an 'artist', who somehow just *knows*. And you can learn and apply these concepts, and they make a lot more sense if you look at what is behind them, or in your words, the 'deep philosophical underpinnings'.. And what *do* you learn when you study art, pray tell? Shall I drag out some of the syllabus topics that discuss exactly the issues the OP is outlining..? Or more to the point, why don't you actually point out which bits are bull****, and which bits are useless, so the reasons for your attitude can be discussed. It sounds rather like trolling, frankly. |
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I agree with you. It is interesting to read some of Galen Rowell's
writings about how poor his first attempts at photography turned out, and how he studied and practiced to improve his photos. Later on, I am sure everything was pretty instinctual to him when he produced his images. However, his writings make it clear that he didn't start out that way. If Mr. Rowell can do it, so can some of us. Ron Bigelow http://ronbigelow.com |
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