Hi Bob, You said:
"In my limited understanding, I believe that painting is about color and surface, sculpture adds the dimensions of time and space, and photography embodies the light. " Leaving sculpture aside for a moment, because it is a 3-dimensional form of expression ... In what way is light "embodied" in photography but not in painting? Surely both are techniques for capturing light reflected from the subject? Or is that just *my* limited understanding? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Poe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:08 AM Subject: The light rules. > The troll speaks. I just finished developing a roll > of TriX and was reminded of the light rules. A matter > of technique, sometimes, but also a matter of art: > sensitivity, subjective seeing, achieving or not > achieving a balance of intensities, pointing the lens > to discover what it sees. When I started out in > photography some years ago I was overwhelmed by its > technical complexity. I was an art student at the > state university, and I was trying to shoot some B&W > negs of some of my sculpture for a scholarship > application to another program. I was attempting to > follow someone's directions and totally botched it. > (Some years later I attended some workshops and am now > addicted to the art and craft of photography.) > Eventually, I took a job as art instructor in > elementary school, and then as a college instructor. > I was asked to develop a course in design. In my > research I found references to all of the topics > discussed in this forum referencing composition, etc. > In none of these references was the word "rules" used > to suggest single-minded adherence to the "ideas" > discussed. No one believes that anything worthwhile > results from that approach. I began to see my job as > simply a way to get students to think about what they > are creating as somthing more than the subject matter > alone. Some get it, and some don't. Labels are > stumbling stones. Sometimes they may help a person > get from here to there, but not necessarily where they > want or need to be. In my limited understanding, I > believe that painting is about color and surface, > sculpture adds the dimensions of time and space, and > photography embodies the light. > bpoe
