--- John Whicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> You said:
>
> In what way is light "embodied" in photography but
> not
> in painting? Surely both are techniques for
> capturing
> light reflected from the subject?
> John
>
So is theatre.
>
> ----- 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
>
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