Sorry Shel, but I'm not that one dimensional. I don't just shoot to
make the client or subject happy. I shoot for a multitude of reasons.
Yesterday's shot was an experiment. I wanted to see if I could achieve
near studio results on a street corner, using diffuse light from an
open sky and some PS manipulation. Sometimes I shoot to please myself,
sometimes I shoot to make a documentary. Today, as chance would have
it, I decided to have some fun with some stories on the street.
Tomorrow, I might shoot some table top food in my studio. I shoot a lot
of different things and don't apologize for any of them. Below you'll
find some url's for today's street shooting in Birmingham. I think all
of them tell a story. No manipulation aside from removing a man on the
sidewalk in "Sniffing Each Other Out."
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399802
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399804
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399807
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399808
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399810
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399829
On May 29, 2004, at 3:13 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I think the difference between the positions is clear - and forgive
this
short and superficial comment - you shoot to make the client/subject
happy,
others make photographs to please themselves or for more of a
documentary.
