I happen to enjoy Frank's comments for the most part. They tell more about the man than the photos, but perhaps that's just how I read them. Regardless, for posting here, it's not a bad idea for certain types of photos to be explained since it allows us to see how close they came to their intention. For a gallery, or another venue, maybe so many words are neither needed nor desired. In this case Frank's words make a nice, enjoyable preamble to the photos, sort of reminding us what went before and how some things came to be. They don't help make the photos any better, nor do they detract from them, but they do give us a sense of the man who took them.
I don't see Frank's comments any less valuable than, for example, all the technical details that introduce the photos of others, and they are far more interesting. Jerry Todd Dancing Frog Studio Calaveras, CA > [Original Message] > From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 7/23/2004 4:39:44 AM > Subject: Re: PAW: Inside the Peloton > > You know what, Frank? I think your experience as an attorney gets in the way. > You think your photos need all these words. > > Something to try. Just post a few photos with minimum verbiage and see if they > can stand up all on their own. I think you will find out they can. > > This one does. The only improvement I could see is to have had guy in reds face > in focus (focus seems to be somewhere between him and the guy going out of the > frame in front of him). However, even as it stands it certainly catches the > atmosphere of a bicycle race. > > -- > > frank theriault wrote: > > > Since I was off-list for a week, I'm thinking I can > > have another PAW only a day and 1/2 after my last one > > <g>. > > > > So, you may remember that on July 1st I was shooting a > > bike race here in Toronto, the Ontario Criterium > > Championships. I got back some 4x6 minilab prints, > > and posted a few of the more acceptable ones, which I > > already posted, so you don't have to look if you've > > already seen them: > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=410200 > > > > Then, I got some blown up for friends of mine who were > > in the race (not sales, just as gifts). The lab > > accidentally printed one that I didn't ask for, in > > fact one that I didn't even bother to scan from 4x6. > > They gave it to me for free, since they'd printed it > > up by error. The more I looked at it, the more I > > liked it. > > > > Even though it's blurry as all get out, I think > > there's a vibrancy to it, a feeling of being in the > > middle of a nervous peloton, that maybe kind of > > captures road racing (not that I've ever raced... > > <g>): > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2550847 > > > > You may like it, you may hate it; I'd love to hear > > your comments either way. > > > > thanks, > > frank > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html >
