Hi Paul,
I'm not offended, just a bit puzzled. I thought I would have received one
definitely positive response by the time I made that post.
I joked about the kid and kittens shot, because I wondered if every picture
of a girl had to be cute to get a favorable review here. I was just
wondering if everyone had become so "glamour" and "traditional portrait"
oriented that an experimental shot which didn't glorify the beauty of the
subject didn't have much of a chance.
Remember, most people didn't say why they didn't like it. They just said
they didn't like it. Since they didn't explain why, my mind naturally
starts to speculate as to their possible reasons. ;)
By all means, keep those comments on the image coming, be they positive or
negative... ;)
take care,
Glen
At 11:02 PM 12/18/2005, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I sense that you've taken some offense as a result of the negative
comments. You shouldn't. The effort was a good one. I just think that
this shot doesn't work. It's forcing an idea. Flames over a picture of a
girl. But the picture of the girl appears to be somewhat of a standard
portrait, and the flames are, well, flames. And the two shots don't really
meld as a composition. For me, the takeaway is just one element over the
other, resulting in a rather unpleasant composition. Sorry, but that's
what I see here. But keep experimenting. Keep shooting. And, please, no
cute baby girls. I'll do those :-).
Paul
PS: I wish I was as motivated to experiment as you seem to be. That's a
good thing. But that puts you in the line of fire. It goes with the territory.
On Dec 18, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Glen wrote:
At 07:01 PM 12/18/2005, P. J. Alling wrote:
Bizarre, album cover art...
Glen wrote:
Hi everyone,
I appreciate any and all honest comments on one of my latest images:
http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/ni/Burning_For_You2.jpg
Okay, out of 5 responses so far, 4 have definitely been negative, and
this one I'm not certain about. I don't know for certain if P. J. would
consider "bizarre album cover art" a good thing or not. I suspect the
answer is probably not. ;)
Maybe I should photograph someone's cute baby girl, in her cute little
holiday dress, sitting at the foot of a Christmas tree, with colorful
presents all around her, while she laughs with delight at two adorable
kittens playing with balls of red and green yarn in the foreground.
:)
take care,
Glen
