Quoting Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> And you don't know squat about me. Only what you expose to the list, of course. > Not only do I love nature, but I've > spent more time hiking, climbing, exploring, and lost in the back woods > than I venture many people on this list have. In addition, I work with > animals, and have developed a small client base for my cat photography, > only a very small portion which has been seen on this list. It looks like, > for some people, I'm still only an urbanized street photographer. Um... I think you may have put too little significance to my smiley at the end of my first paragraph, Shel. (It's still included below) > maybe > you should spend some time actually looking at the photos that I present > here, and which can also be found on my web pages. As for what's closest > to my heart, look at what I present. It's an eclectic mix ... I think I've seen most of them, even if I haven't commented. > As for beating you at street photography, sheesh, this isn't a contest. I never suggested it was a contest. It was just intended as a recognition of your skill in the trade. > Get real ;-)) Well, what's really real anyway...:-) Boris' question was about dynamics in photography in general, and I (possibly mis-) read your answer as recommending specialising in street photography as the only required action to take. That's why I took your first paragraph to the other extreme. > I don't have an ISBN for the book. I don't do ISBN's - just search for it > by name on Google - it's published by Lenswork Thanks, I will order it from Lenswork. :-) Jostein > > [Original Message] > > From: Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If you started photographing landscapes you might be taken in by the > > dynamics of them. If you actually loved nature, you would see it's > > beauty. When you start doing animal portraiture, you'll find your > > reflexes from the street dynamics aren't fast enough. You're talking > > like an urbanised street photographer. :-) > > > > Curiously, my impression from the other side of the table is that this > > list is filled mostly with urban/street/reportage stuff and far too > > little landscape and nature. I guess we both want more of the kind of > > photography closest to our own hearts. > > > > > Experiment, experiment, experiment. Shoot from your heart and your > > > soul - go with your feelings, be aware of context and composition, but > > > first photograph what you feel. > > > > This, Boris, is very good advice. In addition, I would say don't take > > the experiments too seriously. Finding fun in experimentation is a > > good thing. > > > > > > > Finally, did you ever read On Being a Photographer? > > > > Shel, I'm sorry I have deleted your recent reference to that book. Do > > you have an ISBN? > > > > Re: my first paragraph, I'm just saying that baking dynamics into > > photos is a challenge whatever range of motifs one finds interesting. > > You'd beat me hands down, at capturing street dynamics, but I'm pretty > > sure I'd get my revenge at a different set of motifs. :-) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
