I think I've failed to make my point. I'm probably also responding because I do primarily landscape and nature type of photography and I seek out pretty things to photograph, and it's almost never simply a matter of holding up the camera and pressing the shutter release.
You apparently believe that you could have held a camera to your eye, viewed the same scene, snapped the shutter, and could then have walked away with the same image... not knowing what else was there, not knowing what distracting elements were eliminated by the photographer, or what elements of the available scene were selected for inclusion, and how they were deliberately arranged in the image, or how the photographer managed the light and exposure. The fact that you may be unaware of what went into making the image does not mean that composition was lacking. On the other hand it may often occur that a rank amateur can take a snapshot, and by virtue of being at the right place at the right time, walk away with a masterpiece of a photograph. I might agree with you if I knew which images you were referring to, but absent any examples, dismissing many photographs as snapshots because they're just pretty pictures... Tom C. >From: Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:39:41 -0400 > > >You need to study the compositional aspects of many of those pictures. > >the lack of composition was my point > > >rg2 > > >On 9/13/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You need to study the compositional aspects of many of those pictures. > > Sometime it takes more than a quick glance. What looks like a snapshot >may > > only look like that because you don't know what work went into the > > composition. > > > > Anybody can take a picture of a leaf laying on a dirty sidewalk also. > > There's millions of leaves laying on dirty sidewalks all over the USA >and > > other parts of the world. Taking a picture of one of them does not make >it > > art. > > > > The fact is people like beautiful photographs of beautiful places >because > > beauty is almost universally appreciated. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery > > >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:25:33 -0400 > > > > > >A lot of the pictures on there seem like crisp snapshots of pretty > > >things rather than good photographs. Anyone can take a well focused > > >picture of something pretty, but is it really worthy? I don't know. > > >Perhaps we're just back to the "art" discussion. > > > > > >rg2 > > > > > > > > >On 9/13/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Welcome to the Camera Club, Frank. If your photos don't look like > > >everyone else's photos you do not know how to take pictures... > > > > > > > > > > > > frank theriault wrote: > > > > > To those who've complained that not all of your photos have been > > > > > accepted in the Pentax Gallery, quit yer bitchin'! > > > > > > > > > > Not one of mine has been accepted so far. > > > > > > > > > > Not a single one. > > > > > > > > > > I've still got about 6 pending, but 6 have been rejected outright. > > > > > Street shots, still lifes, sports shots (Corner Kick, fer gawd's >sake > > > > > - and if I'm allowed a moment of immodesty, that was a muther of a > > > > > photo!), portraits. None of it "good enough". > > > > > > > > > > I no longer hold great hope for my participation in this venture. > > > > > > > > > > I kind of feel like not submitting any more. If the 6 that I have > > > > > pending are rejected, I guess I'll know that I don't measure up to > > > > > their standards (whatever they may be), and find another place to >show > > > > > my piccies... > > > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > frank > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >"the subject of a photograph is far less important than its >composition" > > > > > >-- > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >[email protected] > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > >-- >"the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
