Kenneth Waller wrote: >>The reality is that most non-photographer people look at images and have an >>initial reaction. > >The same holds true for a lot of photographer people.
And that's not *necessarily* a bad thing. The tendency to over-intellectualize and/or nit-pick can be just as unproductive as failure to observe carefully. I remember in particular one photo of Frank's that absolutely knocked me out in the very first moment I saw it. A lot of other PDMLers felt the same way but there was a lot of overanalysis (IMHO) afterwards. WHen I see a shot that blows me away at first glance, I do enjoy thinking carefully about and analyzing it -- working out exactly *why* I like it gives me ideas I can apply to my own photos -- but I try to keep the memory of that first "blink" impression while doing so. That Frank picture is still one of my favorites :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
