From: Ann Sanfedele
John Sessoms wrote:
> From: DagT
>
>> Thanks John and all the rest! I have been looking at this kind of
>> reflections before, but now I was on a trip with my oldest and his
>> reflection worked all right. I didn?t tell him how to sit, just told
>> him what I was doing and showed him the pictures. DagT
>> http://www.thrane.name Den 16. jan. 2011 kl. 22.24 skrev John
>> Sessoms:
>>
>>>> From: DagT
>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html
>>>>>
> ... snip....
>
> It sounds like you had an idea for an image with a reflection before
> anything else, and when an opportunity presented itself, you framed
> the photo to capture the image to realize your idea.
>
> Those are always the best photos where the idea precedes the image.
>
I like Dags photo a lot... but I sure disagree with your last line
here.... unless the preceding thought is just a couple of seconds.
I think the best photographs ( read: what I like best and the ones to
which I most aspire) are most often those where the photographer
"sees something and shoots something" capturing a fleeting moment , a
certain slant of light. Too much planning and plotting can result in a
technical tour de force but with no heart.
ann
It can, but it doesn't have to.
How much planning and plotting is too much? Should the photographer
never make any image that he/she has thought about in advance? Can those
images never have "heart"?
The way I read Dag's explanation, he had an idea; he had "been looking
at this kind of reflections before".
He didn't set out on a journey to intentionally create a specific image
from that idea and nothing else. He was traveling with his son when he
saw something that reminded him of his idea that inspired him to create
*this* image.
I think if the idea that precedes the image is heart felt, the image
itself will be heart felt as well. Technical excellence in bringing the
idea to fruition does not preclude an image with "heart".
I say those photos where the idea precedes the image are "the best"
because the advance thought gives you a better chance of recognizing
when you have found a moment with "heart". And that means you're better
prepared to capture that moment if/when it ever arrives.
Shall we agree to disagree?
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