I didn't initially say this - Wm Robb did, I was just elevating it to a MARK
!
But I do practice this in my photography - as I've said here before -
isolate, simplify & define.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Show, or hide?
Ken do you, also, apply this philosophy to your photography?
Helpful hint: In order to do this, I've found it necessary to limit my
martini's.
Jack
--- On Mon, 2/21/11, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Ken Waller <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Show, or hide?
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, February 21, 2011, 9:52 AM
> Mostly I try to show what I want
to show and not show what I don't want to show.
Mark !
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Show, or hide?
> On 20/02/2011 7:44 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> I've been thinking about how I compose shots, and
I've realized that I often go to more effort to hide things
that I think will detract from the shot, than I do trying to
make everything that I might want is visible. I'd often
rather do two "detail" photos, each with a clean background,
rather than one photo with everything in it, if the
background has something I don't like.
>>
>> However, I often spend a lot of time trying to
compose my photos with two thematically contrasting objects,
so I don't only think about hiding things, but what I'm
showing as well.
>>
>> When you compose shots, do you think that your
style is more about showing things, or hiding things?
>>
>> c
>
> Wow!
> You probably have no idea what a big question that
it.
> Mostly I try to show what I want to show and not show
what I don't want to show.
>
>
> --
> William Robb
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