I see where you come from Collin. However I think one man's cliche can be another man's: - Honest attempts to learn the craft - Personal joy, or even fetish - The closest motif at hand in a photographic epiphany
Or whatever. Jostein 2011/3/31 Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]>: >>You post very few images so if that has any relation to your >>production at all, you must take your photography very seriously >>indeed. But one thing is a bit unclear to me; are you bothered by >>others posting pics you consider cliche, or are you bothered by your >>own development as a photographer? >> >>Jostein > > The question of personal offense (being "bothered") seems to be pervasive. > I think that was answered earlier so I will leave it to you for further > discovery. > > As to my personal development ... it's not so much a matter of progress as of > time to pursue it. I've got some projects in mind but time just gets in the > way. Over the past few years my unemployment has retracted the resources to > pursue doing more and better. > > Perhaps, if I can afford it in my retirement, I'd like to hire a plane to fly > into some un- or seldom-explored area of Yukon or Alaska and shoot with a > variety of formats. > > It appears that some type of elitism is being read into my remarks. I can > see how that would happen. Photography is a joy and it ought to remain so > for all of us. That's why we are here, coupled with just a tad bit of brand > loyalty. I would hope that the general statement *might* be taken in concert > with the specific ones. If not, well, then I'll have to explain myself a bit > more. > > But you know, the critical comments that I've recently given -- written for > both compliment and for encouraging improvement -- have been well-received. > Nobody thought of them in any negative fashion. I would hope for the same > with a more generalized statement. > > As to the quantity of work that I post: No, it is not much. I don't shoot a > lot. The last snow shots were just for a break from house cleaning. They > didn't say much if anything. They only recorded the day and did so in a > manner somewhat commensurate with the modern trend of "social history" which > concentrates on the minute details involving individuals rather than the > major social events. So I shot mostly leaves and buds instead of hills and > fields. (It was an intentional subtext.) > > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://kerygmainstitute.org > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
