On 11-10-15 3:16 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
In view of the recent discussions here, I thought these thoughts
might be of interest to some PDMLers:
http://naturography.com/say-something/
I am not sure if I agree with the claimed universality of the assertion
made by the author. It is rather philosophical - and in some sense a
question of definitions. What is primary: a beauty or the story, - that
is similar to the chicken-and-egg dilemma.
After all, "the beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and
"all readings [of a book/art/... ] are correct".
Enjoy!
Igor
Firstly, thanks for this link, Igor. I enjoyed reading it even if only
to be frustrated a little by it. I know what you mean by the chicken/egg
conundrum.
Problems I see with his main point to "add content":
Many, possibly most of my shots are of something interesting or
attractive to look at. That's it, the subject is the content. The
"meaning", such as it is, is: "I observed this lovely X and I'd like to
share my enjoyment of seeing it with you." So how am I supposed to add
a "story", "experience", "emotion" above and beyond that? Certainly, I
consider how *best* to convey the attractiveness or interestingness of
the subject when I shoot it. I consider my PoV, lighting, etc.
He's talking about communication. Pictures communicate, so add content,
not just gibberish. But successful communication requires a shared frame
of reference between you and the other parties. The more shared FoR you
have, the less data has to be transmitted. If I take a shot of my cat
and show it to my wife, it's like art to her. If I show that same cat
pic to Mike Johnson, it's line noise pffffffffffff. Much of the story,
experience, emotion in a shot comes from that share point of reference.
That's out-of-band stuff like background reading on a subject.
And it doesn't help that the article's accompanying image doesn't do
anything to illustrate his point, at least to me. It's a lovely shot,
but that's all it communicates to me: attractive sea lions.
Guess what I'm saying is he's got a point, but it's too complex to cover
in that teensy blog posting.
-bmw
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