On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> I totally get that distinction now that I've worked both ways. And I > largely agree with you. > > But the field photographer has the ability to move around the scene in > 3-space and use different focal length glass on his camera. By > positioning himself and changing focal lengths he can make objects in > the scene change positions relative to each other to a large extent, > even occluding objects with others to alter what's visible. And of course thanks to the freedoms of digital, the photographer can move and delete objects in post. Paul > > I'd argue that's composing. But he doesn't get the complete freedom of > the studio shooter to arbitrarily arrange the scene and light, that's > for sure. > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Minor personal nit. I always have a bit of a problem when >> photographers talk about composition and they are not doing studio >> work. When you're making a drawing, a painting, etc, you're composing >> something in the medium. With a camera in a studio, you are composing >> scenes on a stage and then framing them—that's composition to me. In >> the field with a camera, you're not composing anything: you're >> *framing* what you see. It's a not-so-subtle difference. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- 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.
