On Dec 31, 2012, at 9:14 AM, John D <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian, I ALWAYS like your photos. > > My wife pointed this out; She likes more contrast in pictures than I do. > > So she likes the clear division of foreground and background. Large masses > at rest. The distinction between figure and ground. So her favorite is the > first photo. I like the complexity of intricate shapes in the second > picture. The angular dynamic of composition in rough textures. Conflict in > the slide of movement from the right bang up against that vertical wall in > dark shadow on the left. Delicate pinks give way to burnt orange and pale > blue. And here I am sitting in my studio moping about a portrait with two > full figures I'm working on from a blurry photo taken in the 1970's. It's > small too, so I've had to pull out a magnifying lens for some of it. > > Oh! Brian. I have INVENTED something you might be interested in. Do you > ever use a large format camera?
I have used a large format 4x5 camera once. <http://brianspics.wittybanter.org/GrandCanyon/Pages/WhitmoreMoonrise.html> -- Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
