Brisbane 2012

[Tom Dinning]

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[Maggie Terlecki]

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Both of these are beautiful shots and taken from great vantage points. I especially love that in the second one, the girl sitting on the bench has a see-through umbrella and you've taken the shot from above and we wouldn't be able to see her from this point of view if it were opaque. i could go on and talk about the lines and the circles repeating etc., and how that makes for good composition but that doesn't really matter as much as that they appeal to me. I know you don't care, but thought I'd tell anyways.

 

[Asher Kelman]

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Tom,

I have great difficulty with two types of compositions: waterfalls and jetties for boats like this. I struggle with where to place borders as some elements seem incomplete no matter how far one extends a frame or else then the main features get too small. I would have tried to get more on the right. however, I like what you've done and commend your cold-blooded approach to doing the job and doing it well!

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Here's a scene I immediately love. There's the girl, of course, a special gift and then the runner going by to give a sense of time passing. I watch scenes like this a lot to see how the human patterns change in the fixed arrangements of the paths and spaces. Fabulous!

Asher​

 

[Tom Dinning]

Of course I care, Maggie. It's just that I don't care a lot. It's like I dress. I care enough not to be naked so as not to frighten the children but not enough to comb my hair or put shoes on when I go out.
Funny thing is I never notice the composition elements. I'm too busy looking at the interaction of the people. There was a third person in view that just wouldn't get into frame that would have completed this one for me. Some people are just not very cooperative.

 

[Tom Dinning]

The more I looked at the boat ramp, Asher, the more amused I was at how neat and tidy its construction yet the boat owners just tied up anywhere. Knowing the Brisbane River, the occupants of the boats would have alighted in their business suits in the morning and headed to their desks in the offices of the city buildings. This is a frequently use mode of transport for city workers how also live along the river. What a way to go to work.
As I said before, I run on gut instinct for framing and placement. Whatever feels OK at the time. I get the feeling if I took too much time thinking about it the mood would disappear. I'm not that confident that I could spend an hour or two thinking out it like some. I'd procrastinate so much I probably would go home without a shot. How you guys can do that stuff with large format cameras I have no idea.
So if it's not to your liking it's probably because you thought too long about it. Might be that my shots and a lot of others are just for looking at and moving on.
I took my iPod into the mall the other day just to have some fun. I'll post the results. Talk about snapshots!
Ain't snapshots a valid form of photography? In my book they are more important than the arty farty stuff.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Ain't snapshots a valid form of photography? In my book they are more important than the arty farty stuff.

It's all Artsy Fartsy? Tom, that's the truth of photography, all Artsy Fartsy, (yes, snapshots to heirloom prints), and none of it will make us immortal. Still it's most enjoyable to see time stopped for a moment. In that act, we give the man with the sickle the finger!

Asher