I’ve got to find photographers to research and emulate on these subjects – ‘environment’ & ‘meeting point’. For the first I was thinking of man’s environment and taking pictures of old windows / doors in cottages etc. Do you know of anyone that has done this type of abstract architectural photos and also any other type of architectural. For the second I’m thinking of ‘ meeting of liquids – water & ink, meeting of gases – air and smoke, meeting of natural environment – shorelines, sea shore and more abstract pebbles etc. Thanks you so much
I fail to understand why people don’t use google, but the first link is really quite stellar. This is Paul Adams; an architectural photographer: http://www.padams.co.uk/index2.php?gclid=CMHu-o3E5J0CFUYA4wodKDdrKw
November 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
man = toilet
take pictures of urinals, toilets, sh!t, spit, and pee
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November 11th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
isn’t anyone who takes a picture a photographer?
to the person below me: maybe because people want answers from real people and not just possibilities or random pictures that has a questionable source. don’t know whether it was plagiarized
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November 11th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I fail to understand why people don’t use google, but the first link is really quite stellar. This is Paul Adams; an architectural photographer: http://www.padams.co.uk/index2.php?gclid=CMHu-o3E5J0CFUYA4wodKDdrKw
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http://www.padams.co.uk/index2.php?gclid=CMHu-o3E5J0CFUYA4wodKDdrKw
November 11th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Your ideas are very interesting!
I’m not able to give you specific names of photographers as the ones you are seeking but would recommend looking at sites with high quality photography as the type you find in National Geographic, for instance.
I thought about Greenpeace-type work regarding ‘meeting points’ between man and other parts of creation in our environment.
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November 11th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
hi, is this a research project aimed at the discovery of style, for a written work, as opposed to a practical "in the style of" or, as i think, its an assignment, envirnment and meeting point…
interpreting the brief is a skillset all on its own, and its merely touched upon. teaching the art is easy, teaching creativity is a nightmare…you have it, or you dont. oh, just like anything, it can be learned, but the truley fluent, and skilled will breeze it…
so heres a few tips.
think laterally. its and meeting point, theres a connection. anywhere people congregate in a "natural" place. its sewer pipes discharging effluent, its factories pumping out smoke, and workers at the end of a shift, its a church and its congregation, at a funeral, and we all meet the earth…dont we?
get a thesaurus, and look up the words, and do a 10 minute brainstorm, write it all down…and get creative. put two photographers in a room, give em a brief, and they both do it differently…thats all yuo have ot do, is do it differently, or obscurely… make people stop, and look…and to do that, yuo just have ot be creative…
its 4am here and my fingers have gone deaf, as they cant understand everything im mumbing.. im an old school guy, i did this 30 years ago, from you rperspective, now i teach it.. from darkroom to photoshop…
what im trying to say is, take a minute or two, step back, and just think, visualise it, set it up in you head, then find a way to do it… but it all comes back to interpreting the brief… too many people get so carried away, their work is visually stunning, BUT, it misses the point.
1 set up, on a tripod, school hallway. anywhere where theres lots of people… meter the ambient light, set F22, and calculate for a long exposure… and wait till it gets busy. everything stays still, except the people… they all blurr, moving like gasses blown on a wind.
2 go buy a plastic dog turd from a joke shop (its allowed, it being creative) place it right in the middle of the pavement, (the bit where people walk, im english) and keep the turd in focus, and get teh facial expressions of the people as they spot it at the last moment.. and it carries a powerful message, people dont like it when your dog dumps, and you dont have the commn decency to clean up…. you could even photoshop the dog in, and its owner just standing there, going against the crowd, you see thier expressions not his…
i apologise for the waffle… but out here, in the real world, we are always looking, always thinking, and all of always, try to be different, and creative… this is the nature of the medium, we grab people attention by our interpretation… there are many photographs like mine, BUT this is MY interpretation… this is MY photograph. (full metal jacket)
it holds… by all means look at other work, theres lots of architecture on wunderground .com (its primarily a weather site, BUT the images are all top quality and theres a whole lot sof bulidings) look, take inspiration and ideas, and then you do it your way…
nite nite cruel world, for the the rants and raves will follow us beyond our graves, paid with salt, and treated as knaves… we sell our art, and are no better than slaves.
it hits the spot…
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38yrs doing it, 18 years teaching… at the end of a very long day… and its already monday morning…