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Post by urbino on Feb 26, 2022 20:20:22 GMT -5
Painters used to have the advantage over photographers when it came to modifying subject matter. Wires in the way. Just don’t include them in the painting. But now photogs have programs at hand that can do almost anything we want. In the old days laborious burning, dodging, masking could accomplish some of this, but the range of possibility was limited. Literalists might say (and do!) that this is a perversion of photography, but this is absurd IMO. “It should be recorded just as it occurs in life!” Really? Picasso was once accused of being “non-realist, unlike photography!” He asked if the accuser had a photo of his wife. Yes, he said and produced a picture of her from his wallet. “Very nice,” said Pablo. “But how can you have a relationship with such a tiny woman?” The idea of a tiny woman likely appealed to Pablo a good bit, and on multiple levels. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 2, 2022 5:44:52 GMT -5
Some great photos there, Kevin. Luminar Neo is supposed to be a good program. I have Luminar AI and it's great. My only issue is it takes a while to make changes. I prefer Lightroom and Photoshop for their speed.
You've a good eye for a photo. Keep it up.
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 2, 2022 9:20:46 GMT -5
Kevin, study the ol’ guys. They have much to teach us. Paul Strand, Edward Weston. Cartier-Bresson. Stieglitz. Eliot Erwitt. There is a very long list. Well worth working your way through. Your work, and your life, will be richer for it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 2, 2022 12:01:03 GMT -5
I have the Time-Life Library of Photography from 50 years ago. It covers all of the greats as well as all the knowledge of photography before digital. It's free to anyone who wants it and will pay shipping. It's about 30 pounds.
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:21:29 GMT -5
Here's a couple more.  |
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:22:12 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:22:44 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:23:22 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:24:52 GMT -5
A scanned negative of yours truly long ago.  |
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:32:13 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:32:39 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:33:07 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:33:34 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:34:01 GMT -5
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 3, 2022 2:34:28 GMT -5
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 3, 2022 8:25:53 GMT -5
I think it was Gary Winogrand who said (I paraphrase) “I photograph something to see what it looks like as a photograph.” Seems kinda silly at first, but the more you think about it the more sense it makes. That concept is at the very root of Why We Make Images. A photograph is a miniature two-dimensional, sometimes monochromatic, simulacrum of some something that is full-sized, three-dimensional, and… real. Photographs are not real, nor are they intended to be. They are interpretations. The more skilled the photographer, the more personal his interpretations become.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 3, 2022 9:53:20 GMT -5
I think it was Gary Winogrand who said (I paraphrase) “I photograph something to see what it looks like as a photograph.” Seems kinda silly at first, but the more you think about it the more sense it makes. That concept is at the very root of Why We Make Images. A photograph is a miniature two-dimensional, sometimes monochromatic, simulacrum of some something that is full-sized, three-dimensional, and… real. Photographs are not real, nor are they intended to be. They are interpretations. The more skilled the photographer, the more personal his interpretations become. A fair representation of photography. This seems especially so when looking at large format portraits of people. |
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 3, 2022 11:02:38 GMT -5
During the last decade or so I’ve “messed with” my photographs quite a bit. I was always fascinated by the Pictorialists of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. I have no desire to be a painter but have found the rich resources in manipulating photographs to be very rewarding— both artistically and financially. I can’t claim it to be a new srt-form, but it certainly almost is. People have been doing weird things to photo-based imagery since the beginning— painting on them, appliques, cut-outs—, but today we have resources that put all that to shame. I joke that “Reality is highly overrated.” But that’s only partly a joke.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 3, 2022 12:15:49 GMT -5
A scanned negative of yours truly long ago. That looks like a happy time! |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 3, 2022 18:05:08 GMT -5
Nice pics, Kevin!
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Post by terrapinflyer on Apr 3, 2022 18:20:14 GMT -5
Nice work!
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 4, 2022 4:13:14 GMT -5
A scanned negative of yours truly long ago. That looks like a happy time! I think it was one of those touristy boat trips in SF bay in the 70s. Can't remember though. |
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 4, 2022 9:00:47 GMT -5
Cute kid. What happened? (Jes’ funnin’ ya.)  |
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Post by Silver on Apr 4, 2022 10:35:05 GMT -5
Enjoying the pics, Kevin. Keep 'em coming!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 4, 2022 12:09:06 GMT -5
Great shots!!! Good subject matter.
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Post by Gypo on Apr 4, 2022 22:06:21 GMT -5
Thank you for sharing with the forum.
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Post by dervis on Apr 5, 2022 8:16:37 GMT -5
These are great! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by CrustyCat on Apr 6, 2022 0:47:33 GMT -5
Cute kid. What happened? (Jes’ funnin’ ya.) Hehe. Yeah, happens to the best of us. I remember when I was taking care of folks in a retirement home, and some may have been in their 90's or even 100's and they had old pictures of themselves back when they were in their 20's. It's kind of a revelation, they were pretty hot.. |
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 6, 2022 7:30:52 GMT -5
Sic transit HOT.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 10, 2022 15:53:44 GMT -5
Cute kid. What happened? (Jes’ funnin’ ya.) Hehe. Yeah, happens to the best of us. I remember when I was taking care of folks in a retirement home, and some may have been in their 90's or even 100's and they had old pictures of themselves back when they were in their 20's. It's kind of a revelation, they were pretty hot.. Watching old tv shows and movies… them women didn’t get tramp stamps, and their femininity and the way they carried themselves was very appealing… wow! And the racy ones that came along a bit later, Raquel Welch, Ann Margaret, more risqué, but they never crossed the line to look like the Hollywood trash we see now. |
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