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Post by oilinki on Apr 11, 2015 20:05:16 GMT 7
I'm a nerdy person. I enjoy the laws of logic and reason. Those can be always debated, but there is often an logical solution ahead. I feel uncomfortable when talking about feelings, as there's far less logic behind the way people think. That's one reason both psychology and photography are so interesting. Ability to look to the soul.
But what makes a person a good photographer? Ability to capture the feeling in one image? Ability of doing it technically just right with a single shot - when the moment happen? Ability to see and capture, what others don't see. Ability to do it first. Ability to copy others ideas and present them as your own? Ability to do self sensor and remove all the not so great images, before posting those for others to see? The last one is to protect ones reputation.
How do you define a good photographer?
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 11, 2015 20:41:54 GMT 7
Deep pockets. No skill required. Just an overwhelming irresistible desire to click the Buy Now! button.
Only kidding.
1. The ability to see;
2. The ability to capture.
Number 1 is an arty thing which is difficult to define. Number two is a technical thing like driving a car.
I struggle with both. Especially for subjects in motion.
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Post by oilinki on Apr 22, 2015 21:45:28 GMT 7
I want to push this topic back up. It's important to me.
On MJP's case I have seen some exceptional photos. Quality to fight for. But.. those photos became, darker and darker. I have seen the same with multiple other photographers doing the same, so it's not just something personal thing to do.
What causes this? Is there a need to go and show the bare essentials to the folks, who can not understand what is presented in the image otherwise? Black and white photos should suppress all the other feelings of the audience and make them to concentrate to the essential?
I think, that's a wrong approach. I want to see the colour galore, not the surpassed presentation of it.
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Post by oilinki on Apr 22, 2015 23:54:57 GMT 7
I want to challenge MJP as he have shown that he is a good photographer, we have seen other examples as well. DAL was not a good photographer at the starts, but he developed to become a great one. He also had his fairly dark and b&w periods. Why that happens?
Is it a seek for details, seek for becoming an artistic person, which others will approve? What makes photographers to seek dark schemed black and white photos? Why, really?
Rob: If you don't follow my native speaking facebook conversations, where I generally want to be silly and raise questions, I highly doubt it has been me who raises the same discussion on other forums. Please provide the link to the discussion you were thinking about. I'm very curious, as it will tell a lot how you see me as well.
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 23, 2015 7:22:58 GMT 7
Pic of the day. Asbestos.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 7:56:10 GMT 7
What kind of asbestos is that?
Zooming into the photo I would never think it was asbestos.
Doesn't look fibrous.
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 23, 2015 7:59:56 GMT 7
Firmly bonded serpentine (chrysotile) cement sheet, flat wall paneling type.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 8:08:33 GMT 7
I thought Chrysotile was white, sometimes made as ceiling tiles.
How easy is it to identify this stuff in it's various forms?
I've worked around asbestos before but it wasn't me identifying it.
My outdoor garage roof may be made of it.
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 23, 2015 8:24:26 GMT 7
Chrysotile is white asbestos, but looks like that bound in cement. Asbestos cement sheet only contains between 8-15% asbestos anyway.
Amosite brown, crocidolite blue.
Your garage roof may well be made of it. But take care, because some cement sheet was made with blue and brown abo pre-1964. Blue is around 500 times more hazardous regards mesothelioma than white.
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