I’m trying to understand what makes images that stand out for me like this one and whether this is the same for everyone.
AUDRA by Sheldon Serkin
Pretty pointless nondescript water drops on glass in front of a small (1%of photo) black figure, bang in the middle of the frame. Very little to see besides the drops due to mist on the glass or in the surroundings.
What makes this a standout is the red umbrella the person carries and their evident battle to get out of the rain.
Why not use a comment to put your feelings down or send in your photo and short comment.
I’m sure this is a much more interesting photograph of a Junglescape than SOP1 from a botanical, adventurer or nature study point of view, but as a photograph it is very mundane. Not a standout.
For me its the softness, maybe from the small range of colours or the misty background and the variety of shapes and diameter of the tall trees. The foreground doesn’t help at all to me.
Here is a photograph that fits in the “long time in taking” category, definitely not a “decisive moment”.
My French drivers license!
At last I have my French drivers license, three years after the photograph was exposed!
There is in fact a “Slow Photography Movement” where people are not into snapping using burst mode on their digital cameras, but rather focus on working slower, the physical aspects of the photograph and documentation that extends the story of the image.
One photographer apparently uses film cameras only and waits several months before developing the film so as to extend the process. I can not locate source information on this at present so would appreciate feedback from anyone who knows about this.
Henri Cartier Bresson is known for focusing on the “Decisive Moment” when subject, photographer and equipment all came together at the instant of pressing the shutter to create a unique image.
I personally prefer something in the middle, although I have found myself taking several shots of what looks like a good image just in case they are better than my first attempt.
This looks rather dull on the blog so to lighten it up here is the current free image from my poster site.
A few days ago I spent some time waiting in the parking area of an amazingly complicated shopping area in Paray-le-Monial. This pair of shadowy spectators watching a wheel chair race was the first interesting photo I took. What is casting the second shadow?
When you have time to look there is always much more to see than you would think! On this day the first thing that struck me was the bright colours and that I had seen this before – not through deja vu but because through my viewfinder. .
Going back into my library, I found a photo taken just over a year before on 16 October 2020.
A wider crop of the first photograph shows same autumn colours and red lampposts but adds a range of blues in the sky, parking, road signs and building.
This poster is produced from a photograph and uses technologies operating on the Apple platform. Like any image produced with software it is easily adjusted within the parameters that the particular software uses in processing and in the level to which this is mixed with the original to produce the final project.
I know most would say its a wine advert and not art, but I think the ad agency who did the advertising would not agree, its really quite striking to me aswell.
from FoodStuffSA
By the way the elephant’s closest living relative referred to, is Procavia capensis more commonly called a Dassie or Rock Rabbit in South Africa. This is based on a widely held belief that the elephant is the closest living relative of the Dassie, which is, however, not universally accepted as true.
For a change a look at something abstract after all those photographs! Of course you can click the categories to the left if you don’t want to see certain types of art.
We can produce this type of abstract art in colours that faithfully reflect the colours in the area where you are going to hang the wall art. For now you can email us if you are in a rush or keep and eye on the site to see more details when we launch.
