tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post5844078228702612822..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: EdgesBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-8903547823524774342010-02-05T19:19:32.290-08:002010-02-05T19:19:32.290-08:00When I'm critiquing work in photo workshops, t...When I'm critiquing work in photo workshops, the biggest problem with student compositions is usually the edges. When people are first starting in photography, they need to pay more attention to getting them right.<br /><br />Later on in our photographic lives, we can get them wrong, and they're still right. What is that famous Winogrand quote about content overwhelming form?Joehttp://www.joereifer.com/words/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-56388192533931207512010-01-22T08:45:58.884-08:002010-01-22T08:45:58.884-08:00an important topic and informative post...thank yo...an important topic and informative post...thank you. the image is the bottom-line, whether cropped in camera or in post-processing. For me, the context and content of the photo is everything and, as photography is deceptively about reality, the decisions can be difficult.brhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319369552556788448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-50229946181864227752010-01-22T01:55:38.779-08:002010-01-22T01:55:38.779-08:00This is one of the most thoughtful observations on...This is one of the most thoughtful observations on photography I have read in a long while. Having just spent over a month in Japan I did see quite a difference in the visual language, however, your insight on the Japanese woodcuts is excellent - yet new to me, as well as your ideas on the balance of chaos and order. Thank you very much, Blake!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-66107092992083453542010-01-21T13:05:43.940-08:002010-01-21T13:05:43.940-08:00Great post Blake.
I remember a few years ago whe...Great post Blake. <br /><br />I remember a few years ago when a friend told me that after you've been shooting for awhile you start to look from the edges inward, rather than focussing on what's dead in the center of the frame. <br /><br />But shooting with a rangefinder, well, it's always a bit of a guess.<br /><br />When I think about edges these days Friedlander always pops into my mind. I don't know why, but the way he's able to arrange information in a frame always gets me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-37043707880255417512010-01-21T11:40:24.291-08:002010-01-21T11:40:24.291-08:00I think there's a lot of truth to what you poi...I think there's a lot of truth to what you point out about point and shoot framing. Only problem, for as many instances where you can demonstrate that it definitely enhances and reinforces spark and spontaneity in an image, you can find just as many instances where it weakens and distracts from the composition... And so we're forever left to our less than perfect balancing act.Stan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.com