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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 9/16/2005
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Hi Anthony, speaking of Americana and nostalgia, I discovered Ann Texter: http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/53076.html
I think you'll like her portfolioalong the same lines, I did!
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Maureen Austin
{K:273} 9/12/2005
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Thank you Anthony
I will try to do as you suggest....see "wildlife "pictures,I am still floundering a little !!!
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 9/12/2005
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Ina, at one level I agree with you: I find composition instinctive, in the sense that I have a reasonably good "eye". What I find difficult is the final "post-production" bits. Hopefully one gets it right first time for the most part when the photo is taken, but cropping to me IS difficult, and I find myself to-ing and fro-ing, Thank you very much for your advice - I shall bear it in mind and heartily agree that rules in creativity can be counter-intuitive sometimes :) Otherwise, we'd never have had the likes of artists like Dali and Picasso bleh! Nor indeed composers like Debussy, Ravel, Satie. I see you at this moment chomping at the bit till you can upload your latest masterworks hehe!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 9/12/2005
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Hi Anthony, composition is NOT hard, it has to do with the visual weight of objects. Colors, saturation and shapes combine to give visual weight, ie - your red sign is the "heavy" object, but the bright blue sky at the top balances the weight. However, dark & warm colors "weigh" more than light and cool colors. Line composition is the same: heavy vs lightweight. That's my theory, although I never think of it, I just look. Rules are made to be broken, especially in art. Re: Andy Warhol, the man was a genius. But I like all artists, from any moment in time. There's very few I don't like, can't think of any. I wanted to do something special for 9-11, but I couldn't find anything relevant in my portfolio.
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 9/12/2005
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Oh yah - and as you can see, I positioned the sun behind the sign and I found its subtle halo appealing too.
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 9/12/2005
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Ina - I like your crop, thank you. I was wondering along similar lines. Do you think the pole and lines (haha) above add anything? I'm not sure; I wanted a biggish sky above to somehow oppress the now moribund signage. Composition is hard!
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 9/12/2005
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Indeed Maureen :-)
When are you going to compile a portfolio?
Anthony
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 9/12/2005
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I have exactly two more hours until I can upload my pictures. This thing is turning me into a Pavlov dog. Meanwhile, I have a crop of your picture - it would fit nicely into the Square Project!
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 9/12/2005
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Ah, I wondered for how long you were going to hold out Ina haha! Good! Let me take a look at your pics...
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 9/11/2005
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Hi Anthony, I came from communist Romania - now *that* was an Orwellian country! You're right about uniformity setting in, but in most cases that is consumer/market driven. I have read your statement and I agree - well put!
I became a donor last night (couldn't take anymore) so it's not "another day another picture" anymore - it's three pictures - fun, fun, fun.
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Maureen Austin
{K:273} 9/11/2005
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An era passed,never to return,but then nothing is forever....
It paid to advertise.
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 9/11/2005
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BTW - their breakfasts were FABULOUS.
Sigh...
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 9/11/2005
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TY Ina - we have turned into a bilateral thingy here! hehe. I found this image striking and rather sad - this diner has fallen victim to global corporate power, blandness and uniformity. Have u ever read "1984" by Orwell? I'm sure u have.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 9/11/2005
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Nice piece of Americana, Anthony, with all its imperfections. Gone are the days... but the colors are still bright.
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