Anyway... you SAW the shot and successfully captured it. If the light wasnt right on it naturally, I am sure you would have done what you had to in order to make the light work and match your visualization.
Visualization "can" occur in a split second.. PJ photographers have to be able to react without delay or they miss the shot. Execution is based on experience and can also occur in a fraction of a second.
I don't love this shot, but I do like it. The soft fluffiness of the toiletpaper definately comes thru, and the angled composition of the rolls give the ordinary rolls an extra sense of tension. The contrast adds to this as the two holes almost add to the illusion of the composition looking like an abstract face.
This shot was taken for fun. I saw the two rolls of toilet paper sitting there and thought, my, I have a photo here. (Actually, my first thought was, "Hmmmm, toilet paper has an interesting quilted texture. I wonder if I could make a neat photo of that somehow?")
No, I did not set up lights to advantageously "light" the rolls. I used the light from the available lamp. Also, the paper with the fonts and necklace were just sitting there already. I touched nothing.
So does that diminish the photo, the fact that it wasn't "planned?" I don't understand that comment. Sure, you can pre-visualize and, yes, I do that in 95% of my work. (As a newspaper photographer, you definitely have to think to make some really mundane subjects interesting.)
But, by the same token, does that negate a quick shot of a granddaughter that captured her perfect smile in beautiful light? Does it negate the shot of two basketball players unexpectedly taking up fists? Does it negate the shots of the newspaper reporters at Kent State with dead students at his (or her) feet, or the flag being raised at Iowa Jima? Does it negate the quick shot (and irony) of perhaps a dump truck crashing in front of a "No Dumping" sign, trash spilling everywhere?
Sure, you try to visualize your shot, that's a "golden rule." But is a shot any less "worthy" because a whim turned lucky? I would have to say it's the end product that's important, whatever steps were (or weren't) taken to reach it.
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Hey Lisa!!
Just goes to show ya eh...that noone can say they dont have anything around them to shoot *L* Reminds me of a seminar I went to where Freeman Patterson told the crowd he took a glass ashtray out on his deck one sunny morning and shot off a couple of rolls of film as he watched the light change on this ashtray.
I like your TP image very much Lisa *smile* great idea and an image that will get everyone looking around them to see something unordinary in the ordinary *smile*....Maggie
This is cool Lisa. Really creative in the Weston vain. Everyday objects d'art. The focus really lends to a sense of place and gives these everyday objects a sense of romanticism. The light is just superb. I hope this was thought out and not done by accident. james
Oh my...I had to stop laughing before I could post a comment. :) I starting cracking up as soon as I saw the thumbnail. I would normally think toilet paper to be a dull subject, but now that I see a picture of it, I realize just how interesting it can be. :) I like to imagine you stole it from the bathroom in a restaurant or something...that gives it a nice edge. *wink* Is it sitting on a preview print of fonts? It looks like it. *chuckle* Your camera seems to capture some pretty good detail. Nice, tight shot, Lisa. Thanks for cheering me up! :)
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