Photography Post Vol. 2

[richter]

[primed]

Thanks for the reps sufu

love the shots

did u do a lot of post processing? (curves/levels)

Hardly anything for the first image, played with the colour mostly.

2nd photo, did some curves and converted to black/white.

[primed]

Some photos from a while back at the sea side then to a gallery.

This last one came out wrong, will need to post it up again once worked on.

[inconduit]

[Dex_star]

Hardly anything for the first image, played with the colour mostly.

2nd photo, did some curves and converted to black/white.

Nice, whats ur setup?

[jebeebus]

last night

[primed]

atm its an old dell laptop with photochop CS3

i removed cs3 from my mbp as its going to be sent back for repairs soon.

Nice, whats ur setup?

[primed]

No editing to these what so ever, found on my iphoto.

They do look better viewed larger so if any wants to see them just ask.

[Dex_star]

atm its an old dell laptop with photochop CS3

i removed cs3 from my mbp as its going to be sent back for repairs soon.

i meant ur camera/lens/filters/etc

lol sorry for being unclear

[primed]

i meant ur camera/lens/filters/etc

lol sorry for being unclear

ahh hahaha sorry for being so thick i shoulda guessed lol.

that first landscape was taken with my 400D but the rest were taken with my 40D.

lenses:

EF50mm f/1.8

EF70-200mm f/2.8

EF-S10-22mm (first 2 photos taken with this)

filters:

Basics UV/ ND/ Pola.

[Dex_star]

Dope

Ive been thinking about that 10-22 for a while now... That or a 24L

But seeing as I'm not getting paid for shooting anymore, I can't justify dropping that much cash on glass right now

[primed]

Dope

Ive been thinking about that 10-22 for a while now... That or a 24L

But seeing as I'm not getting paid for shooting anymore, I can't justify dropping that much cash on glass right now

I wouldnt bother getting the 10-22mm save up and get 14mm EF L

Put that on a fullframe body and you got yourself a super wide angle.

[captain5640]

This page is the reason I like this thread.

[tweeds]

does anyone here remember what happened to the original photography thread (circa 2006)?

i want to see holeinthewall argue with carl again.

[tweeds]

oh wait, it's right at the start of this thread!

brilliant.

[khoiphan92]

how come the kids getting his head shaved

[alf]

[rockon99]

Found an unprocessed roll from this summer:

[cloudhands69]

does anyone here remember what happened to the original photography thread (circa 2006)?

i want to see holeinthewall argue with carl again.

Thanks Tweeds! I checked that, too.

I have been thinking about Carl's photo set ever since I first found this thread. It was nice to get a little bit of a background on those images. Still, they make me feel uncomfortable (ethically). The most recent set with new images of the family and the other photographer (Adams? I forget) really did strike me as exploitive. How many photographers roam the backroads of Kentucky, ingratiating themselves into different white trash "households" (term used loosely) to procure their permission to photograph them? The whole thing just leaves a gross taste in my mouth.

No hate to Carl, it's just not something that I would call Art (capital "A").

It's like Jerry Springer or something. I can't watch that show. It's people who think exposing their private lives on national TV will earn them some sort of fame/recognition/solution to their problems. Even if they do it willingly, isn't it still exploitation? Do you think this applies to Carl's "story family?"

I am very new to photography and I'm just starting to think of issues like photographic ethics. I'm open to changing my mind, I don't want to come off sounding like a knowitall asshole.

Finally, I am a little envious of those people who can convince other people to let them take their picture. Nobody I know will let me shoot them like that.

[tweeds]

what would one consider Art? it is a little hard to define...

and furthermore what is the link between exploitation and art or artlessness? arguably every translation of subject into visual or literary representation (among others) is some form of exploitation.

what role does something like war photography play then? is it purely to satisfy the photographer's appetite for danger, the audience's need to see drama and suffering so that they can feel sympathy and in so doing feel better about themselves?

perhaps photography is only a channel of communication between the subject and the audience, and the photographer never actually steals or appropriates lives and cultures, but instead draws a link between a subject matter and an audience which would otherwise never meet.

i'm sure that Carl will have a stronger point to make. i merely wanted to reply with some questions since you are open to changing your mind.

[rockon99]

^ i love people who actually think.

repzz

[Quiver]

perhaps photography is only a channel of communication between the subject and the audience, and the photographer never actually steals or appropriates lives and cultures, but instead draws a link between a subject matter and an audience which would otherwise never meet.

I'm much more inclined to think of this as a (photojournalistic) photographers "purpose". To think someone like James Nachtwey is exploiting starving African children for his own personal fame instead of doing it for the sake of opening the public's eyes to the reality of the world is quite a sickening thought. I'd like to believe that reporting comes foremost to these photographers, and their artistic expression is a natural but secondary byproduct.

[sidneylo]

Damn, we're getting into the Camera Lucida bullshit territory…

[juanda]

i like this

[tweeds]

Damn, we're getting into the Camera Lucida bullshit territory…

just take the damn photos, man, stop talking about it!

[tweeds]

I'm much more inclined to think of this as a (photojournalistic) photographers "purpose". To think someone like James Nachtwey is exploiting starving African children for his own personal fame instead of doing it for the sake of opening the public's eyes to the reality of the world is quite a sickening thought. I'd like to believe that reporting comes foremost to these photographers, and their artistic expression is a natural but secondary byproduct.

sorry, yes, my bad for drawing a big arc over the entire sphere. that said, there are plenty of photojournalists apart from nachtwey, and possibly not all of them approach their subjects with the same empathy?

[joelz]

Halloween Portraits, and a hilarious looking statue in a fountain

[jewbagel]

[rizzleryan]

[aaronS]