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I think I need a break from CTF. Just go out and go crazy with a camera. My photos will still stink, but at least I'll be enjoying making those stinky photos :)

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Like your strong spirit Rod and agree with many of the points you make both current and in the past. When photoshop techniques become overstated or obvious to make the picture interesting, it sometimes becomes art over photography.

Every picture in my house, however, has a frame around it. It draws attention to the photo inside not away from it. I feel a nice neat PS frame can have the same effect if done tactfully.

Doug
 
All the picys are in frames most are those certificate frames & some have too much wood but the missus likes them:-) I think it's a lot different when viewing on a monitor Doug as there's only one picy on view at a time so there's no need to frame really. Also the frame seems to make the picy look overly enhanced & I find that distracting. But if you really enjoy framing shots for the internet then you should do so Doug as I enjoy criticising them, we will both be happy:-)

It should always come down to what your own heart is telling you Doug, not someone on the internet so just enjoy what you enjoy................One day you will know better..............I hope:-)hehe
Regards Rod
 
The bulk of the shooting I do seems to be for these challenges. I enjoy it and expect I wouldn't shoot much without them. I hope to join a local camera club when I can make the time, to continue motivating me to shoot, but mixing things up a little too. Now that I've had my one meager showing of travel shots I'm also motivated to shoot with a purpose next time I travel someplace interesting.
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  • Brent

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it's quite the opposite. When I started to shoot nearly no photo for the challenges, it dramatically reduced my number of shots taken over time.

And I think, it has helped significantly to 'cure my addiction', although I miss it sometimes :o) ...there are still some days, when I take to much photos, but I feel very happy, that it is no longer dominating my days :o)

Here's just a shot from my recent outtakes:



Just for fun, and just for the pure joy of taking this shot :o)
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Cheers, Armin
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jstrong said:
I think challenges are good because they give you a "project" in
sorts....or a lesson to focus on. I enjoy the challenge part of
it, but also enjoy just taking photos like when I go on vacations,
etc. But just around here in town or taking picys for no reason...
then I think i'm not too motivated.
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That has changed for me completely, I simply started to enjoy just these opportunties...
jstrong said:
Sometimes photo opportunities come when you least expect
and then you darn better be ready.
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Hm, true and not so true...I've been to this many times, 'wow, that would make a great picture' - but then I smiled; the challenges and the intensive thinking about how to frame something have teached my eye - and many times I'm happy, that I'm able to see the shot, and don't worry about that I do not have a cam with me - because no one can take the picture from my memory :o)

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I think initially the challenges really helped, especially those that concentrated on some specific aspect of photography like DOF, rule of thirds, isolating the subject, etc. Now I hardly take any pictures that don't relate directly to a challenge topic and I think I'm passing by shots, just because they don't fit the challenge currently going on, that I might have taken BC (before challenges)!
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CJ
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I think that would be totally up to the photogapher and how and what he wants the image to convey. I can't see the fine line in the sand on that subject.

jano
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Some taken early at photography and some recent. Please comment on what you like and what you do not. Jano

 
I mean........ just to take a pic which doesn't inspire me to do so isn't my cup of tea... I think we're on the same page Armin.

jano
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Some taken early at photography and some recent. Please comment on what you like and what you do not. Jano

 
Did you ever go sit in the coffee shop to see if people looked at your nice photos or do they just go in there and drink their coffee without even looking at their surroundings?
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CJ
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Love those fashions - they actually look quite contemporary - what's old is new again! And you certainly weren't hippies - too neat and clean looking! Nice car there too - what is it?
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CJ
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A Volkswagen Beetle.No we wern't hippies:-) I think in the seventies some of the fashions were probably inspired from the hippy era as to day I see older conservative people wearing what was Hip Hop clothes, mainly long shorts & tee shirts that are too big even though the same people would have said how silly that looked 10 years ago. When the brain see's a lot of something over a period of time it seems to accept it as normal (That's why I'm overdoing my resistance to too much Photoshop):-) But as I start to lose my faculties & my photography goes down hill I will no doubt start extensive photoshopping:-)
Regards Rod
 
I imagine if the cafe was frequented by an arty crowd they would look at a new exhibit but if it's just a cafe for the masses then I'm afraid they would be more interested in their coffee & checking to see if they have any messages on their mobile phones. Musicians have a similar problem when playing in cafe's etc, that's why it's important that we do our art/craft for our own personal love, outside recognition is just a bonus. Commercialism & art do not make good bed fellows:-)
Regards Rod
 
jstrong said:
I think that would be totally up to the photogapher and how and
what he wants the image to convey. I can't see the fine line in
the sand on that subject.
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Drawing lines is seemingly imposable that's why discussions abound in the art world. I totally agree with what you said Jano but I will try & add a line in the sand:-) The image the photographer wants to convey should be seen at the time of taking the picy with the camera, even though this includes some work in Photoshop.

Taking 100s of picys & then seeing what can be made of them in Photoshop seems a real cop out as far as the art of photography goes. That doesn't mean someone can't really enjoy doing that, it just means it needs a new name as an art because it's not photography as history tells us.
Regards Rod
 
'till the end of the month. Thanks for asking about it CJ. I do go in there now and then to see if people are looking, and some are. But I think Rod is right in that most people are just busy with other things and not really looking around.

It is a very nice venue visually, but I was warned by the previous photographer who displayed there that he sold nothing. I think part of the problem is the place closes at 4:30 and isn't open Sunday. You need people to be off work and maybe even drinking a little booze to sell images.

I did finally sell one yesterday, and the guy who bought it sent me a very complimentary e-mail. That made me feel pretty good, and one is also going to be auctioned off for a leukimia charity at the end of the month in an annual art auction. So I'm happy, and selling any more of them will just be gravy. It was worth all the effort putting it together.

I finally put all the show images up on an official site if anyone wants to see them (just click on the one image to bring up them all) here- http://www.bsmithimages.com/
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  • Brent

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Congrats on the sale, Brent! How wonderful! You still have half the month left and the photos are great so I wouldn't be surprised if you sold more. I still love the lobster shot! Sharon
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Which one did you sell and which one will be in the auction? There are so many I like, it would be hard to decide which one to buy, especially since I haven't been to Paris to form an impression of the city. I guess I'll just have to enjoy it vicariously through you! Thanks for posting them! :-)
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CJ
Please visit my gallery - comments, critiques always appreciated! :-)
http://www.pbase.com/cj_in_ca
 
Rod, Will you and Mereana adopt me?

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Britt ~
Some people are like a Slinky...not really good for anything, but
you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
 
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