Amazed again looking at your work. You have a great artistic sense
and an eye that transcends your chosen artistic mean of expression. I
am always anticipating some fabulous pictures from you which your
name has become synonymous to in this forum and as always with a
pleasant tone and modesty in your postings.
Heh! It's amazing that someone would attribute words like that to me! Twice in one day -- someone else said that my "pleasant demeanor" was "infectious"! I guess y'all read but a small fraction of my posts! : )
But you have that unfair advantadge of a great source of inspiration in that
little one of yours you she is photogenic and beautiful thanks for sharing your
work.
Actually, as I've told many people, I take lots of pics of lots of kids who are very beautiful. But my daughter is the most expressive. I've come to realize that it is not beauty per-se, but expressiveness, that is the important element. A friend of mine was asking about a modelling shoot I did of this one super-hottie (over 18, of course), and I told him that hot chicks are a dime a dozen (well, I have to pay more, but that's another story!), and that I'll take
interesting over
hot any day of the week. But the model had an exotic "Amazon Goddess" look to her that made her pics more interesting than most. There's a big difference between wanting to bang a chick, and wanting to put time and effort into photographing her. I mean, I see hotties I want all the time, but photography is not what I'm hoping to do with them. : )
I think you have a knack for snapping pictures of people that
says more than what you could get from a studio shoot.
Thanks! I'll unabashedly take that compliment. As much as I strive for technical perfection, there's a converted and conscious effort on my part to capture character. Technical perfection of the uninteresting is, well, uninteresting! : )
Who said mathematicians are dry and cold.
My wife, students, and pretty much anyone else who knows me. Except my daughter, who, no joke, is a clone of me, both physically and mentally (except, of course, that she's a girl!).
I did not know you are a mathematician...
Well, that term is quite exaggerated with me, and exceptionally embarrassing considering all the simple math errors I constantly make here because I'm too anxious to type and get my reply in rather than checking myself. Eh, that level of math is beneath me, anyway. : )
I wonder how that plays out in photography. You are certainly doing
something right.
I seek beauty.
And thanks for linking the photos with the lenses.
That's where the math figures in -- I demand proof in everything. Man my professors hated me. My math professors because I skipped steps, and all my other professors 'cause I wanted to know every line of their reasoning. : )
Can I tell a story? By your silence, I assume I can. : )
When I was taking a Women Studies class (I have a minor in that, if you can believe it), a professor quoted the oft repeated "Women make 69 cents on the dollar compared to men." Well, I wanted to say that 69 benefits the woman as much as the man, but decided against it. : ) So, instead I asked how the stat was computed. "Did they [the people who derived the statistic] just tally the total income from men, and the total income for women, and divide by the number of men and women? Or did they instead compare pay for equal positions, equal time, and equal seniority?" She looked at me and asked my major. "Honesty".
Yeah, I was hated. Still am. F'em. My daughter loves me. : )
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--joe
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