"Zot" <wiz_au@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Atheist Chaplain wrote,on my timestamp of 14/04/2008 4:35 PM:
>
>>
>> OK so I'm going out on a limb here and offering the "Master" some
>> critique, and in all honesty not to be vindictive but just some
>> observations and maybe Doug can tell us the reasoning behind these
>> particular shots, I'm always willing to learn :-)
>>
>> 1638: why is the hair blown messily across the face, wouldn't it be
>> better to be blowing behind the head?
>> grouptree: only one person is actually looking at the camera in this
>> shot, the rest look like they want to be somewhere else.
>> lady1: ****ny nose, ****ny chin, ****ny forehead.
>> s****ts: neither subject is in focus.
>> 4546: ****ny nose, ****ny forehead, ****ny cheek and hairstyle like she
just
>> got out of bed.
>>
>> don't get me wrong Doug some of them are quite nice ****traits but I
>> though a ****trait was supposed to flatter the subject, not highlight
the
>> flaws.
>>
>> I await the inevitable tirade :-)
>>
>
>
> Fair comments. But let me say
> over the years I've seen much worse
> from so-called "wedding photographers".
> A *lot* worse...
>
> What baffles me is what the heck
> is that s****ts photo doing in
> a ****traits section...
> Perhaps Doug would be able to move
> it somewhere else? It ain't make
> sense, if you pardon the weird
> 'nglish.
>
> As for it being out of focus,
> I think the front subject is just
> blurred by movement: not a problem in a
> s****ts photo. Not *all* subjects in
> *all* photos need to be pinsharp in
> order for a photo to convey a feeling.
>
> In fact when it comes to s****ts, I'd
> rather see something that suggests movement.
>
> Dunno if you agree with that or not,
> just my $0.02.
you might be right about the movement blur, but when you look at *good*
s****ts photography the subject can be doing 40 knots on skis behind a boat
and still be pin sharp, and the scene conveys the sense of motion very
well.
one would expect a photographer of Doug's self proclaimed reputation and
stature to at least get something a elemental as focus and composition
correct :-)
having said that, Doug is a wedding photographer after all :-)
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