Re: My contribution to the forum.

[Steve Shapiro <sgshiya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re:  The below.

I have always held firm on the feeling that there is always something in the
light to make subject on film  There is a right time of light, but always
there's a technique to make a picture with what's there.

I have serrindepiteously discovered that over exposing two stops with color
negative film give me or my lab the best possible negative for deep
saturation; and rarely does something composed well fall short of a ghasp
from behind my lens when this occurs, well. IE in focus and remembering to
open the shutter with my old cirkut camera.

The challenge then, for me which begs me on into the future, continuously
has to do with chasing the light.

Many times, within that certain composition, there's a brightly lit flower
that's captured all the available light and made highlights that pull the
eye of my spectators out of the composition and onto the element of light;
so I capatalize on that and chase the light, to capture the light is
becoming the element of controling chance the making art, for me.  The
panorama brings these techniques to a high estime.  It's the format,
sumation of this activity of catching light.

S. Shapiro
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene F. Rhodes <GFRhodes@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: My contribution to the forum.


I would love to get a mail box full of  letters like this
every day. What a breath of fresh air.
Thank you Degroot
Gene

YDegroot@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I don't just complain. I just don't like bickering between people through
a
> public medium. I agree and disagree with the statement that one's work has
> nothign to do with one's personality. Agree that he/she can still shoot
great
> photos. But disagree as far as the pratical end of it. As a former photo
> editor, I never used people again who were a pain in the butt, who were
> terribly arrogant, etc.
>
> I have talked about panoramic topics, about my cameras, etc.
>
> I shoot with Linhof 617, homemade 6x18 (using B/J & Navy Torpedo parts),
and
> very wide angle cameras, such as Brooks Plaubel 100 VW.
>
> I have had a range of  swing lenses, but really did not like the
distortions,
> so sold them all.
>
> I mostly shoot nature, but from a very individual, unique perspective,
which I
> call tunnel vision. Hard to explain.
>
> Here's something to discuss: many photographers say light is everything.
To me
> composition is everything. And every kind of light evokes a certain
approach
> to compostion. In other words. Almost every scene has its ideal
composition
> under a certain unique and ideal light, that may come around only once a
day,
> or even less frequent. Thus, there is never a bad time to photograph.
Whether
> it rains, whether the skies are just gray, there's sunset, whatever.
There's
> always something that looks unique in that condition of light.

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II*