Re: Balance

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dear george- i took th first hulcherama to evidence
photoghers' convention in las vegas in the early days. what brings this
up is that recently i found the john west information sheet i was using.
wanna see it by snailmail? simon nathan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rehotshots@xxxxxxx [mailto:Rehotshots@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 8:47 PM
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Balance

In a message dated 1/2/00 7:21:33 PM Central Standard Time,
droberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< Teri, my comment was about the statement "Rush is right" not about a
 photograph.  Sorry to interject the political comment but I couldn't help
it.
 Balance in photographs is something else indeed to discuss. What is your
idea
 of balance.  Is it only compositional forms or dark and light or something
 else?  Is it symmetry?  You have good ideas keep sharing them.

 Rehotshots@xxxxxxx wrote:

 > "Yeah, so far right he is unbalanced."   You know what I hate about
formal
 > balance?
 > I'm spacin'  and I get on this elevator, go up and come back down, look
 > around me, and the
 > place is so symmetrical, that I don't know which way I came in or which
way
 > to go to get
 > out.  Off topic?  not really, balance in a photograph is very important.
If
 > the balance is too formal it's just not that interesting.
 >
 >
 > teri
 >
 >  rambling muse

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       Don Roberts   *  Bittersweet Productions  *  Iowa City, IA
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 Of course, that's just my opinion.  I could be wrong. -- Dennis MIller
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  >>
I know that, Don, but I wasn't sure if you were serious or playing or what
because I missed some of the conversation, the light from the explosion
being so bright that it blinded me, and all.  You know, asking me how I
shoot
and what I think about balance is really like asking me how to ride a bike.
I can't tell you how I ride a bike.  I just do.  I do a lot of closeups.
Once I took a picture of a little girl that I couldn't get to respond to me,
(it was for her mom, or I wouldn't have even tried),  nothing I did worked.
Suddenly, she said, "Look!  Kitty!" and I  looked over my shoulder.  Thought
I didn't get a good shot, and I didn't for her mom, but it's one of
my favorite pictures.  Her finger is pointing straight at my lens.  Breaks
all
the rules of composition, but I love it.  Once I took a picture of some
leaves on a magnolia tree close up and used the magic F-stop,  and got all
these beautiful hexagons of different colored lights in the background.
Lately, I have focused on how my energy affects my subjects.  My pictures
are about interactions.  I try to create an energy, then step back and let
the performance begin.  Maybe we should have asked Simon about this
subject.  He's the pro.  Sincerely.  So, what about you Don?  You just
interject anything you like my friend.  I have 10 gigs of hard drive now and
lots of floppy disks and  pretty soon intend to run automatic AOL, that's
enough to handle the
load, don't you think?  Was just trying to flip your idea around.  Hoped you
would
respond.  So, tell us about composition.

                                                                   teri
                                                                    rambling
muse