Critique please - Swiss army series

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hi guys... had the chance to shoot a small series during a 3 week long stay within the swiss army... it was not legal at all, which didn't make it easier! so please, do not tell the boss ;)

I really appretiate your critics and inspiration... of course, it needs a final selection

please look at my blog for the series...

http://www.sechsmalsechs.blogspot.com

cheers,
andreas
 
As a series not bad, a fair number of shots I like. While not legal technically you seem to have got away with it quite well, people seem to have been quite aware.

I'm not sure I like the presentation with the identical photoshopped borders.
 
rxmd... you are a funny one... photoshopped borders!!
benmacphoto... around 15-20 pictures... not that much... thanks
 
OK, the alternative is a filed-out mask on the negative carrier, the old-fashioned way. :) Sorry. I guess looking at lots of photoshopped pictures in the real world makes you a bit oversensitive when you have a large number of prints with the notches all in identical places.
 
My last post didn't work, so I'm trying again.

Not in any order, these are my top picks from the images.

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Do you have something specific you would like to express in your final collection?

They make me think about the irony of a Swiss Army. Beautiful location, affluent, good looking men, little sense of danger or fear. Looks at times like a fashion shoot. I mean this in a good way - it's comic. And yet some of the imagery suggests death and body bags, providing a good underlying darkness.

With that in mind, I chose these:

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The the one thing that struck me (and brought back rather paiinful memories) is being so tired you can sleep anywhere. Sleep for 2 minutes or 2 hours, 2hrs hours being like heaven. A lot of people may not realize it but military training and combat brings out the last ounce of energy you never knew you had. So many of your photos capture that, but I'm not sure if your viewers realize it without captions.
 
EDIT: Nice fotos of a training situation. 3 weeks of training sure beats 3 combat tours of many Americans.
 
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snausages... of course the should give a critical view of the whole system, but with irony as you stated! we had to get up every day at 05.00am till 23.00pm... if you had ask yourself what you've done the whole day, you had no clue! it is so, because it has been always so, and it will bi so in future... that's the system! we trained self defence, shooting, tactics and so on... but for what?

beemermark... yes, thats what the whole 3 weeks were... to sleep! the program that we had on the three weeks, could be done within 1 week with good organisation... but that's not the goal! good hint, with the captions, thanks a lot!
 
Xmm, nice stuff...
Hints me to take the camera to my next annual reserve service in IDF...though the outcome mood might be a bit different....
 
thanks alex... I will continue the series next year for sure ;)
yes, you will have a totally different mood for sure...
 
BRAVO!! Great pictures, hope this *is* or *will be* your job...
 
thanks a lot guys...

roberto: I tried to study photography but didn't get permission... it was quite a hard time, but now I'm over and enjoy the freedom of taking pictures without pressure and business related background...
I studied architecture which I live for and that gives me satisfaction ;)

emraphoto: it's boring... ridiculous boring!!
 
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