Homeless, dignity, photography

[silverbullet]

Someone please put a good photo on this thread.

here they are…..:

http://www.sylviebendel.de

Sylvie is a forum member of the Nikon forum, Germany. She can dive into person's mind with her camera. For me she is one of the best female photographer here in Germany.

Pls. have a look at REPORTAGE

 

[silverbullet]

Nice use of lightroom presets. Adds a glamorous touch to the homeless. But that is not reportage. I'm supposed to learn something from a reportage. Something has to be reported. In this case nothing comes out, and I don't see how "she dove in the person's mind". I'd call her a debutante in reportage if I had to rate her reportage work from that link.

The aesthetics are ok but without a message, those homeless' photos are rather pointless.

This was my critique and response to what was presented as the best german female photographer.

Watch her turn into a wedding photographer quite soon is my prognosis.

Could you read her explanations?

 

[Erik van Straten]

Pls. have a look at REPORTAGE

Nothing worse than digital photography that tries to look like photography on film.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Could you read her explanations?

Good photography does not need explanations.

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

I met him for three years in a row at the same intersection. The bottle to his left was filled with vodka. After I took this picture he re-appeared
a few times and then he disappeared altogether.

 

[Sparrow]

... I thought I'd contributed to this thread ... but I'm unable to find the post now, that is a strange thing to happen

 

[OurManInTangier]

Nice use of lightroom presets. Adds a glamorous touch to the homeless. But that is not reportage. I'm supposed to learn something from a reportage. Something has to be reported. In this case nothing comes out, and I don't see how "she dove in the person's mind". I'd call her a debutante in reportage if I had to rate her reportage work from that link.

The aesthetics are ok but without a message, those homeless' photos are rather pointless.

This was my critique and response to what was presented as the best german female photographer.

Watch her turn into a wedding photographer quite soon is my prognosis.

I thought you were a wedding photographer Ned?

 

[airfrogusmc]

It is? There are a lot of commercial photographers that would argue that.

 

[OurManInTangier]

As well.
That's where the money is.

Pragmatism wins for the wise. 🙂

 

[airfrogusmc]

I do commercial as well. Nothing beats an upscale wedding. And you get to eat like a king as well.
We're back from a wedding in Mexico. Great fun.

I don't like commercial photography. As a matter of fact, in the past 5 years I've been turning them down. Doesn't even compare.

Then you are not getting the right commercial clients. 😉

 

[airfrogusmc]

Well when I was shooting weddings (all through college and for a very long time after) our min. in 1997 was $5500. Average of about 8K per (all med format and everything even candids multiply lit). 30 or so a year. Booked solid 2 years out. I was also the staff photographer for a large healthcare system and when I got divorced dissolved the wedding biz in 1997 finished all the booked jobs and never looked back. I don't have time to shoot weddings. Seriously. And I was making a good $$$ doing it. Commercial advertising with the right client base is far more stable, I know, I've done both. I work with other visual professionals (art directors, account managers, etc) everyday and the work is more profitable and far less problematic than dealing with general public.

If you love it more power to you. Talk to me in 20 years.

All of this has little to do with topic though.

 

[Sparrow]

... 30 years? ... you were lucky, I only had customers for many years before I got a client