Jamie123
Veteran
I'm allergic to dogs.
FrankS
Registered User
Boy-oh-boy, there's always one!
Jack Conrad
Well-known
I approve of the political message in this photo.
The composition is slightly weighted to the right of center
which I think contributes to its interest as a political message.
The composition is slightly weighted to the right of center
which I think contributes to its interest as a political message.
JFH
Established
Just wanted to say thanks, Chris, for your contributions to this site.. both artistic and philosophical. I follow your postings and find them interesting and provocative. Your "world view" actually tends to reflect much of my own as does your imaging of same. (I just wish I could approach your insight and quality.) Good slice of Midwest Americana if you ask me.
While I'm not sure that a photo forum is the best place for a discussion of firearms rights, if it happens, then it happens. And it does tend to open up some photographers' viewpoints on other things, which as you may agree, might tend to slant the emphasis and presentation of their work as well. So then this gives us all something else to think about too, doesn't it?
Being "of the firearms culture" myself though, I do notice one thing about this and similar discussions.. at least the way they appear to me: One side is basically saying, "Just let me alone to pursue my own likes and dislikes (within law and reason of course)," while the other side at times seems to want to take the position that their position occupies some sort of moral high ground and therefore should / must be applied to everybody else as well. ....
Anyway, just a few thoughts. Do keep up the work and post more. I for one look forward to it..
While I'm not sure that a photo forum is the best place for a discussion of firearms rights, if it happens, then it happens. And it does tend to open up some photographers' viewpoints on other things, which as you may agree, might tend to slant the emphasis and presentation of their work as well. So then this gives us all something else to think about too, doesn't it?
Being "of the firearms culture" myself though, I do notice one thing about this and similar discussions.. at least the way they appear to me: One side is basically saying, "Just let me alone to pursue my own likes and dislikes (within law and reason of course)," while the other side at times seems to want to take the position that their position occupies some sort of moral high ground and therefore should / must be applied to everybody else as well. ....
Anyway, just a few thoughts. Do keep up the work and post more. I for one look forward to it..
robklurfield
eclipse
To not veer off-topic, I'm removing all my offending posts from this thread. Hope that helps us regain our focus.
JFH
Established
Apologies possibly due here... It looks as though my last post may have pushed things over the top and gotten this thread relegated to "off topic.". Well I disagree... Your presentation of mid America in this and oither threads are both well done and imho very pertinent to the state of photography today. And the sort of folks we are or pretend to be, as well as what we see in others and our surroundings tend to influence the photographs we make. Hardly off topic at all if you ask me.
JFH
Established
Color?
Color?
More on topic this time... Chris, your most recent work has been in color. Like others, I enjoyed your Black and White work very much too. Can you explain why the shift to color? I realize from my own perspective that one or the other often just seems to "fit" better in a particular situation (for me for example, a lot of railroad shots just "want" to be in good old 1950's B & W). Would appreciate your thoughts here.
Color?
More on topic this time... Chris, your most recent work has been in color. Like others, I enjoyed your Black and White work very much too. Can you explain why the shift to color? I realize from my own perspective that one or the other often just seems to "fit" better in a particular situation (for me for example, a lot of railroad shots just "want" to be in good old 1950's B & W). Would appreciate your thoughts here.
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
I think there is nothing to be said about the image. It's an image of a sign. It does IMHO not have photographic merit except that it gives the message. That also seems to be the only function it's supposed to fulfil in Chris' series about his community. If we're not supposed to discuss the message, there's really nothing to discuss here.
I'd have preferred it if Chris could have arranged his series here in some kind of, well, series. That would have made it easier to understand that there is a context behind the pictures. As such it looks just like a bunch of images from around where he lives, and some of them by themselves I find frankly boring, but if one knows that they're supposed to go together one can assess them differently.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I think one of the problems I have here was the title of the thread ... 'Hurrah For The Second Amendment!' That was an instant hook for any gun toter viewing the forum main page ... they were bound to click on the thread IMO!
It's a sign ... and without Chris's explanation it tells the average non US resident absolutely nothing about the meaning or intent behind the sign ... and as for the second amendment itself the rest of the world struggles with that concept.
It's a sign ... and without Chris's explanation it tells the average non US resident absolutely nothing about the meaning or intent behind the sign ... and as for the second amendment itself the rest of the world struggles with that concept.