Primitive photography.

[sebastel]

In my opinion the best way to enjoy the RFF is to park the negativity at the door, ...

this is what i sometimes forget - to park the negativity outside. apologies to all the toes i stepped upon.

however, a little bit of controversy is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as we keep it civilized. like this discussion about art or passport pictures, for example.

thanks for all the inspiration i got from this forum.

yours sincerely,
sebastian

 

[mcfingon]

Some good discussion has been started here by Ko.Fe.'s robust comments, so good on you Kostya!
John Mc

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

I may not always agree with Ko.Fe, although very rarely, but the one thing I most enjoy about him is his straight, no bollocks talking.

Developing some rolls yesterday and I kept on thinking to myself, what result should I be aiming for, as sometimes it's not at all clear. Some of what I do is learning, so I forgive myself some meritricious results, but some is snapping of the type that wastes my time and money to no appreciable end.

I recall as a boy on an exchange with family friends in Germany, that we went to his bosses house (a General in the Pioneers no less) for a slide show of their trip to Sweden. The two things I recall were "and another picture of the midnight sun" and family photos of them nude bathing (rather exotic to inhibited Brit). But it just went on and on and on. There are way more photos taken than people who wish to look at them, my family roll their eyes at my interests, so I try to exercise self-restraint, well, sometimes.

 

[robert blu]

From the opening post by Kostya:

"You have to look at the picture and interpreter it. You have to resonate by your inner side with it."

For me this is the point...

 

[Ambro51]

I’ve quite a lot of wet-plate time and over the years came to realize that no matter how “bad” a picture is, someone will like it. Those of us who strive to do it really well would arrive at a plateau we called “Kodaking”, meaning the plates were about as perfect in every way possible. THEN on the other hand, some people intentionally make the sloppiest pours, worst developer pattern, fingerprints, stains etc on a “passport” picture of one of their friends (who moved a bit during the exposure, poor light control and hard to see in average light.) THIS, they refer to as “art” and those plates are fawned over and lived and sell for $xxxx.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Those of us who strive to do it really well would arrive at a plateau we called “Kodaking”

Instead of sharing some more words, share your photos, instead. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Wife & I visited the Houston MFA this week and apart from the host of oil painting the size of a house, I was most struck with the intimate photos of Josef Sudek of Prague, from the 30's. They caused me to think that good photos are easy to make, simple to compose, expose correctly and print carefully, then present tastefully. Anyone can do it, right?

The very opposite of "street photography". Don't get me wrong, I love "street" it is fun, people are great to photograph if they don't mind you. But "street" rarely rises above fun snapshots to the level of what I call "Art."