needing advice

[blustocking]

It's 4:10 in the morning and my normal indecisiveness has turned into a drooling monster quietly gnawing on my brain whilst lolling his eyes and saying "duhhhhhrrrrr"....so, which one of the first 9 of these do you think I should submit to this.

And I apologize if you can't see it. I think you might have to have a JPG account.

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Re: thank you

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Hmm, an interesting thought. However, not only does it not bother me, but I often find it more aesthetically pleasing, and the reverse to be just as true.

It's similar in painting. Cutting off body parts at the edge, the feet, allows the viewer's mind to fill in the rest. There is the suggestion of space continuing on outside the edge. We don't assume they're footless/armless/headless, our brains fill in the rest. For me, cutting it off, adds more of a sense of being in "the space" than having the figure take up the full-frame. You're setting the boundaries and asking nothing of the viewer. It's in those times that I'm most conscious of the window/box/frame of the photo.

I'd shoot full-figure if I were doing formal poses, but otherwise, I think I'd only do it if there were a lot of foreground or the scenery was important to the shot.
As someone who's drawn to boxes/windows, that may be something I choose to do unconsciously.

But like you said, that's just my opinon. :)

Re: thank you

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

aaah but the border of the image, or frame or the passe partout then integrates the image!
Anarchy then ensues and the world ends.

I like your approach. If we all did the same thing, art would be boring.

....in landscapes, do you center the horizon?

Re: thank you

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Jeez man, is there a landscape rule too?
I don't know. I do what looks right to me. Depends on the situation.

Here's a question...if the horizon isn't in the center, IS it a landscape? Ooooo. Say you were taking a beach shot and the water was 3/4 of the picture. Is that a landscape? Or a waterscape. Bwahaha.

Re: thank you

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

There is a landscape rule that I never paid attention to: Never center it because it divides the image.

-I had a bit of a rigid first year =P
Still, I think about it every time I shoot a fucking landscape.
I mean, what happens when I have 70% sky?
Oh the ho-rror.

Re: thank you

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess I could see that. But that, really, should be second nature. If a straight fucking line of land right through the middle of your picture is pleasing to you, there might be bigger problems.

4 out of 5 professors agree, 70% sky means you're an asshole.

Re: thank you

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

Hey screw you, I like clouds!
One thing I can't stand though: Skies shot in B&W without at least a polarizer or a yellow (if not darker) filter.

do you like puppies too?

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

That, is true. And I currently don't have any filters for the new camera. There's a Hoya set on my wishlist.

Re: do you like puppies too?

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

Not really. I'm a cat person =P
I have both Hoya and Cokin. I have found Cokin to be less of a nuisance since all I need is a few adapter rings and I can use them in any camera while the Hoyas are of a set circumference and therefore less interchangeable. Also, cokins has a wider variety of filters available cheaply on e-bay.
Anyway, what you really really need is a good polarizer.
There is no filter more essential than a polarizer.

Re: do you fondle your polarizer?

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Well spank my giblets, I just bought a Cokin polarizer for $10 (with shipping). WOOOOOOEEEEEE.

I like how I worry about rent and will soon start donating plasma, but photographic eBay purchases are A-ok.