He has a degree in History.......cue family breakdown and Hey Presto ! he lives on the street, playing a penny whistle for the spare change of passers-by.
I really like this one..... Yet part of me would have liked to see the focal point on the fingers or the face rather than the book. For me at least, the title and background info is about Alan which would lend itself to him being front and center so to speak.
Thanks, you guys. You're both absolutely right. We were talking about the book ( on Chinese history ) and I think I made the wrong decision to focus on that. My idea was to produce a sort of soft, 1930's feel, but I definitely misread it, so to speak.
I kick myself every time I look at it, and I'll be filing it in the experience drawer marked "THINK FIRST".
Thanks, you guys. You're both absolutely right. We were talking about the book ( on Chinese history ) and I think I made the wrong decision to focus on that. My idea was to produce a sort of soft, 1930's feel, but I definitely misread it, so to speak.
I kick myself every time I look at it, and I'll be filing it in the experience drawer marked "THINK FIRST".
David.
Don't feel so bad, we all do that - "What was I thinking?!!!" :-)
From your subsequent posting, I'm under the impression you had already formed the image in your head based on your conversation with Alan, correct? Then you simply executed the shot based on what you planned. So in that respect, the image to you was exactly what you wanted at that time.
Then we look at the image and have a different message received.
What I take away from this is what the shooters initial interpretation is - and how it's framed in their head - is what will be captured. I won't say the image missed the mark, but the message may have missed with the execution. Does that make sense?
As for kicking yourself, don't beat yourself up. Just shoot two images with different focal points in rapid succession to cover the bases!
He has a degree in History.......cue family breakdown and Hey Presto ! he lives on the street, playing a penny whistle for the spare change of passers-by.
Nah, I think sometimes the technical aspect of an image, e.g. the DoF and focus point, cannot be fully appreciated until the image is seen large. It could have worked if the angle of the person is different. In fact, I just saw an image of an old woman looking at her passport and the focus is on the passport and the image works in that case. However, in this particular composition, the choice of focus point does not work for me. IMHO etc. of course.
From your subsequent posting, I'm under the impression you had already formed the image in your head based on your conversation with Alan, correct? Then you simply executed the shot based on what you planned. So in that respect, the image to you was exactly what you wanted at that time.
Then we look at the image and have a different message received.
What I take away from this is what the shooters initial interpretation is - and how it's framed in their head - is what will be captured. I won't say the image missed the mark, but the message may have missed with the execution. Does that make sense?
As for kicking yourself, don't beat yourself up. Just shoot two images with different focal points in rapid succession to cover the bases!
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Still, I keep coming back to it...
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I kick myself every time I look at it, and I'll be filing it in the experience drawer marked "THINK FIRST".
David.
Don't feel so bad, we all do that - "What was I thinking?!!!" :-)
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram
From your subsequent posting, I'm under the impression you had already formed the image in your head based on your conversation with Alan, correct? Then you simply executed the shot based on what you planned. So in that respect, the image to you was exactly what you wanted at that time.
Then we look at the image and have a different message received.
What I take away from this is what the shooters initial interpretation is - and how it's framed in their head - is what will be captured. I won't say the image missed the mark, but the message may have missed with the execution. Does that make sense?
As for kicking yourself, don't beat yourself up. Just shoot two images with different focal points in rapid succession to cover the bases!
It's still a great image.
.
There but for the Grace of God go I!
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram