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07/10/2002 02:35:50 PM · #26 |
And I will state I have had some FANTASTIC teachers. This guy was not one of them.
I had an art/design professor that told me my sophomore year that there will be people who disparage the ordinary or the commonplace to seem more "advanced". Sorta the way we sometimes rip on our parents as not cool or with the times.
When in reality art is neither common or hip. It is the expression of the moment for that artist, his emotion, his view from his point in the universe. If it is common or uncommon it is only in relation to the viewers..not the absolute of its existence. Sounds weird I know but once you think that way you fear no critique was my design teachers point..You won't try to be fashionable for fashions sake. You will be what is needed. I think his name was Obi Wan or some crap..hehe
That photography professor just happend to be my JUNIOR year and I had been trained to question everything. |
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07/10/2002 04:06:35 PM · #27 |
| Gee hokie that brings back memmories. As the daughter of a College proffessor I was always the teacher's pet or his/her bug. Question everything. 65-72 *grin* |
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07/10/2002 06:45:49 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
If ya can't do it, teach it :))
Can I recommend that you shoot a tribute to teachers? That or send us all apples :)
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07/10/2002 06:54:39 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by myqyl:
I''ve asked the site admins to pull my photo from this challenge since several people seem to think I am making a "joke" of kidnapped children. I meant to deal with a deep seated fear of my own and inadvertently seem to have touched a raw nerve and offend several folks. This IS a tough subject
My sincere apologies for my knee jerk reaction here :) I was just thrown when 2 of the first 4 comments thought that my shot was a sick joke. This site is all about learning, and I''ve learned not to look at comments till Tuesday night at the earliest :) I''m especially sorry for having blown my anonymity. I know that''s a major taboo here and in retrospect, I probably could have worded my first post more genericly.
Live and learn :)
* This message has been edited by the author on 7/10/2002 10:55:31 PM. |
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07/10/2002 06:56:07 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by myqyl:
I''ve asked the site admins to pull my photo from this challenge since several people seem to think I am making a "joke" of kidnapped children. I meant to deal with a deep seated fear of my own and inadvertently seem to have touched a raw nerve and offend several folks. This IS a tough subject
I'm sorry you removed it. As a father I can tell you that it is a real fear today. |
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07/10/2002 07:04:22 PM · #31 |
| I don't have children, but I have several nieces and nephews, and I thought you captured fear in a very real and emotional way. That photo if shown on TV with no caption at all, would get your point across and cause awareness to a very evil threat. I thought you did a wonderful job and it was a well deserved 10. |
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07/10/2002 07:10:43 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by waltoml:
Originally posted by myqyl:
[i]I''ve asked the site admins to pull my photo from this challenge since several people seem to think I am making a "joke" of kidnapped children. I meant to deal with a deep seated fear of my own and inadvertently seem to have touched a raw nerve and offend several folks. This IS a tough subject
I'm sorry you removed it. As a father I can tell you that it is a real fear today.[/i]
I didn't remove. The site admins had sense enough not to respond till I saw a more representative selection of comments. Their wisdom knows no bounds :)
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07/10/2002 07:10:54 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
I don't think 'fear' is really a bad subject but it's definitely a difficult one for sure... I have gone back and re-evaluated my interpretations of this challenge to allow practically infinite latitude on meeting the challenge.
Maybe more people should go back and examine the fear photos. I know from some of the comments on mine that some of the people really didn't look close. Parking a car at the bottom of a dam pouring water hundreds of feet to show more depth perception? REALLY, look again. |
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07/10/2002 07:29:19 PM · #34 |
I thought it was to show our interpretation of fear,not someone elses.I''ve been getting this all day "Technically it''s pretty good. I like it. But gotta vote low because it doesn''t really express the emotion....FEAR."
I posted my interpretation of fear.Showing the EMOTION of fear is a whole other pix.
* This message has been edited by the author on 7/10/2002 11:32:08 PM. |
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07/10/2002 07:33:19 PM · #35 |
This is interesting... I have been keeping up with this thread and voters definitely are not giving any latitude to the interpretations. This is not abnormal though. Your photo has to meet the viewer's own interpretation of fear. All challenges work this way. It's not necessarily a bad photo, but there has to be something in it that shows a concept of fear to the viewer.
Fear is an emotion that is not equally shared on every subject by every individual.
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07/10/2002 07:42:43 PM · #36 |
I agree...I'm pretty tired of reading the same comment over and over. I'm not sure a lot of the voters have much of an imagination (I didn't think it took much to get mine).
Originally posted by Digipixer:
I thought it was to show our interpretation of fear,not someone elses.I''ve been getting this all day "Technically it''s pretty good. I like it. But gotta vote low because it doesn''t really express the emotion....FEAR."
I posted my interpretation of fear.Showing the EMOTION of fear is a whole other pix
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07/10/2002 08:37:07 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by myqyl:
My sincere apologies for my knee jerk reaction here :) I was just thrown when 2 of the first 4 comments thought that my shot was a sick joke. This site is all about learning, and I''ve learned not to look at comments till Tuesday night at the earliest :) ...
Live and learn :)
I don''t look at the comments page until at least 10 have been posted...
* This message has been edited by the author on 7/11/2002 10:20:34 AM. |
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07/11/2002 04:08:53 AM · #38 |
Yes.
Well in this case, alot of it had to do in that it was a holiday week. I was travelling, and then I had relatives visiting. She had never been to the U.S., so we couldn't really ignore her and do our usual thing ;) ..
But some of the ideas I had were:
A black and white of a small child huddling in the corner, with large monstrous shadows arrayed around him/her on the wall.
First-person view from a comedian or someone, standing on a stage, looking into the lights and microphone, staring at a crowd of people with their arms folded and their faces blank or even irritated.
Guy looking over shoulder of GF seeing that she's reading a bridal magazine.
Home pregnancy test.
First-person view about to get hit by bus or car.
First-person view standing on a high ledge, looking down at feet and traffic faaar below.
Originally posted by lmhr:
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
[i]i dont think it''s a bad subject but i definitely did not have the time this week to give it the treatment it deserved, nor let loose the full visions in my imagination : ) ..
That''s my case too. I always think of this great (in MHO) ideas, but because I lack the time AND models/actors I would like, I end up shooting always objets or as in this case, myself.
L[/i]
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07/11/2002 05:47:55 AM · #39 |
Good topics magnetic...especially the home pregnancy thing....I can visualize a macro shot of the blue/pink thing with the face of the women in the background slightly out of focus..all kinds of possibilities there.
The girlfriend and bridal book is a good one too. |
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07/11/2002 09:31:42 AM · #40 |
I am getting many comments on my entry this week saying they can''t find a description of the Phobia I used for my title. A quick search in Yahoo brings up web site matches #1. Phobia List. I hope this satifies everyone''s curiosity.
* This message has been edited by the author on 7/12/2002 12:46:57 AM.
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