Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know exactly what you mean about record photos - I take a lot of photos of abandoned/empty buildings and some I definitely know will be good compositions and some are simply snatched "records" of buildings that are in danger. Sometimes, almost insignificant buildings, a farmstand, an old garage, but the next time you go along that way - they're gone. There is a fascinating book called "The New American Ghetto" by Vergara where he has done the same thing in an urban setting, photographing and rephotographing streets as the buildings change or disappear. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Pultz" <cpultz@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW (12/2/02) > Nathan wrote: > > "I like your shots, especially those of seemingly abandoned and decaying > buildings, like the former pet shop. Some of the others are more like > record shots, but once in a while you do hit a good one, and that makes > it worthwhile. > I have been doing something similar, but with the same place. I have > been in London a lot of this year, and right next to the Holiday Inn > Express where I usually stay is a former pub, now being demolished. I > photographed it for the first time in March, again in June or July, and > most recently in early November. > See: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=257129 for the early > shots. I will shortly be adding the more recent images to it. Those are > in color, and for once the London sky was blue, which provided a certain > tension in the image. I was actually thinking of your work as I was > releasing the shutter." > > Nathan, I'm just seeing your note on Thursday - haven't been keeping up > with the list too well this week. > > Thanks very much for the feedback. I hadn't seen the pictures of The Rose > before. The fourth and eighth are really nice, beautiful gloomy light. The > most recent ones are not lit as well, though the billboard shot is vivid. > But, yeah, that sure is my kind of subject, and thanks for having me there > looking over your shoulder. > > I'd like to know more about what you mean by record shots. You mean photos > that are taken as a note or for remembrance, rather than as a photo > suitable for framing? Or one of those things where you say, "it's not > right, but I'll take it anyway." > > I try to keep those things out of the PAW, but sometimes they get back in. > Like the first shot of the series, which might be one you are referring to. > http://quazynet.no-ip.org/PAW/PAW25.htm Tricky exposure because the > building is almost back lit. I thought at first it was the wrong time of > day, I'd have to go back in the morning, when the sun would be shining > across the facade. But, on second thought, if all the architecture as > highlighted, would the statue on top of the building be as noticeable. That > was the point of the shot, a little guy with a rifle perched on a massive > masonry pedestal. I like the strong converging lines, too, forcing the eye > up to him. So, I used it. > > Don't mean to justify or explain what might still be a weak photo, that's > just what I was thinking. So it's helpful to have someone else come along > and say, "ah, your full of it!" In a few months, I'll look back at the > first six months of PAW and wonder about some of the crap, what was I > thinking? Or maybe not. > > Best to ya, > > Carl > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html