Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Show me! >:o Jeffery Smith wrote: >Perhaps because I've discovered the secret of his framing? ;-) > >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA >http://www.400tx.com > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. >Colen >Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:02 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we photograph, artists who photograph, and HCB >-golden mean > > >Fascinating to see, Jeffery, but why do I think that HCB is sitting his his >studio in the sky, enjoying a snifter of heavenly cognac, laughing his ass >off? > > >On 4/11/06 7:54 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > > >>Bob, >> >>In looking at many of HCB's photos in the documentary, I detected that >>HCB seemed to be looking for angles (one part of the documentary had >>HCB talking constantly of "geometry"). The placement of subjects >>seemed to be invariably on one side of an angle as I have collected >>here: >> >>http://www.400tx.com/HCB.html >> >>Even if these images aren't compellingly "golden mean" (I couldn't >>find little thumbnails of all of the examples they showed in the >>film), HCB almost never places his subjects in the center of the >>frame, and when he doesn't have an obvious diagonal, he often has a >>rule of thirds composition. >> >>Jeffery Smith >>New Orleans, LA >>http://www.400tx.com >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >>bob palmieri >>Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:49 PM >>To: lug@leica-users.org >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we photograph, artists who photograph, and >>HCB >> >> >>Jeffrey & Tina - >> >>I know from the Golden Section, but I don't really understand how to >>use it in an organic way in snapping. Can you show me how it applies >>to, perhaps, some of HCB's pictures? >> >>Bob Palmieri >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >