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self portraits & kitty cat tails
Apr 2, 2022 18:48:11 #
Rich2236 wrote:
Maybe you should walk a few in her shoes. I would like to see how good you are at posing yourself. You are way to quick to negatively criticize!
When I taught photography, I absolutely never crit a photographer's work the way you have. I always commented that "maybe you could have enhanced the image, or, try it a little this way or that way, etc.' but never did I cut down a persons work.
When I taught photography, I absolutely never crit a photographer's work the way you have. I always commented that "maybe you could have enhanced the image, or, try it a little this way or that way, etc.' but never did I cut down a persons work.
First, I seriously doubt me feet would fit in her shoes! Second, I never said it was BAD! I said, in my opinion it's not as great as many people are saying. That's my opinion! Did she bracket several exposures to get the best exposure? I don't no but it doesn't appear that way. Artistically, my opinion is useless because I'm basically nobody and it's just an opinion. Are there that many people here who don't get that?
Is UHH really about censoring others opinions? Are we only allowed to say strictly nice things about everything we comment on?
As for posing myself, I don't do selfies. Never have and never will! I'm simply not interested or interesting enough.
As for what you did as a teacher, it can be taken different ways. Criticism isn't always a bad thing and offering up different ways to do what others have done is in a way critiquing their work.
I also taught people how to do things, not photography, and by critiquing others work, I could point out why things are done the way they are done. By the way, every coin has two sides!
Apr 2, 2022 21:04:02 #
mjc925 wrote:
I am going to jump in to disagree with rmorrison, ... (show quote)
I agree with you MJ. I guess this forum's members are like many in the rest of the world, quick to bitch but slow or never offer anything constructive. Life must be sad for someone so full of hate.
Apr 3, 2022 07:23:28 #
Human sexuality has an element of humor and the tail of the cat tell that part of the tale. If one has ever had cats, they demand to be in the picture. They demand your attention if you have something on the table that you are looking at... plunking themselves exactly where you are looking. For sablynnn to not clone out the cat's tail is her accepting the cat's Dada statement.** The cat, being a serious contemplative observer of humanity, is telling us to not take the sensual sexuality of the female form so seriously and if Sablynnn did not understand Dada, the cat by nature did and looked away from her form and made his ho-hum statement.
Mr Cat, by inserting his tail into the photo was in accordance with the philosophy of Dada, "utilizing the law of chance and using his tail as the found object." Only when viewing her photo did she realize that she was not in charge of the photo, Mr. Cat was by inserting his tail into the photo as a phallic sexual symbol.
Never underestimate the willfulness of a cat!!!
** "... anti-art”, as described by Marcel Duchamp. They wanted to contemplate the definition of art, and to do so they experimented with the laws of chance and with the found object. Theirs was an art form underpinned by humor and clever turns,"
https://magazine.artland.com/what-is-dadaism/
Mr Cat, by inserting his tail into the photo was in accordance with the philosophy of Dada, "utilizing the law of chance and using his tail as the found object." Only when viewing her photo did she realize that she was not in charge of the photo, Mr. Cat was by inserting his tail into the photo as a phallic sexual symbol.
Never underestimate the willfulness of a cat!!!
** "... anti-art”, as described by Marcel Duchamp. They wanted to contemplate the definition of art, and to do so they experimented with the laws of chance and with the found object. Theirs was an art form underpinned by humor and clever turns,"
https://magazine.artland.com/what-is-dadaism/
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Apr 3, 2022 08:05:40 #
that is an interesting approach to the cat's tail, and I have to accept it. Art is very personal, and to me, it is a distraction, but i understand your point.
Apr 3, 2022 11:37:46 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
that is an interesting approach to the cat's tail, and I have to accept it. Art is very personal, and to me, it is a distraction, but i understand your point.
Perhaps a distraction, and perhaps proving "the best-laid plans of mice and beautiful women photographers go astray" ** Yes, but I did sound like i knew art [good for my image I also inflate balloons with hot air]... but at times to paraphrase Freud ... at times as in this photo, "Sometimes, a cat's tail is just a cat's tail,"*** and artifact!
** sota quote from 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns
***"Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis and one of the most famous scientists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, has been heavily burdened with a lot of quote attributions since his death, including the “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”line. As you know, Freudian analysis placed a lot of analytical weight on the symbolic and psychological meanings how people used and valued common items, such as cigars and cigarettes.
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Apr 11, 2022 23:40:31 #
sablynnn wrote:
Hi! This is my first post. I take self portraits whenever I want to create something but no one else is around for me to capture. :-)
Very nice and not easy to do really.
Apr 12, 2022 09:09:43 #
DanielB wrote:
Very nice and not easy to do really.
Keep it up, post often!
Apr 19, 2022 07:02:56 #
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Beautiful image. You captured your body as the work of art that it is. And with so much expression.
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Jul 1, 2022 09:52:54 #
WirtzWorld
Loc: SE WI
Dpullum, while I agree mostly with your retort, here are two facts: the cat inserted his tail into the photo, and the viewer interpreted it as a phallic gesture. I’m very certain that the cat was only making his presence known and had little or no intention of sexual purpose or innuendo. This being said, it would seem to fall under the heading of DADA, irrespective of the tail being there by chance or purpose.
As to the subject of self portraits, this is one, undeniably. It only needs to be called one to be one. We trust that she is the author indeed. I have a few nude self portraits and I can attest that they are not as easy to pull off as anyone might think. I applaud her aplomb and her courage to post herself. She knows (probably) how vulnerable she is after she posts herself nude in a very male dominated milieu. Good for you Sablynn. I would love to post my own self portraits but just haven’t had the cojones to do it. Maybe I should, if for no other reason than to offer solidarity. Go Girl.
As to the subject of self portraits, this is one, undeniably. It only needs to be called one to be one. We trust that she is the author indeed. I have a few nude self portraits and I can attest that they are not as easy to pull off as anyone might think. I applaud her aplomb and her courage to post herself. She knows (probably) how vulnerable she is after she posts herself nude in a very male dominated milieu. Good for you Sablynn. I would love to post my own self portraits but just haven’t had the cojones to do it. Maybe I should, if for no other reason than to offer solidarity. Go Girl.
Jul 1, 2022 10:23:37 #
I think everyone should take more self portraits. We only have a short time in these bodies and I think they deserve to be captured. 😊
Jul 1, 2022 10:32:14 #
WirtzWorld
Loc: SE WI
sablynnn wrote:
Hi WirtzWorld! You mentioned wanting to post your ... (show quote)
You sound like you stole that post from me! But my reticence to post myself belies me. In keeping with my naturist lifestyle and very progressive attitudes toward the … world, I guess, in general, I think I will post myself. For solidarity, you understand. Okay just because I would counsel any potential model to do the same. Goose and gander thing going here, yeah??
Stay tuned. (Y’all have been warned.)
Jul 1, 2022 10:53:43 #
WirtzWorld wrote:
You sound like you stole that post from me! But my reticence to post myself belies me. In keeping with my naturist lifestyle and very progressive attitudes toward the … world, I guess, in general, I think I will post myself. For solidarity, you understand. Okay just because I would counsel any potential model to do the same. Goose and gander thing going here, yeah??
Stay tuned. (Y’all have been warned.)
Stay tuned. (Y’all have been warned.)
I will be watching for your posting. I did try posting, and felt there is a strong bias here against such, so good luck. I am proud of my experiments in photography, since covid for sure, i have had no access to models, so my only chance to work with the human form, is with my own, old and not exactly fit.
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