Let's Do Eggleston Shots!
Jul 27, 2015 06:14:22 #
jim hill
Loc: Springfield, IL
10MPlayer wrote:
Re Jim Hill's post w/the popcorn & blue wall .... I like this a lot. Just weird enough to make you wonder 'what the heck'?
Lots of color, the two halves look like a non sequitur. How do they fit together? Very cool.
Lots of color, the two halves look like a non sequitur. How do they fit together? Very cool.
Thanks Player,
I wish I knew how the two halves fit together. That's life! We live in a world full of unexplainable anomalies.
The original was really dark & dull so I had to brighten and mess with the saturation slider. The reflection on the left was tricky. Otherwise, it's as the camera perceived it content wise.
Jul 27, 2015 12:52:31 #
as a contemporary, I've been watching Eggleston forever...
he was in mind with this image...
he was in mind with this image...
Jul 27, 2015 14:00:44 #
jim hill
Loc: Springfield, IL
Uuglypher wrote:
as a contemporary, I've been watching Eggleston forever...
he was in mind with this image...
he was in mind with this image...
Ah! The simplicity is overwhelming. A really lovely shot with the lines slightly askew. Glad you left them that way, Dave. Had me counting the nails and screws.
Jim
Jul 27, 2015 14:03:47 #
jim hill wrote:
Ah! The simplicity is overwhelming. A really lovely shot with the lines slightly askew. Glad you left them that way, Dave. Had me counting the nails and screws.
Jim
Jim
In pp I thought about "verticalizing", but then remembered the shed was distinctly askew, so thought, "why lie?"
Dave
Jul 27, 2015 14:19:58 #
dansmith wrote:
Interesting shots on that page Sandra.
Most "documentary" stuff from that time period was BW, probably to keep the likes of Time and Look magazines full.
These were my window on the world growing up before TV.
Continuing this thread, a BW taken on film with a early 1950's Ensign 16-20, hopefully fitting the theme.
Most "documentary" stuff from that time period was BW, probably to keep the likes of Time and Look magazines full.
These were my window on the world growing up before TV.
Continuing this thread, a BW taken on film with a early 1950's Ensign 16-20, hopefully fitting the theme.
This is really a fantastic capture, Dan. It feels as if the street is deserted, just these two walking through the neighborhood quickly. Is the subject mundane? It certainly is, but the feel of this image is anything but mundane. I can't help but wonder where these two were going, how they are feeling, why the street is deserted ... it's a fascinating shot of an everyday occurance. I think you did a great job on the b&w as well. It's very striking.
Jul 28, 2015 12:48:20 #
Uuglypher wrote:
as a contemporary, I've been watching Eggleston forever...
he was in mind with this image...
he was in mind with this image...
..truly an "everything you need and nothing more" image.
Like especially the crop and even more the randomness of the elements, matches the "out of the tobacco tin" (lag screws, bolts, nails) hinge installation.
...and, it's freshly painted! so not your typical abandoned building shot.
Jul 28, 2015 23:59:56 #
dansmith wrote:
..truly an "everything you need and nothing more" image.
Precisely my intent....and I'm really pleased that it was your observation!
Dave
Jul 29, 2015 01:59:28 #
...Just wondering, what if W. Eggleston did still lifes....
Jul 29, 2015 17:33:11 #
dansmith wrote:
...Just wondering, what if W. Eggleston did still lifes....
I found this, Dan. What do you think?
Still life by William Eggleston
Jul 30, 2015 10:20:42 #
Nightski wrote:
I found this, Dan. What do you think?
Well, apart from some complimentary colour balance and a rather pleasing composition, I'm afraid that this one for me, deserves a look but not a study.
Wonder sometimes if a particular artist of notes name was not on the gallery door or on the coffee table book cover if some of their stuff would be appealing at all.
..all of us have our particular style and vision that influences our likes and dislikes. Studying other peoples work is only one factor in improving ours.
In conclusion, be true to your vision.
Jul 30, 2015 10:31:18 #
dansmith wrote:
Well, apart from some complimentary colour balance... (show quote)
I have long been increasingly confirmed in the impression that any individual artist's vision and creative scope tend to expand and become more inclusive, rather than to constrict into greater exclusivity. This has come, to my mind, to take on the character of a consistently applicable fact or "law" than merely that of a casually applicable "trend".
Dave Graham
Jul 30, 2015 16:18:15 #
dansmith wrote:
Well, apart from some complimentary colour balance... (show quote)
Dan, two things ... first, your shots always look so famiiar to me, as if I had looked out my own back door and taken them. Canada must look much like Minnesota. It's eerie. Secondly, your shot out the window hits the spot for me. The subject is very ordinary, and yet I feel as though I'm Gladys Cravitz spying on the neighbors.
For those who don't know who Gladys Cravitz was, she was a character in a sitcom called "Bewitched" when I was a little kid in the 60's 70's and she was the crabby, nosy old lady next door.
Jul 30, 2015 21:16:52 #
Uuglypher wrote:
I have long been increasingly confirmed in the impression that any individual artist's vision and creative scope tend to expand and become more inclusive, rather than to constrict into greater exclusivity. This has come, to my mind, to take on the character of a consistently applicable fact or "law" than merely that of a casually applicable "trend".
Dave Graham
Dave Graham
Interesting statement Dave. Would this be a subject to boot around over on that other section?
Jul 30, 2015 22:20:43 #
Nightski wrote:
Dan, two things ... first, your shots always look ... (show quote)
Parts of Canada are similar to Minnesota. Have passed through several times driving US 2.
I like to photograph the ordinary and use a selection of different cameras, out of date film, cross processing and my eye and heart in an attempt to make the familiar in some way different enough to be interesting.
I derive a lot of fun coaxing decent images from less than quality cameras as well as playing with some thrift store finds that I could only look at through shop windows and never afford when they were new.
If I have achieved a familiar yet interesting image, that is my intent and thank you for mentioning it.
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