BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Steve, you are a perfect guy to lead this thread. Enjoy!

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

LAF

Frank2013 Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.

Better late than not at all. I'm thinking critical doesn't really fit here....maybe nit picky at times. I would say honest, supportive, and instructional more fits the group here. In my opinion Peter has hit the bullseye you were looking for. I am an admirer of your surf shots and glad to see you here, hope you will subscribe and continue to participate.

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Amen! S-

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

This is almost like a short story. There is no character development and we don't see the big picture. What we do get are those piercing eyes and we can also tell, although we don't see his eyes, that he is looking down at her adoringly. I like it tight the way you did it. It is much more interesting than the more usual portrait that would end up in the album.

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Thanks Peter for your thoughts on this image. I truly believe that most viewers of my photographs don't get the same focused energy that I get with them. That's ok with me. Often times I will get responses that I had never considered while viewing the photos.........I like it when that happens. This image for me works as a design element and exersize which I don't think anyone else has really experienced the way I have or the way I intended with the way it was cropped. I looked at the image strictly as shapes, colors and directional lines in a very graphic tunnel view. It seems that most of the viewers immediately recognize the bride and groom and think "wedding" and only wedding. They try to put "feelings" into the image in some way or another. I know that wedding photography is a BIG deal in the photography world and a lot of focus goes into it on many levels. Even my title of "Cropped wedding photo" instantly forces the viewer to think "wedding". Like I said before, I'm an artist first and a photographer second. It helps to have the technical skills with Photoshop and other programs which frees me up to alter or emphasize parts in the image the way I would use a brush on a painting.
Thanks for wanting me in the group. I'm not sure how much time I can devote to this but we will see!

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Thanks Frank for wanting me to participate in your group. I feel the love! lol I will admit that surf shots are my favorite subject but I do not want to be typecast like an actor sometimes does. My photos really are all over the board but centered near the beach which I love with a passion.
Quite a while ago I started a thread titled "NOT your typical flower photos". It was kind of like my own protest to all the "typical flower photos" that were being posted on the Hog. The premise was to NOT post "snapshots" but do post some creative shots using FLOWERS as the main topic. The thread took off much more than I ever anticipated. ......so much that I didn't have time to put any more sustained effort into it. There is a core of artist/photographers that have kept that thread alive and I think it's on it's 5th or so volume already. You all should take a look at the creative juices that post on that thread. I think it would inspire you.

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Thanks very much ebrunner for the way you have read into this photo and what you take from it. I'm finding that there is something to breaking down an image to the lowest common denominator that is very enjoyable. An old saying goes like this:
Good design is what's left after all irrelevance has been parred away.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Hey Brent. Welcome to FYC. I like the image the way it is myself.

Mike

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Mike........you like the ORIGINAL image? WOW! Someone is on the same page I am! Yipppppie!