Is it just me ?
Sep 25, 2019 09:55:18 #
BooIsMyCat
Loc: Somewhere
Then you could go to places like Old Sturbridge Village (Mass.) or Williamsburg (VA.)
Sep 25, 2019 10:13:40 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
ELNikkor wrote:
A person near an abandoned house would either make it like, well, not abandoned, or a squatter being where he shouldn't be. A landscape, maybe in the distance and not immediately noticeable.
Or, better yet, photo shop a ghostly image faintly visible.
Sep 25, 2019 10:30:59 #
I'm one of those who will wait for a long time for people to move OUT of my field of view! Somethings I have to shoot really quickly in public places! Some people seem to like to stand around forever! When a person is introduced, particularly one that would be dressed up, then the image becomes about them, not the building or scene. About the only time that doesn't happen is when they are very far away and quite small in the landscape.
Sep 25, 2019 10:56:55 #
An artistic choice. The photographer has to decide if in his particular circumstance if the pluses outweighs the minuses.
Sep 25, 2019 11:04:44 #
Mr Bill 2011
Loc: southern Indiana
if it's an old broken down barn, about the only thing I would think appropriate would be an old sway-back horse, and even then that would take away from the barn. Most old barns I have seen may have old broken down farm equipment around them, but never people.
Sep 25, 2019 11:08:59 #
Mr Bill 2011
Loc: southern Indiana
srt101fan wrote:
Ha,ha! And then you need a wardrobe, a wardrobe assistant, a hair dresser, a truck to haul everything around....Oh my... 
depending on what was kept in the barn, you might want to wear rubber boots, too. And definitely make sure your tetanus shot is up to date!
Sep 25, 2019 11:10:01 #
robertjerl wrote:
Put the dog in costume and tell everyone it is one of the "little folk" who has been trailing after you lately.
Sep 25, 2019 12:13:12 #
Not me. To paraphrase Barry Fitzgerald in "The Quiet Man," when I shoot people, I shoot people; and when I shoot things, I shoot things. It's called "landscape" for a reason.
On a very slightly related note, Bob Ross, the TV painter with the red Afro, did not include people or signs of people in his nature paintings. There might be a cabin in the woods, but there was no smoke coming from the chimney.
On a very slightly related note, Bob Ross, the TV painter with the red Afro, did not include people or signs of people in his nature paintings. There might be a cabin in the woods, but there was no smoke coming from the chimney.
Sep 25, 2019 13:00:51 #
The landscape paintings of artists such as Constable, Gainsborough, Turner and others almost invariably had people in them.
Sep 25, 2019 14:06:44 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
People in landscape photos can certainly help with scale and interest, but they aren't always available or willing to pose. I thought of carrying a mannequin around with me, but was afraid it would scare my 12-pound dog 
Sep 25, 2019 15:36:41 #
Nudies are great for landscape but my wife won’t let me shoot her in RAW and doesn’t allow stand-ins.
Sep 25, 2019 15:37:23 #
Sep 25, 2019 18:27:32 #
One thing I never want to be is a "one-note photographer", that is a photographer who ALWAYS does everything exactly the same way every time and always insists that there is only one method that works. I have no deep psychological, pathological or creative word for that kinda mindset so I'll just refer to my teenage granddaughter's reaction to some of my tastes in music "booooorrrrrrrring"!
Yes, I do the traditional classic portraiture, bread, and butter commercial photography, and pretty straightforward architectural work all the time but even at work, it's fun and stimulating to step out of the box, try something different and even embrace a style or approach that is much different from my own. I'm often surprised that so many folks who engage in a supposedly artistic and creative hobby or even such a profession become such sticks in the mud!
I certainly enjoy viewing and doing pure landscape photography but where is it carved in stone that every landscape can not contain a human or wildlife element as well. It depends on the story you want to to tell or the statement you want to make with any given image. Perhaps such an element can provide scale for a magnificent vista or panorama.
I have photographed many super- traditional very straightlaced weddings but the theme ones were a heck of a lot more fun and provided great creative potential. A colleague of mine thinks they are silly and won't shoot them!
Why no combine portraits with landscape or architectural photograhy and shoot real environmental portraits. Not every portrait needs a dark background or all that "bokeh". Sometimes I shoot them with a moderately wide-angle lens, at a tiny aperture and render the background tack sharp.
NOW- as per the OP's question. Period pieces- costumes are great! I have done that on commercial assignments. Right now I am working on a promotional calendar for a supplier of automotive body and fender repair supplies and paints. I'm shooting antique cars, trucks, wooden body station wagons, and fire engines that have been meticulously restored, in authentic locations and period costumes. Luckily there is a decent budget. The trick is to verify, acquire the props and find appropriate locations. There is gonna be 12 shots- one for each month. No green screen or heavy-duty Photoshop! I'll post it in the new year when it is distributed.
I mention this because this, on a smaller scale, would be a great project for hobbyists as well to re-create a period, work with props and environmental backgrounds in any number of subjects or scenarios.
This does not, in my mind, negate the beauty in simplicity and traditional approaches to our art. I'm also a firm believer in all work and no play makes for dull photography and when it ceases to be fun and challenging, the work suffers.
Perhaps I am just a bit tired of hearing all the incessant arguments about filters, flash usage, SOTC, and breaking or sticking to the rules. I have a philosophy based on my grandmother's reaction to my refusing to eat her pickled and marinated herring (ugh)..."try it, you'll like it". Turns out, she was right! I gobbled up the fish and even drank out the sauce- BURP!
Don't' be "BOOOOOORRRRRING!
Yes, I do the traditional classic portraiture, bread, and butter commercial photography, and pretty straightforward architectural work all the time but even at work, it's fun and stimulating to step out of the box, try something different and even embrace a style or approach that is much different from my own. I'm often surprised that so many folks who engage in a supposedly artistic and creative hobby or even such a profession become such sticks in the mud!
I certainly enjoy viewing and doing pure landscape photography but where is it carved in stone that every landscape can not contain a human or wildlife element as well. It depends on the story you want to to tell or the statement you want to make with any given image. Perhaps such an element can provide scale for a magnificent vista or panorama.
I have photographed many super- traditional very straightlaced weddings but the theme ones were a heck of a lot more fun and provided great creative potential. A colleague of mine thinks they are silly and won't shoot them!
Why no combine portraits with landscape or architectural photograhy and shoot real environmental portraits. Not every portrait needs a dark background or all that "bokeh". Sometimes I shoot them with a moderately wide-angle lens, at a tiny aperture and render the background tack sharp.
NOW- as per the OP's question. Period pieces- costumes are great! I have done that on commercial assignments. Right now I am working on a promotional calendar for a supplier of automotive body and fender repair supplies and paints. I'm shooting antique cars, trucks, wooden body station wagons, and fire engines that have been meticulously restored, in authentic locations and period costumes. Luckily there is a decent budget. The trick is to verify, acquire the props and find appropriate locations. There is gonna be 12 shots- one for each month. No green screen or heavy-duty Photoshop! I'll post it in the new year when it is distributed.
I mention this because this, on a smaller scale, would be a great project for hobbyists as well to re-create a period, work with props and environmental backgrounds in any number of subjects or scenarios.
This does not, in my mind, negate the beauty in simplicity and traditional approaches to our art. I'm also a firm believer in all work and no play makes for dull photography and when it ceases to be fun and challenging, the work suffers.
Perhaps I am just a bit tired of hearing all the incessant arguments about filters, flash usage, SOTC, and breaking or sticking to the rules. I have a philosophy based on my grandmother's reaction to my refusing to eat her pickled and marinated herring (ugh)..."try it, you'll like it". Turns out, she was right! I gobbled up the fish and even drank out the sauce- BURP!
Don't' be "BOOOOOORRRRRING!
Sep 25, 2019 19:27:56 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
One thing I never want to be is a "one-note p... (show quote)
Whether it's right or wrong to have people in a landscape shouldn't even be an issue..... What is the image you want to capture? What is the story you want to tell?
Sep 25, 2019 19:41:12 #
Love the herring and appreciate your point of view and agree with what you have offered. However, it is up to the individual to photograph what they want and how they do it. Photographers like all people come in all sorts and therefore that pretty much dictates what and how they will approach photography.
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