I need to ask the group if I am out of line.
May 15, 2013 07:54:27 #
May 15, 2013 07:59:05 #
OK I don't like the picture either, but I haven't seen anyone catch that the caption is about a Drone and sending your camera into the air. They were probably playing off that with the ring in her eyes
May 15, 2013 08:05:22 #
Can you say ring light! (The best lighting by far for close ups.) learn the craft!
May 15, 2013 08:25:14 #
sloscheider wrote:
I tend to subscribe to the concept of "art" I accept that others may like what I do not. While I agree the ring light reflection isn't appealing, someone else must have liked it. To each their own.
I expect there a folks out there who would write off much of what we accept as good photography to be boring and old school... that's ok too.
I expect there a folks out there who would write off much of what we accept as good photography to be boring and old school... that's ok too.
I agree...I don't like it, but I don't like many photographs I see by people making lots of money...but that being said, I am amazed what gets people all "fired up" over nothing! Live and let live. Settle down. Life has much more to worry over than if someone puts a photo we don't like on the cover of a magazine. If you like the content of the mag, then great. Leave it at that.
May 15, 2013 08:26:58 #
sinatraman wrote:
no offence, but in a world where there is starvation, slavery , child abuse, a broken court system, pollution, crime and a rapidly dropping moral climate, RING LITES IN THE EYES SETS YOU OFF? GET SOME PRIORITIES IN YOUR LIFE. YOU DON'T LIKE THE PHOTO YOU DONT LIKE THE PHOTO, ITS NOT THE END OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION IF POPPHOTO PUBLISHES A CRAPPY PHOTO.
This was along the lines of my thoughts. If a photo brings this kind of emotion - "I feel compelled to make my repulsion and disgust of the current cover photo known to someone. That shot is disturbing and disgusting." Something is a little off. Let's get passionate about something that MATTERS.
May 15, 2013 08:30:24 #
I agree wholeheartedly with the criticisms of the photo. If I did possess a ring light, I surely would not use it in this manner. That said, what interests me is the decision by the magazine's editor(s) to place it on the cover of the subscription version but not on the newsstand version, as Mogul points out. Cover choices, one might assume, are made to enhance sales, and in the digital era, print versions of most magazines are suffering. So why place such an obviously controversial image on only the subscription issue? I can't answer that. Can you? I do wish to support the original poster of this thread, jbmauser's right to become incensed and even rant a tad to the mag's editors. It may be that such emotion is necessary to grab their attention, and a more sedate response would be ignored, as anything I've ever sent to any publication has been. Should the editors ever reply, which I rather doubt, I hope jbmauser will post their response here.
May 15, 2013 08:32:30 #
I have to agree, the ring lights in the model's eyes is both un-natural and, in my opinion, ruins the image. While I understand some photogs push the limits in post production to produce surreal images this does not appear to be the case in this image. Just a poor choice for a cover.
May 15, 2013 08:42:41 #
May 15, 2013 08:57:52 #
not out of line, maybe a little excitable... and glad you raised it. i don't find it revealing or appealing; i would expect an amateur to resort to a gimmick, after the first time that's what it is.
the magazine achieved what it intended - we're all talking about it, we'll look for it on the newstand, we'll see what they do next month, etc. the cover is to generate sales!
jvo
the magazine achieved what it intended - we're all talking about it, we'll look for it on the newstand, we'll see what they do next month, etc. the cover is to generate sales!
jvo
May 15, 2013 09:06:32 #
Different Strokes for different folks . The cover in question does not bother me one bit . One mans junk is another mans treasure ...I think I`ll stop here .
May 15, 2013 09:10:32 #
jbmauser wrote:
I got a hair up my ... regarding the cover photo o... (show quote)
The photo you took of the magazine cover is so blurred, no one can tell what the photo you're complaining
about is really like.
What I detect is JB throwing stones in a glass house.
And you're obviously seriously emotional about the image.
Photo's that evoke emotion win awards.
I suspect the tog/editor achieved exactly what he/she wanted.
Take a Bex and have a nap, I'm sure you will feel much better.
May 15, 2013 09:15:06 #
[quote=jbmauser]I got a hair up my ... regarding the cover photo on the most recent issure of Pop photo.
I am probably jumping into this fray late and my opinion may have already been stated. There are many magazine cover that I don't like but I don't get my undies in a bunched about it. If their publication remains successful that is all they care about and I can take or leave any of them.
I am probably jumping into this fray late and my opinion may have already been stated. There are many magazine cover that I don't like but I don't get my undies in a bunched about it. If their publication remains successful that is all they care about and I can take or leave any of them.
May 15, 2013 09:20:56 #
May 15, 2013 09:21:56 #
Mogul wrote:
jbmauser has just as much right to be disgusted by a lousy photograph as some people do to be disgusted by some people's choice of words.
Well said Mogul, you've expressed my thoughts, exactly!
May 15, 2013 09:24:40 #
Whether the end result is by intent or accident, real or surreal, art or photography is immaterial; I would be very worried if I liked everything.
I probably need to expand the boundaries of "my world" if this is true.
I have my criteria on what I like and do not like. It probably is not the same as everyone else's. I think that is good.
Just a thought.
I probably need to expand the boundaries of "my world" if this is true.
I have my criteria on what I like and do not like. It probably is not the same as everyone else's. I think that is good.
Just a thought.
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