09-08-10 – The Camera Made Me Do It

Akimbotoo fessed up outright to being a first time farktographer, but was not, in fact the only Boobies player.

I’ve talked to your mom a few times, Kestrana… although I don’t know if the handle fits her or not, the photo submitted by ADHD Adult seems like the kind of thing she’d do.

If I think of her as thinking the way you do, photographically speaking, I wouldn’t entirely rule out zittlechick.

But I’ll place my small bet on ADHD Adult.

And if it was one of the others I mentioned, maybe I can get a sympathy internet as a condolence prize. =P

My guess is zittlechick.

zincp, I had the opposite reaction–seemed like darned near anything was okay. But I’ve picked, I’ve scratchpaded, I’m now committed, for good or bad. The one I like will probably fail, the one I think will fail will probably do okay, and the one I’m just posting ‘because’ will surprise me. All is normal with the world…

I think I’m finally getting the voter thing. Early results show that the one I like (ceiling fan) is a fail, the one I thought would fail (sunset quadrangles) is doing okay, and the ‘just because’ one (yellow pages) is ranking quite highly. I took so many damned pictures of them yellow pages solely because it sat out all summer and I wasn’t going to waste mother nature’s work just because I couldn’t figure out a way to make a cool picture from it. I only posted it because it fit the theme.

However, ‘getting’ and ‘understanding’ are two totally separate things.

Had I taken this before the contest, I’d have used it instead:

http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2010/sep/08/forkingsil3websml.jpg

(Just as well; it was taken for Forktography and I may use it there.)

Actually this isn’t the first week my mom played so the boobies won’t help you but this is the first week she posted more than one photo.

Man. Deciding was tough. Here are some Bees

I too, like the rust. The textures and colors are beautiful. But I love the gas station light. The rays of light make it seem like the parallel lines on either side are curving away from the center.

Man. Deciding was tough. Here are some Bees

I too, like the rust. The textures and colors are beautiful. But I love the gas station light. The rays of light make it seem like the parallel lines on either side are curving away from the center.

Thanks. The problem with posting B’s for a theme like this is the oh-man-I-shoulda-posted-THAT-one feeling that you can get. The rust pic and the less macro fence pic I used for this theme were from the same day. I guess I chose the wrong one. 🙁 I still like the one I posted though.

New topic – I’m speechless about how well this guys understands light and people…

http://danwintersphoto.com/

New topic – I’m speechless about how well this guys understands light and people…

http://danwintersphoto.com/

I think a lot of those photos are completely awesome. But. That site displayed one trick. I don’t know if he is a one-trick pony, but basically he was applying one lighting principle to all subjects: stark. It is a very … speaking way of lighting a human face, slightly less so but still evocative for a scene. Still, I think that emotion can be drawn with warmth as well. I’m left feeling like I saw one side of a coin, or two dimensions of a three dimensional object. Like I said, the photos are incredible… but they have elements that could be substituted for others to make an equally valid point, if you know what i mean. I’m sorry, I have the fucking hiccups and it’s hard for me to concentrate lol.