Does your online Gallery reflect you?

Does your online Gallery reflect you?

 

Nope,certain types of photos work for certain types of places.

 

John, you look really cool. Sort of like my image of Moses.

 

Just as an after thought; a really good photo smashes you in the face....regardless of whether you like it or not.

Allen--

 

Many really good photos smash me in the face. Many really good photos grow on me with

time. I tend to find the smashing ones more short-lived than the growers. Subtlety and

nuance don't scream, they seem to reveal themselves slowly.

tend to find the smashing ones more short-lived than the growers. Subtlety and nuance don't scream,

 

Perception and understanding ,my friend, screams in your face.You really don't have to spend a lifetime trying to understand.

 

If you do you are creating faires in the bottom of your garden.

It's about much more than perception and understanding.

 

Perception and understanding are too distinct from each other to be lumped together in

terms of process.

 

By your definition, Allen, I am happy to create fairies in the bottom of my garden. Heck,

they're fabulous wherever they can be found.

 

Understanding and good photos (only the

latter being what we were talking about, not sure why you brought up the former) don't

always scream in MY face.

 

There's love at first sight and there's complex emotional involvement.

 

Both are great.

I avoid photos that scream and smash...just the contrarian in me I think. If it wants my attention that bad, I expect at least a beverage, too.

"No, I don't have an online gallery. And no, it's not fear. I just have no interest in what others think of my photographs. If I want someone to see them, they do. The further I progress and the better my work is, the less I feel any reason to show it to anyone.

 

I need not share everything I do in life. Not sharing is a choice I make because that's the way I want it. I am very confident and fear isn't a part of my life."

 

An interesting point of view - I'd ike to see what sort of photographs a person with that point of view would make. How would I do that ?

 

...Wayne

Allen, you didn't see any photograph of any Moses-like John :-) Look again.

Allen, you didn't see any photograph of any Moses-like John :-) Look again

 

You are right, John. Sorry, i will have to take the compliment back, however, i'm sure you are a handsome dude to ;)

I was a PJ for near four decades, shooting what I was paid to shoot. I have no artistic pretentions, nor do I harbor desires to be thought of as a ``great`` photographer. I retired in 1992 and again in 2004.

Thus the few shots in my portfolio, some of which won awards, is all my output, thus yes, ``reflects`` me.<p>

But then, after nearly five decades or writing, the real `me` still gets paid-handsomely and I note-smugly, that money in the bank changes <i><b><u>everything</u></b></i>, especially how you think about yourself.<p>Photography was <i><u>what I did</u></i>: writing is <i>who I am.</i>

Hi John,

 

I really could not go through the responses of others, but must I say this to you.. Yes .. ! My photography reflects the person I am , was and am becoming with passage of time. And it is only when our heart , mind , life and soul connects with our photographs, that we are able to do maximum justice with the camera. In my case its just a mobile phone . I use my Nokia N73 with a Carl Zeiss 3.2 mega-pixel lens to shoot. But it sure gives me immense pleasure and a lot of peace to see my own work. Because , these pix are able to speak a lot about the unspoken ...unshared part that exists in me :)<div></div>

Gurpreet, that is an interesting thought. Our photos may reflect the unconscious part of the self. And that part may connect or speak directly to the subconscious or to the limbic area of another's mind through the visual cortex. Now that is a large lump to digest.

 

Maybe it is like poetry, words filtered through the part of the brain that processes images.

 

I only think of one caveat or big IF-do we select our pictures to show, or choose not to show any- is that the public equivalent of makeup,hair style, the beard trimmed, the blown out jeans,or the well polished cordovans. Or are we really getting naked and comfortable in our skin?

 

Not so much a question, but it seems to add to the continuing value of john's probing,interesting question.

 

Definitely a puzzlement, demanding of thought and continued discussion. What dreams may come if we do. gs