nels Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Al appears to be distraught over Monkey being away from him in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Nope, I'm not getting involved in this one. I'm being a really good boy! However, please check out the first edition of "Monkey's Most Excellent Adventure At The Zoo" at this link: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00GE0p&tag= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terence_mahoney1 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 <i>A sculptor could produce a more technically-perfect bust of a person in a fraction of the time with a fraction of the effort by scanning their photo into a CAD-CAM milling apparatus than by using a hammer and chisel, but not all of them have gone that way.</i></p>You people seem to think that all photographers aspire to create some masterwork of art. In fact, a lot of professional photography is quite perfunctory. We shoot what the client wants and best not to presume we know better tha they what those wants are, if we want repeat and referred business. To that end, the camera is a tool and the process is a cost, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell_kirschner Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Terence, who exactly are "you people"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I'm hangin' in there, Nels. I'm sure that Monkey is doing just fine with his new girlfriend. Thanks for your concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian bastin Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 A painting has no purpose other than to decorate a wall. The tools you use to make it have an effect on its appearance. If you paint realistically it doesn't make so much difference, or rather, the tools must be invisible in the finished work; but, then, there's no point in doing that, anyway. I choose a type of surface and type of paint brush that will get light and colour working in a certain way which seems right to me. That choice might be either to suit one particular subject or for all subjects, though its always both, in different degrees. The key words are "which seems right to me". And that is what stops a thing from being merely mechanical and gives it a chance to be a Titian (if you are Titian). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I agree Peter A. There are so many here who want to force their serious relationship with photography down your throat with a verbal plunger ... as if they, and all their "serious" work, won't be pixel dust before the ground over them has cooled off. : -) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian bastin Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Woops: I do try to paint realistically, but not photographically; a vast difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian bastin Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Leica lenses and film pick up more of the aspects that I'm looking for in an image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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