Comments on: Having a Life First

By: Parish

Parish — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:17:01 +0000

As far as what makes a great photo, I'd say it is the feeling a person gets from it. What they bring to it and what they take from it. I don't think there is an objective quality to what makes for great photography, but if there was, maybe it'd be practice. Related On Lives post: On Exploration

By: Angus Snedden

Angus Snedden — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:07:40 +0000

I like the picture of the camel.Some years ago now I was glad to be in the Cairo camel market and took some photos there on a little instant. 1991, during the first gulf war when Iraq invaded Kuwait, it was a tense time in the Arab world. I saw a lot in peoples eyes then and I guess they saw what were in mine.

By: sravan953

sravan953 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:10:55 +0000

Nice article, really interesting.

The appealing elements I usually look for in a picture are the angle, the sharpness and the colour balance. Also, I am totally bent on composition

Great article, would recommend it to anyone!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:42:04 +0000

Ah – a word in season – I too run two blogs from completely different worlds – one in coaching and faciltitation and the other in watercolour painting. I sometimes feel torn and sometimes excited about finding a synthesis between these two worlds. Right now would be happy with a balance. But it feels a bit like serving two masters.
And the question of creative, meaningful content is great. Having a life and producing work are both essential. AND they should be aligned so that we don’t come home from a tough day in our “life” and sit down to try to “produce”. Maybe that seems obvious but I come across many people trying to sit comfortably on these two chairs.

I was attracted to your photo of the runner on this posting which I found evocative.

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Drawing out, and Putting back in « Sidelines — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:09:44 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:18:19 +0000

some of my best creative work comes after a modest absence from it and coming back with a refreshed perspective

By: az

az — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:29:48 +0000

actually I’m not a photographer, but the title of this post hit me. I think I don’t have a life. I spend almost all my time working, or connected to the internet, reading and finding stuff. I sometimes feel like something (a lot) is missing…and that affects my work and my creativity…I need a life

By: Miriam

Miriam — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:41:50 +0000

Sometimes I find that having a blog forces me to get out and do things. Because I want to have adventures to talk about. Your article hits close to home.

As for pictures, I love pictures that catch the environment and the people who love to live in that environment.

Great blog post.

By: triciajune

triciajune — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:19:10 +0000

I think the gaze is the most interesting thing for me when I look at a photograph. Who is looking where, the relationship between the things in the photo, whether it’s a person’s relationship with a landscape, their positioning as opposed to the terrain or the relationship between two people in an image.
I do tend to spend more time looking at a photo with animals or humans in it, just studying the relationships and gazes present in it.

By: Crıss Anton

Crıss Anton — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:15:35 +0000

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