samdring
4th of December 2003 (Thu), 13:54
Sorry to be exclusive to Brits but that's a rarity in itself!
Martin Parr documentary last night on the Beeb:
1. Clear evidence of how one succeeds in photography (or any walk of life) - total dedication to the exclusion of anything else. He's a rich beggar no doubt.
2. For some projects (I estimate about 5-6 years spent on these) he used almost exclusively, a translucent cover placed at 45 degrees over a 45 degrees-set flash. What the heck in heaven was that?
3. For the projects covering the last 3 years, he was hell-bent on ring flash cos 'it brings out the colour' in close-up. Have I missed a thread on the pros and cons of this?
His clear success for me was on subject matter rather than composition but the whole programme brought home to me that we need TV programmes on digital photography - far more users (and therefore interest) than the woodworkers of Norm Abrams fame?
Martin Parr documentary last night on the Beeb:
1. Clear evidence of how one succeeds in photography (or any walk of life) - total dedication to the exclusion of anything else. He's a rich beggar no doubt.
2. For some projects (I estimate about 5-6 years spent on these) he used almost exclusively, a translucent cover placed at 45 degrees over a 45 degrees-set flash. What the heck in heaven was that?
3. For the projects covering the last 3 years, he was hell-bent on ring flash cos 'it brings out the colour' in close-up. Have I missed a thread on the pros and cons of this?
His clear success for me was on subject matter rather than composition but the whole programme brought home to me that we need TV programmes on digital photography - far more users (and therefore interest) than the woodworkers of Norm Abrams fame?