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Rob C

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1040 on: June 29, 2012, 10:27:06 am »

Another very hot and heavy day - probably rain mud tonight, courtesy the Sahara. I have this mental image of thousands of poor souls standing on the North African coast of the Med, waving their towels at the sand in concerted effort to build a causeway to the European Promised Land, which, in the event, will give them nothing other than debt and problems of a different kind. In the meantime, all that sand falls as mud onto the newly washed cars and boats...

In lighter vein: so what did she wear?

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1041 on: June 30, 2012, 06:30:40 am »

Not my usual fare, but I could not resist the glow of twilight and am happy with this result.

JMR




Lovely capture mate..I like the colors in this one..


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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1042 on: June 30, 2012, 06:37:39 am »


Cliché?




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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1043 on: June 30, 2012, 10:12:24 am »

A blonde is a photographer's best friend. On location.

It's running 31C in the hallway and heaven alone knows what it's doing here in the office with two computers going! I'm trying to work my way through some shots I did at the opening of a new show at a new gallery here; it'll probably have changed hands before I get to finish this - or I'll just abandon the lot and take up knitting. That would be useful for the winter.

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« Reply #1044 on: June 30, 2012, 04:10:15 pm »

The blonde should have been the subject of the picture Rob..my eye gravitates past the art in the foreground towards her out of focus, comfortably leaning against the wall profile. But then again, that would be the obvious thing to do and you are more clever than that. 

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1045 on: June 30, 2012, 04:20:32 pm »

The blonde should have been the subject of the picture Rob..my eye gravitates past the art in the foreground towards her out of focus, comfortably leaning against the wall profile. But then again, that would be the obvious thing to do and you are more clever than that.  


Clever? And I'm doing this stuff for fun?

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P.S. But I definitely think this is a meaningful photograph. It means that everybody else was swanning around with a little glass of champagne in their mitt with the exception of yours truly who has forgotten the art of drinking and shooting at the same time. Well, that's not quite accurate: I do remember how to do it, but it would probably kill me, so whilst I won't risk it just now, I do have it in the arsenal should the time ever arrive that I think I should employ it.
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1046 on: June 30, 2012, 05:02:02 pm »

P.S. But I definitely think this is a meaningful photograph.

So do I Rob. By "clever" I meant that you probably saw what I, in my inexperience, would have photographed but added interest and suggestion to the frame to make it more than just a figure leaning against a wall, talking to another figure.

I'm trying to learn what you and others here have forgotten long ago.

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« Reply #1047 on: July 03, 2012, 09:47:27 pm »

Hey Dahlmann, I often don't understand the reluctance to shoot images that are supposedly cliche. For me, unless the image is a clear knock-off of a well known image, then it is all good if it is successfully executed and bears your imprint. Your image is well done.

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1048 on: July 03, 2012, 11:56:39 pm »

Lovely photos in here. I've a lot a catching up to do, but I've just poured a glass of pinot noir so I'm prepared.

My first contribution:
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1049 on: July 04, 2012, 10:19:28 am »

For Fred:

She'll never replace the original - nobody could - but pretty effective nonetheless.

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1050 on: July 04, 2012, 12:14:03 pm »

Oh yeah!

Thanks Rob,

The Senequier, souvenirs, I was there too, having my wine and watching the yachts I'll never be able to afford. Funny, St-trop really never lighted my fire, but BB was gone at that time.
Many top models of the Paris' scene were there. So I saw them in the 2nd district of Paris, then at the Senequier.

And Jonas Akerlund is one of the very very good filmakers for advert and music. I'm learning a lot from him.

Watch this: more models. http://www.jonasakerlund.com/music_videos#duran_duran/girl_panic_

Fimed at the savoy in London where the real James Bond (the real agent that inspired fleming) was during ww2.
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1051 on: July 04, 2012, 12:17:07 pm »

Passed by the new gallery where I shot some stuff the other week; wish I hadn't. During a chat with the grande dame we went onto my site and dear oh dear! The screen on the office laptop so, so out of calibration... and that's the only viable - so far - gallery in town, the others having eventually given way to the bigger bucks from hopeful restaurateurs.

Anyway, I kinda like this one, looking in from the outside, as it were. Not 'street', but from the street, Russ.

;-)

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« Reply #1052 on: July 04, 2012, 12:33:18 pm »

Oh yeah!

Thanks Rob,

The Senequier, souvenirs, I was there too, having my wine and watching the yachts I'll never be able to afford. Funny, St-trop really never lighted my fire, but BB was gone at that time.
Many top models of the Paris' scene were there. So I saw them in the 2nd district of Paris, then at the Senequier.

And Jonas Akerlund is one of the very very good filmakers for advert and music. I'm learning a lot from him.

Watch this: more models. http://www.jonasakerlund.com/music_videos#duran_duran/girl_panic_

Fimed at the savoy in London where the real James Bond (the real agent that inspired fleming) was during ww2.



Thanks, Fred; guess what I'll be watching tonight!

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1053 on: July 04, 2012, 06:01:16 pm »

Just watched the latest Culture on BBC2 where there was a segment on David Bailey and his current show about a vanishing part of London he knew as a kid. During the conversation he mentioned his interest in 'street' and the interviewer asked him why he was doing this since he was well-known for being anti-art photography. He replied that he wasn't anti the genre just the name. Reasonably, he said that nobody speaks in terms of art painter, art sculptor, so why art photographer?

Oh, he was carrying a black M of some sort... I didn't notice any screen on the back, perhaps too rapid a cut for me, but could he still be on film? Maybe so - why not?

I think I've worn better, a least what's visible. But then, I would think that.

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1054 on: July 05, 2012, 01:21:41 pm »

Folks can be intense:

"If you don't think it's art, you know where the door is!" seemed an appropriate caption for what might be going down in this image...

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1055 on: July 05, 2012, 03:07:03 pm »

Yup!
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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1056 on: July 08, 2012, 01:37:52 pm »

St Cirq Lapopie

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Re: Without Prejudice
« Reply #1057 on: July 08, 2012, 03:45:00 pm »

A fine set, Jeremy.

The first reminds me of one I did a couple of weeks ago.

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« Reply #1058 on: July 08, 2012, 05:40:52 pm »

Yes, a nice set of images - very French!

I never made it there, though it had been in my mind... I think the 'establishing' shot of the village on its hillside is the one for me. Trouble with these areas is that it's so hard to decide where to start and when to stop - there's just such a lot of material to play with that you can end up punch-drunk.

The problem with flights to France has caused a lot of people a lot of distress: second homes were bought because of new flight schedules and then, all at once, getting there became problematic. I'm of the opinion that unless you can get the time off work to drive, then best to stay around the principal airports because they're fairly certain to remain busy. Having said which, I don't think BA has flown to Mallorca in years, which I find surprising. I did try to find flights from Mallorca to Toulouse (with the intention of hiring wheels there) but it seemed you had to go to Barcelona or Madrid first - far too much stress and bother for lone holidays. Anyway, half the fun's in what you can stuff into the car and bring home with you.

Enjoy your next trip!

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« Reply #1059 on: July 09, 2012, 11:05:06 am »

I posted the 'before' shot some weeks ago - this appears to be the end of the story - at least, on the port side. The young painters probably inhaled as much paint as they deposited.

Rob C

P.S. Made me think: had I still hung onto my classic Escort XRi 1.8 ...
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