Comments on: Joe and Trooper Dudley http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2005/12/09/joe-and-trooper-dudley/ Photos and Thoughts Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Robin Betts http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2005/12/09/joe-and-trooper-dudley/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Robin Betts Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:50:57 +0000 http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/?p=194#comment-490 I'm not sure there's anything 'unfortunate' about it. Far better to come from this direction than the other. There's a lot of excitingly composed vacuity out there. What you have in these pictures is much harder to learn, I think, and I admire it. I’m not sure there’s anything ‘unfortunate’ about it. Far better to come from this direction than the other. There’s a lot of excitingly composed vacuity out there. What you have in these pictures is much harder to learn, I think, and I admire it.

]]> By: Walker http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2005/12/09/joe-and-trooper-dudley/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Walker Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:29:03 +0000 http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/?p=194#comment-491 I'd say it's a fair assessment. Unfortunately, I wish it weren't the case all the time. It seems I let composition go a bit more often than I'd like to admit. But I'm glad you brought it up, because it's something I need to pay more attention to. I’d say it’s a fair assessment. Unfortunately, I wish it weren’t the case all the time. It seems I let composition go a bit more often than I’d like to admit. But I’m glad you brought it up, because it’s something I need to pay more attention to.

]]> By: Robin Betts http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2005/12/09/joe-and-trooper-dudley/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Robin Betts Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:02:17 +0000 http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/?p=194#comment-492 I agree about the square format - partly to do with association, I'm sure. Stops the pictures from being off-hand, casual, candid. In the last two pictures, looking at Joe's back, I was afraid we were saying goodbye to him too early, before the series had got under way. The more I look at this one, the more David and Joe's hands become the focus of attention for me. Forgive me if I'm shooting off before tuning in, but in this series (and looking back through your archives) it's almost as if you sometimes say "I don't do composition. Not interested in pushes, pulls, weights, tensions against the edge. WHACK! Here's the subject. That's the way it is." Is that fair? In this series, it feels entirely appropriate . You don't intrude. No need to get clever. I agree about the square format – partly to do with association, I’m sure. Stops the pictures from being off-hand, casual, candid.

In the last two pictures, looking at Joe’s back, I was afraid we were saying goodbye to him too early, before the series had got under way. The more I look at this one, the more David and Joe’s hands become the focus of attention for me.

Forgive me if I’m shooting off before tuning in, but in this series (and looking back through your archives) it’s almost as if you sometimes say “I don’t do composition. Not interested in pushes, pulls, weights, tensions against the edge. WHACK! Here’s the subject. That’s the way it is.”

Is that fair? In this series, it feels entirely appropriate . You don’t intrude. No need to get clever.

]]> By: Pete http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2005/12/09/joe-and-trooper-dudley/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Pete Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:18:21 +0000 http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/?p=194#comment-493 Great series Walker. I particularly like this one and the waiting area one (which is my favorite I think). The square format works really well in the formal settings in these photos (though I'm pretty partial to square format in general), and Joe seems to be a great subject. Great series Walker. I particularly like this one and the waiting area one (which is my favorite I think). The square format works really well in the formal settings in these photos (though I’m pretty partial to square format in general), and Joe seems to be a great subject.

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