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Happy New Year - 2014
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Complaints On Nudity In Imagery
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This entry was inspired by other journal entries and the comments I see on the art produced by many of the members of deviantArt. There seem to be so many negative, degrading comments and long winded threads on a member's image that deals with the content of that image or the subject in the image.
I cannot understand why people that have an issue with nudity go out of their way to comment on images that offend them because of the subject matter. If the image offends you, don't look at it. Spending time commenting is a waste of precious time in our short lives, and instead, could be spent doing things that bring them happiness. Besides, negative comments are counter productive, and if anything, give more attention to an image that they are trying to demote.
I don't feel that it is up to me to judge life for others, I only judge life for myself and what I value. If I don't like the food served at a restaurant, then I don't eat there. Even the evening news, I find it to be sensationalist, over-dramatic, and offensive so I don't watch it.
I do feel that the art that nature created is beautiful and I admire those artists that express themselves in beautiful ways, with or without nudity.
I cannot understand why people that have an issue with nudity go out of their way to comment on images that offend them because of the subject matter. If the image offends you, don't look at it. Spending time commenting is a waste of precious time in our short lives, and instead, could be spent doing things that bring them happiness. Besides, negative comments are counter productive, and if anything, give more attention to an image that they are trying to demote.
I don't feel that it is up to me to judge life for others, I only judge life for myself and what I value. If I don't like the food served at a restaurant, then I don't eat there. Even the evening news, I find it to be sensationalist, over-dramatic, and offensive so I don't watch it.
I do feel that the art that nature created is beautiful and I admire those artists that express themselves in beautiful ways, with or without nudity.
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This question was posed on the LightRoomKillerTips.com blog and it made me think of how I view my work.
Here is my response. It is my personal opinion for how I view my own work and it is not a reflection of how I view the work of others. Photography is a very personal passion of mine. I still learn from others even though I may not find their process applicable to why and how I create images.
When is enough, enough in post processing?
To me, photography is a medium for artistic expression. It is the tool that I use to create images that speak to me; visually and emotionally. I use photography to express how I visualized something and attempt to convey how it made me feel at the time. Sometimes I also impart the emotion that I feel at the time of post processing. If the image and the feeling is fresh in my mind then the post processing more accurately reflects the mood at the time of capture. I also experiment with several variations of an image and may keep them all because they speak to me with different voices.
The amount of post processing may vary from very slight manipulations of contrast and sharpness to complete blurring effects, black and white conversions, and duotone applications. I also like to shoot a lot of HDR and I may vary the tonemapping from very subtle to completely surreal. I refuse to put a box of limitations around how I work with images.
I also believe there is and will never be a "pure" form of photography since there is not yet a way to capture what is precisely inside the human brain. Photography has always been about manipulation and processing. Images taken with a view camera and processed as a tintype will always be a different representation of the same image that may have been taken with an ISO 400 Black and white film in a 35mm camera shot through a red filter. Both images are manipulated in different ways. BW film processing in the darkroom is also a manipulation that depends on developer formulations and dodging/burning artistry during enlargement. Ansel Adams was one of the foremost post-processing masters of the film era.
More thoughts on my photography are reflected in a podcast interview from a couple of years ago : southfloridacameraclub.com/200…
GQ
Here is my response. It is my personal opinion for how I view my own work and it is not a reflection of how I view the work of others. Photography is a very personal passion of mine. I still learn from others even though I may not find their process applicable to why and how I create images.
When is enough, enough in post processing?
To me, photography is a medium for artistic expression. It is the tool that I use to create images that speak to me; visually and emotionally. I use photography to express how I visualized something and attempt to convey how it made me feel at the time. Sometimes I also impart the emotion that I feel at the time of post processing. If the image and the feeling is fresh in my mind then the post processing more accurately reflects the mood at the time of capture. I also experiment with several variations of an image and may keep them all because they speak to me with different voices.
The amount of post processing may vary from very slight manipulations of contrast and sharpness to complete blurring effects, black and white conversions, and duotone applications. I also like to shoot a lot of HDR and I may vary the tonemapping from very subtle to completely surreal. I refuse to put a box of limitations around how I work with images.
I also believe there is and will never be a "pure" form of photography since there is not yet a way to capture what is precisely inside the human brain. Photography has always been about manipulation and processing. Images taken with a view camera and processed as a tintype will always be a different representation of the same image that may have been taken with an ISO 400 Black and white film in a 35mm camera shot through a red filter. Both images are manipulated in different ways. BW film processing in the darkroom is also a manipulation that depends on developer formulations and dodging/burning artistry during enlargement. Ansel Adams was one of the foremost post-processing masters of the film era.
More thoughts on my photography are reflected in a podcast interview from a couple of years ago : southfloridacameraclub.com/200…
GQ
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Green Cay Wetlands
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I'm proud to announce that my latest 120 page book of images from Green Cay Wetlands is now available. There is more information and you can also get a glimpse of a 15 page preview at the following www.blurb.com/books/1432450
Enjoy,
GQ
Enjoy,
GQ
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West Of Nashville
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I recently spent some time in the Montogomery Bell State Park and the nearby town of Dickson, Tennessee. I had a great time and was so happy with the images I captured that I decided to publish them in a book. The book turned out great and is now available at
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail…
Enjoy,
GQ
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail…
Enjoy,
GQ
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