Thursday, April 22, 2004
I was just thinking about fences...
They have got to be the one biggest obstacle to good subject matter. That, and security guards and police. In New York I was so frustrated with the amount of fences and security guards. And now of course, half the population in NY is on the lookout for suspicious behavior. You should have seen the looks I got taking pictures of the Williamsburg bridge from many different angles on the Brooklyn side.
I've thought of just taking pictures of the fences, with what actually interests me kind of out of focus in the background. Ahhh, that idea is about as good as my plan to get into portraiture photography.
I decided to look at some business books on portrait photography. See, I have this idea how I want the pictures to look. I know what portrait photographs look like, obviously, but after looking at a handful of books and seeing what the general population thinks are great portraits, that great idea of mine is history. I'm sure there are people that would be interested in the way I would take a portrait, but to make money (and that's why I would do it) I'd have to be fairly middle of the road most of the time. Unfortunately, I just couldn't do it. My favorite portrait photographer is Diane Arbus...
They have got to be the one biggest obstacle to good subject matter. That, and security guards and police. In New York I was so frustrated with the amount of fences and security guards. And now of course, half the population in NY is on the lookout for suspicious behavior. You should have seen the looks I got taking pictures of the Williamsburg bridge from many different angles on the Brooklyn side.
I've thought of just taking pictures of the fences, with what actually interests me kind of out of focus in the background. Ahhh, that idea is about as good as my plan to get into portraiture photography.
I decided to look at some business books on portrait photography. See, I have this idea how I want the pictures to look. I know what portrait photographs look like, obviously, but after looking at a handful of books and seeing what the general population thinks are great portraits, that great idea of mine is history. I'm sure there are people that would be interested in the way I would take a portrait, but to make money (and that's why I would do it) I'd have to be fairly middle of the road most of the time. Unfortunately, I just couldn't do it. My favorite portrait photographer is Diane Arbus...
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