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al shaikh
{K:15790} 11/24/2002
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1940934114
Here is a link to the camera I mentioned, I have nothing to do with the sale, so research them before you buy it. It looks like it is in good condition and will serve you well.
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al shaikh
{K:15790} 11/24/2002
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ps. Don't try to crop what you have square, try to shoot for the square. The extra space around your subjects will come alive when you do that.
If you want to talk to me directly come visit the chat room from the menu and we can talk..
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al shaikh
{K:15790} 11/24/2002
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Just my 2 cents,
Looking through your entire portfolio what I see are really good opportunities but the focal length selection is a bit problematic. I think you are usually either a bit too close or a bit too far, mostly the former. I think that issue would be eliminated if you bought yourself a fixed lens tlr and just shot with a fixed 80 for a while in the 6x6 format.
Your compositions seem to really center around capturing people and I think that the square format would help you focus that into more powerful images. The rectangular frame is great for a lot of images but from what I see and this is solely my opinion you would be far better off square.
Some people are really frustrated with the square because that's not the way they perceive the world, but being around enough photographers for a long time, I can usually spot the people that would end up really running with the format.
I would even guess that the 4x5 format would work for you but for now I would stick with finding a nice used Yashicamat 124G and trying to look at the world differently.
Anyway that's my opinion take it for whatever its worth to you.
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Ken Alexander
{K:3905} 11/24/2002
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Altaf--I could certainly have cropped this photo square (I already cropped from the right side), maybe it would be an improvement or not, but to me it appears the difference would be marginal. Can you explain to me what you are seeing that would make the squareness a significant improvement? I'm guessing you may well be correct, but I'm not seeing why.
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al shaikh
{K:15790} 11/24/2002
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Ken have you every considered shooting square, from what I can see of your style I think you would get some spectacular results if you tried.
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Ken Alexander
{K:3905} 11/24/2002
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You're right that it's not quite perfectly sharp. Sometimes you have to take these candids in a hurry, maybe that was the problem. I don't think it's from conversion to B/W. I don't find a lot of difference between B/W film and converted color images, it's all in what you do in Photoshop, but I'm far from an expert so maybe others know differently.
I don't know much more about the child. She and her family apparently spent the winter at the monastery, about 3 miles' uphill walk from the nearest town. And winter there can be cold--always below freezing at night, sometimes with snow, and not much heat.
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Russell Love
{K:7006} 11/24/2002
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Ken,
I wish we knew more about this child, I bet there is a story there. As for the shot, maybe it is from the conversion and then the scan but it seems a little out of focus. I would think that maybe if you are going to use black and white for posting that black and white film might give you better tones and sharper resolution. Too many times of going into the pot seems to dull it down a little. I like the framing of the shot and the texture of the wood beam on the door way.
Later my friend,
Russ
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