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What do you like best about photography? Shooting men, and or woman. The art aspect of expressing oneself. Or to get attention? If you want to add on cool..... Oct 27 06 06:45 pm Link The smell of fixer in the morning, Oct 27 06 06:48 pm Link All of em, I like being praised, helpful, interaction..... I only dislike the bills. Oct 27 06 06:50 pm Link i remember back in college when i was first exposed to photography and made my first print in the darkroom i was hooked. now after 32 years of creating images (and making a very decent living from it) i am still hooked like that kid i was back then. you never stop learning, you never forget what you know, and the images keep getting better. sometimes i have to pinch myself to believe that i get paid to do something i love and that the corporations i work for will spend so much for a photo of their products or for advertising. another thing i find crazy is getting checks in the mail from my stock agency for work i did years ago that i used to have sitting in a file cabinet. but my absolute favorite thing is when i get any kind of praise or support from other photographers who view my my work. i really value that and it is an elixir that gives me the energy to come up with something new. Oct 27 06 07:09 pm Link In what seems like a past life ago, in highschool I got involved in theater, or theatre if you're feeling refined/snooty. I quickly learned that I prefered "technical theater" to acting. That is lighting, sound, set contruction, props, etc. There were two things appealing about technical theater. One is that it combines technical knowledge with creative ability. The second is that you're behind the curtian, part of the magic, but not in the spotlight. Fast forward 10 years... I'd lost touch with theater but started picking up photography. It took me several years to realize the depth of the connection between the two. Generally I'm not in the spotlight (or strobe light  ) and it combines aspects of technical knowledge and creative awareness plus it's cheaper than opening a theater! That's what I really like about photography. -James Oct 27 06 07:11 pm Link It's the attention! That's all it is. Anyone who tells ya different is fibbing! Oct 27 06 07:14 pm Link I like to look at beautiful things..... even more I like creating the beautiful things I look at myself. Oct 27 06 07:18 pm Link The ability to connect with my subject be it nature, a person, an animal or myself... When I'm modeling, what I enjoy most is being able to express myself. Also, having lost so much weight, it has helped my "head catch up to my body". Caroline -225 lbs Oct 27 06 08:21 pm Link I love the final product. For me to be able to turn something into art, is like a high to me. Oct 27 06 10:11 pm Link I just enjoy the eye candy in its many forms..feeds my visual soul. Oct 27 06 10:13 pm Link I like art! Oct 28 06 02:00 am Link The experience. So many stories to tell. Oct 28 06 02:19 am Link Pawning my cameras to buy cigarettes and booze. Oct 28 06 06:51 am Link Mos Photography wrote: Yeah... what he said. Oct 28 06 06:54 am Link 
Photographer Posts: 468 Dumont d'Urville - permanent station of France, Sector claimed by France, Antarctica In looking at my prints over the past decades, I've decided my photography marks the trail of my search for Truth and Beauty. If I see either, I take a picture of it. Oct 28 06 07:08 am Link The pay check? Oct 28 06 07:19 am Link Maynard Southern wrote: ROTFLMAO, dude your out of here, Oct 28 06 07:20 am Link All the pretty girlies, and traveling to new places. Oct 28 06 07:27 am Link Cecil Sharps wrote: Yes - I know what you mean. When I go around to some of my favorite camera stores, it's more like going to Radio Shack or Best Buys than the camera stores of old. No paper in a bright yellow box, film cameras and enlargers selling for pennies on the dollar, and everyone thinks that doing stuff in Photoshop makes up for poor composition, lighting and posing. wrote: Sad but true! Oct 28 06 10:44 am Link the art aspect- creating something unique. Oct 28 06 10:49 am Link expressing myself through my camera Oct 28 06 10:50 am Link I just like throwing away all my free time and money. Almost as much fun as going to Vegas. It's also very addictive and habit forming. I would give it up if I could, but then I would shrivel up and die from (creative) starvation. Oct 28 06 10:52 am Link To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women! Oct 28 06 01:44 pm Link I hate family photo albums. Not all, but as a rule I'm not fond of them. Too many "say cheese" kind of photos. You could tell that "Oh, yeah, that's from little Billy's eighth birthday party" but do the photos accurately capture what happened during the day? When I decided to pick up photography, it was because I had decided that I didn't want to remember life through "Say cheese!!" pictures. I wanted to turn my visual perspective into something real. Showing what I "see" when I my eyes are open. What gets my attention when I walk into a setting... what I remember when I walk away... I'm not always successful with that, but I'm getting better. I'd like my work to eventually represent the way I view life. What I saw in life. Or something to that effect. I'm not certain that I can effectively convey the reason... Oct 28 06 02:04 pm Link Cecil Sharps wrote: Come on, Stop Bath is way better. Oct 28 06 02:07 pm Link Maynard Southern wrote: Just had to say what a kick I got out of this one. Oct 28 06 02:09 pm Link the hunt Oct 28 06 02:16 pm Link The b(.)(.)bies are... like... more "real" than in a drawing. Studio36 Oct 28 06 04:00 pm Link Huge black and white prints, framed on the walls, protected in folios, mailed to buyers and models. There is nothing like a beautiful print to show the potential of this craft. I also like getting boxes of magazines with my stuff featured in them. And I also like hanging with naked chicks. -Don Oct 28 06 04:24 pm Link The look on a gal's face when she sees herself for the first time as a beautiful piece of art. Oct 28 06 04:30 pm Link Just now finished slicing out about 2 dozen 11X14 and 9X12 fim and digital on the rotary trimmer. Film: I thought they would look good when I saw the proofs. Digital: I thought they would look good when I saw them on the dinky little screen. Now they are physical (never going away)THINGS, dang they look good. Not just good, they may be the images this individual will think of when they think of themself. I said out loud even, "I love being a photographer". Sorry, back to our regularly scheduled Mayhem. Mostly it's just work, but wow it is nice when everything is right. Oct 28 06 04:47 pm Link Oct 28 06 04:52 pm Link I just can't help it. Oct 28 06 04:54 pm Link it's an addiction... plain and simple... like gambling... or smoking and drinking... none of which i do... so for me it's photography... at the moment it's fashion... and beautiful models... but in the past it's been still lifes, landscapes, cityscapes, nature, conceptual, macros etc. ... but no bugs or birds or animals... and flowers only once... one other thing... for 10 years i did go cold turkey... but 5 years ago i fell off the wagon, unable to resist the lure of digital... so i'm addicted again... Oct 28 06 05:08 pm Link |
