In Reply to: What a joke posted by Practical Pete on May 20, 2004 at 12:00:14:
With all due respect to Joe , who is an excellent photographer, I agree with you and would add that the rules of photography (and for that matter, music) change when a particular "wrong" method breaks the commercial ice and then becomes accepted:
You can't shoot photojournalism with wide-angle lenses.
You can't shoot studio fashion with just one light.
You can't shoot woman looking natural.
You can't shoot ethnic-looking women for fashion.
You can't shoot black and white ads in major magazines.
Flare is bad.
You can't shoot black and white at weddings.
You can't shoot photo-journalistic type shots at weddings.
You can't shoot portraits unless you just show the persons face and shoulders.
You can't crop out a persons head on a photo even though the person isn't the subject.
I ignored all of those "cannots " as well as others.
I hope that those just getting started out do the same.
You may not enjoy financial sucess or fame, but you will experience the joy of creativity.
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Follow Ups
- good point - abon 03:35:31 05/21/04 (5)
- Re: good point- I'll grant you that , a photo works or it doesn't. You have to know the rules inwhich to break...... - Joe M 05:44:30 05/21/04 (4)
- What great masters? - Practical Pete 07:18:49 05/21/04 (3)
- Well ya know what they say about opinions........ - Joe M 21:04:39 05/21/04 (2)
- Figures - Practical Pete 07:49:09 05/24/04 (0)
- You know what they say about mops... - Starlette 00:12:59 05/22/04 (0)