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aprice00
Jan 25, 2011, 5:36 AM
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Awsome pic but you should totally shop out the dude in the back.
*When I saw the Chick* Wow
*When I saw the dude* AWW
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esqueleto
Jan 25, 2011, 3:43 PM
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You're talking about the dude in the trees right? Thought about it, just really hate doing that much work, but will come up with something. I shoulda been wearing all black...
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sp115
Jan 25, 2011, 4:13 PM
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No disrespect intended, but since you asked...are the titles really necessary? My point being, that there is no need to lead me by the nose, if the image is good, it will tell me all I need to know.
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kazanthink
Jan 25, 2011, 10:38 PM
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great pics like them a lot!
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esqueleto
Jan 31, 2011, 7:33 AM
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Thanks! I just put up a new one to the night gallery, reshot an abandoned pump house. Trying to get back to one new one a week and see if I can manage.
@ SP-Yes, the titles are necessary, especially when you sell them and people ask for a specific image. Otherwise, it becomes impossible to do custom prints if someone can't look at a gallery and pick out the exact photograph they want, which has been the case lately. Plus, the titles help in the keywording and SEO of the images, my website, and me. So from so many different avenues, titles, keywords, and descriptions of photos are important.
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sp115
Jan 31, 2011, 12:48 PM
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esqueleto wrote: @ SP-Yes, the titles are necessary, especially when you sell them and people ask for a specific image. Otherwise, it becomes impossible to do custom prints if someone can't look at a gallery and pick out the exact photograph they want, which has been the case lately. Plus, the titles help in the keywording and SEO of the images, my website, and me. So from so many different avenues, titles, keywords, and descriptions of photos are important.
Just to be clear, my comment was in regards to an aesthetic concern, not a technical identification issue.
Many viewers will have an aversion to being "told" by a title what they are supposed to see and feel in an image. It changes the experience of viewing the image in a subtle yet important way: it removes the process of discovery and reaction and replaces it with a moment of propaganda.
Apologies for the art-speak thread drift.
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esqueleto
Feb 1, 2011, 1:05 AM
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No worries, good conversations are hard to come by. While some titles can be blunt and take away the discovery, I think that most titles don't have that much influence, especially if they are simple. While not all of my titles are that way, or all of my images even titled, it isn't the main part of the photograph and will one day disappear probably before the image does.
I've always believed that art should convey an emotion and the success of that art is how the emotion is revealed and how many people relate to it. Obviously not everyone is going to feel the same way, but looking at the majority is important. If the majority doesn't understand what I'm showing them then I feel like I have failed and should reshoot. If a single person doesn't understand then maybe they never will and there isn't anything I can do about that. My goal is never to say I know more than you or anyone else, but to connect with you and evoke a memory or dream that you've had or want to have.
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enigma
Feb 8, 2011, 5:01 AM
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esqueleto wrote: No worries, good conversations are hard to come by. While some titles can be blunt and take away the discovery, I think that most titles don't have that much influence, especially if they are simple. While not all of my titles are that way, or all of my images even titled, it isn't the main part of the photograph and will one day disappear probably before the image does. I've always believed that art should convey an emotion and the success of that art is how the emotion is revealed and how many people relate to it. Obviously not everyone is going to feel the same way, but looking at the majority is important. If the majority doesn't understand what I'm showing them then I feel like I have failed and should reshoot. If a single person doesn't understand then maybe they never will and there isn't anything I can do about that. My goal is never to say I know more than you or anyone else, but to connect with you and evoke a memory or dream that you've had or want to have.
I think you should take your portfolio and go to the climbing magazines. Its worth a try you never know. By the way I've been told they are particularly fond of twilight photos that time around dusk. by a photographer friend of mine.
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esqueleto
Feb 11, 2011, 6:03 AM
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Thanks E, I'll try it out and let you know how it goes.
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Minirova
Feb 14, 2011, 8:59 PM
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Esqueloto, i'm very impressed by your shots. I really hope I can shoot photos like these eventually. I love how HUGE the environment is compared to how small we are. You're very good at showing the perspective of the area.
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esqueleto
Feb 19, 2011, 4:48 AM
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Thanks Minirova! Just put up a new one that plays around with some perspective, check it out http://www.checote.com/news
If you want to get updates send me an e-mail through my website and I'll add you to the list when I post up new photos.
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shellc0de
Dec 3, 2011, 8:18 AM
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You've got some sick wide angle shots, what are you using a 17-40 L?
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esqueleto
Dec 3, 2011, 7:57 PM
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No I wish. I currently have a Tamron 17-35mm 2.8 thats beat to shit but has held up well over the years. I shoot with that lens every day in Alaska and have done so for 5+ years with no problems. Great affordable lens.
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shellc0de
Dec 4, 2011, 7:10 PM
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I'll have to buy one of those, I have everything from 28-200mm but nothing wider.
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