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"Portrait of an Eloquent Chair". Interesting story; I was working on an photography exhibit many years ago entitled "Color Black and Whites" when I decided to enter a photo contest at our local botannical gardens. My goal was to shoot subject matter other than flowers and the beautiful gardens. Another was to impress Cole Weston, son of Ed Weston who was the judge for the event. Since then many awards have followed. What a great study it turned out to be.
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Comments
May 22, 2008 | Mary Ann Bridge
Wow! Nice, very nice. Perfect lighting and shadows. I can see why you got the award. Thanks for the caption. Without it I wouldn't have comprehended the image on a quick look. But now I will remember your idea and maybe someday, down the road, I'll recognize the same composition and lighting and get a fantastic shot. It's wonderful, truly a great shot. Everything in your portfolio is very professional; I particularly love the utility poles, wires and birds. Utility poles happen to be a favorite subject for me to shoot, even without the birds.
May 21, 2008 | James Kiefer
Nice study of curves and contrast. Jim
May 23, 2008 | Ricardo Reitmeyer
Mary Ann, Thanks for your nice note. I've taught workshops and given assignments just like I did for myself on this photo. Soon you begin to see with a 'peripheral' vision, somewhere other than maybe what your looking at. One of most favorite workshops was a workshop I taught where we went to the local zoo. The challenge to the assignment was to shoot anything but the animals. I had my students asking for refunds. I offered full refunds with the requirement that they complete the assignment and the workshop. The students were all impressed on what they failed to see when bringing their cameras to the zoo. No refunds were requested.
May 23, 2008 | Ricardo Reitmeyer
Thanks for your note Jim. Take a look at the lines, how the cracks of flagstone meet with the arms of the chair, and how the shadows of the chair just barely connect to the chair itself. I stood on one of the pictured chairs and shot down on the scene using a 28mm wide angle lens. I took nearly two hours of moving the chair around on the flagstone patio to come up with this final image. It was a fun study.
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