2010 - Arty category.

[Heywood-Yablowme]

Kings or better to open    

                   


                                                                                                       bench racers...

[smclean35]

Me Overtaking my brothers 911(997) turbo!

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[Billy Og]

In the spotlight...

[Jacob Potts]

[quote="Paul"]
In the spotlight...[/quote]Interesting composition, lighting, and the caption ends it on a sweet note.

Nice!  I like it!

Jacob Potts :-)

[wattie]

Beauty and the Beast............

[wasp]

[quote="wattie"]
Beauty and the Beast............
[/quote]

God Wattie, can't you get a decent shot of your car without that woman who keeps getting in the way?

Cheers,

Stu

[Jacob Potts]

[quote="wattie"]Beauty and the Beast............[/quote]
Wattie: this is a good first attempt.

You chose both models well.  I especially like how you blew out the background so that the foreground subjects are our only focus.  You have begun well, don't give up now. 

Apart from the obvious physical beauty of both models in the image, they are disconnected.  The woman and the car could well be photographed alone, to the same effect.  Disconnection dissipates artistic expression.

Try telling a story with the image.  What is the relationship of the woman to the car?  And vice versa?  True, blowing out the background sharpens the viewer's focus on the models, but the technique removes context, contrast and emotion.  See what Cartier-Bresson did with a pond of water!


Cartier-Bresson "Saint Lazare"

Tell me a story!  Draw me in.  I want to see, even if only a fragment, of a story.  See the photo below by Oleg Volk.


Oleg Volk "Failure to Eject"

In your image, the woman's stance and dress detract from the image.  The photographer dressed the model in a costume that calls attention to the woman's body unnecessarily, and the photographer posed her in a stance of aggressive sexuality.  Not that such costumes and poses are bad per se, but both detract from the photo.  Again, just like blowing out the background, it separates the two subjects, the car and the woman.  Your art suffers.

Suggestion: remove the costume altogether.  This creates an entirely different dynamic and opens up many creative possibilities.  The model in the Oleg Volk photo above has no costume, but that adds to the pathos, the impact of the image.  It elevates it to something approaching art.

Wattie: do good art.  Make us proud.

Jacob Potts

[wasp]

Blimey, my tounge was firmly in my cheek and I trust yours is too
Wattie, you and kel have livened up many an AAOC contributors day!

Cheers,

Stu

[AtomMadStew]

[quote="wattie"]
Beauty and the Beast............
[/quote]

move over daisy duke! 

[wisp]

Structural Curves

[Jacob Potts]

[quote="wisp"]Structural Curves[/quote]
Wisp!

You're a genius!  You've captured in the background a bridge with a curving exoskeleton to mimic the Atom's!

Well done!

Can you raise the photo up just an ooch higher?  To get just a tad more of the bridge showing?

Jacob Potts :-)

P.S.  "Ooch" is a real unit of measurement.  You may not be familiar with it, since it is one of the lesser-known units in the metric system.  :-)

[wisp]

[quote="Jacob Potts"]
Can you raise the photo up just an ooch higher?  To get just a tad more of the bridge showing?

Jacob Potts :-)

P.S.  "Ooch" is a real unit of measurement.  You may not be familiar with it, since it is one of the lesser-known units in the metric system.  :-)
[/quote]

Jacob,

Alas I can not find the measurement you refer to in my book 'Units', by J.A.M. Gaboury, so I do not know how much to move said picture. However you can see more of the bridge if you click here

[wattie]

[quote="Jacob Potts"]
[quote="wattie"]Beauty and the Beast............[/quote]
Wattie: this is a good first attempt.

You chose both models well.  I especially like how you blew out the background so that the foreground subjects are our only focus.  You have begun well, don't give up now.  

Apart from the obvious physical beauty of both models in the image, they are disconnected.  The woman and the car could well be photographed alone, to the same effect.  Disconnection dissipates artistic expression.

Try telling a story with the image.  What is the relationship of the woman to the car?  And vice versa?  True, blowing out the background sharpens the viewer's focus on the models, but the technique removes context, contrast and emotion.  See what Cartier-Bresson did with a pond of water!


Cartier-Bresson "Saint Lazare"

Tell me a story!  Draw me in.  I want to see, even if only a fragment, of a story.  See the photo below by Oleg Volk.


Oleg Volk "Failure to Eject"

In your image, the woman's stance and dress detract from the image.  The photographer dressed the model in a costume that calls attention to the woman's body unnecessarily, and the photographer posed her in a stance of aggressive sexuality.  Not that such costumes and poses are bad per se, but both detract from the photo.  Again, just like blowing out the background, it separates the two subjects, the car and the woman.  Your art suffers.

Suggestion: remove the costume altogether.  This creates an entirely different dynamic and opens up many creative possibilities.  The model in the Oleg Volk photo above has no costume, but that adds to the pathos, the impact of the image.  It elevates it to something approaching art.

Wattie: do good art.  Make us proud.

Jacob Potts
[/quote]

Great advice, I'll try to link the subject matter more convincingly in future....the strong pose, chequered flag bikini and female driving boots were a subtle attempt to suggest the woman had just returned, empowered,  from a satisfying drive.......perhaps she should have held a torque wrench or my helmet    to draw the viewer in more.

Failing that I'll just tell her to lose the bikini next time...........................

Cheers Wattie

[wisp]

[quote="Jacob Potts"]
To get just a tad more of the bridge showing?


[/quote]

Jacob,

Would you believe me if I said this was the road sign you pass when approaching the bridge?

[wisp]

[quote="wattie"]
Failing that I'll just tell her to lose the bikini next time...........................

Cheers Wattie
[/quote]

But then you'd just have to do this (click here) to the image before you could post it on here.