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What do you prefer
Thomas B. Shea, Photographer
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Pearland/Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 10:19 AM on 01.25.10 |
->> I am a one man shop, so I don't have other photographers here to ask. Usually I have no problem editing my shots but I am not sure about this one. What sax photo do you prefer?
Left or right on my member page of the first photo on this link.
http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=426
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Patrick Meredith, Photographer, Assistant
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 10:21 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> Right for sure! |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 10:23 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> RIGHT! |
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Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Nashville | TN | U.S. | Posted: 10:25 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> On the right. The left looks too forced. Awkward pose. Doesn't look like he's playing. The sax is half sillhouette, half lit. The one on the right really gives more details in the sax itself, the clothing, the impression that he's playing something smooth. |
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Bob Nichols, Photographer
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Tipton | IN | USA | Posted: 10:27 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> What is the usage? To me the one on the left highlights the man as the main focus and the one on the left makes the man and sax about equal. |
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Thomas B. Shea, Photographer
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Pearland/Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 10:34 AM on 01.25.10 |
->> Wesley and Bob,
It is a student profile. The story is about engineering students who also have art hobbies. Wesley. the one on the right was purposely lit that way. |
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Chad Greene, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Knoxville | TN | USA | Posted: 10:40 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> I like the right one better. Hope all is well in Houston. |
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Nigel Farrow, Photographer
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Suffolk | UK | United Kingdom | Posted: 10:48 AM on 01.25.10 |
->> Right.
I prefer the lighting and the musicians head sits on the third where my eyes first go. The shape of the saxophone then comfortably leads my eye to its bell and back. |
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Michael L. Palmieri, Photographer
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Barnegat | NJ | USA | Posted: 10:54 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> Rrrrrrr - right! (Think Tony the Tiger) |
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Bob Ford, Photographer
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Lehighton | Pa | USA | Posted: 11:02 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> Right! I like that the sax is lit and I like the lighting on the musician better, also. |
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Darren Whitley, Photographer
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Northwest Missouri | MO | USA | Posted: 11:48 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> Right. It fits the mood and is less contrived. If you've shot jazz live, you wouldn't ever see them play like the left shot. |
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Craig Mitchelldyer, Photographer, Assistant
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Portland & Orange County | OR and CA | USA | Posted: 11:53 AM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> Man, I guess I'm the only one who likes the left. I wish the light was behind him a little more, but I like the sax in silhouette. The one on the right is too "safe" for me. |
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Shelley Cryan, Photographer
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New England | CT | USA | Posted: 1:08 PM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> right |
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Mike Janes, Photographer
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Attica | NY | USA | Posted: 2:27 PM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> landslide right |
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Tony Sirgedas, Photographer
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Pierce County | WA | USA | Posted: 2:30 PM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> If the intent is something that gives off energy and power then the image on the left. If the intent is something more laid back and easy going then go for the one of the right. |
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Corey Perrine, Photographer
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Hudson | NH | USA | Posted: 2:40 PM on 01.25.10 |
->> The one in the middle.
Let me put my glasses on. Oh yeah, I mean the one on the right.
The color works better and him being dipped just shows more emotion.
The left just has awkward posing and doesn't look like he's exhaling.
My two cents. |
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Brad Barr, Photographer
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Port St. Lucie | FL | USA | Posted: 2:47 PM on 01.25.10 |
->> I'm going to go against the current here...I like the one on the left...it ads mystery in that some is not lit...it adds focus on the face, and its a much more energetic pose by the student....they eyes are open....and is generally much more full of life..
take it for what its worth. Most here do mainly sports. I do mainly weddings and portraits, and some sports. Prob accounts for the differing tastes.
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Jeff Brehm, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 2:59 PM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> To me, it would depend on the subject. Does he play more energetic music? The left image. More like Kenny G (aka the human Darvocet)? The right. |
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Shaun Sartin, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Glenview | IL | | Posted: 3:22 PM on 01.25.10 |
->> Brunette's.... oh wait, sorry!
I'm going left... the whole country seems to be going right!
What's the story, what are you trying to say? |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 3:40 PM on 01.25.10 |
->> I'd use the one on the left - but contrast it with an 'engineering' photo that also has a strong angle in it - like a part of a bridge or girders or something like that.
If that doesn't lend itself to your layout, then go with the one on the right. |
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David Seelig, Photographer
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Hailey | ID | USA | Posted: 3:51 PM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> I use to make my full time living shooting music. For me the right hands down. |
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Thomas B. Shea, Photographer
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Pearland/Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 3:58 PM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> Thanks all. The more I look at them , and think about what works best for the story I would agree with majority of you the right. |
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Josh Thompson, Photographer
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Ontario | California | USA | Posted: 5:21 PM on 01.25.10 |
| ->> I also agree with the majority-- the right. |
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Willie J. Allen Jr., Photographer
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St. Petersburg | FL | USA | Posted: 11:51 PM on 01.25.10 |
->> The lighting on the left feels dramatic. The mixed lighting silhouettes part of his body and part of the sax. Then his face and the rest of the sax is lit. It looks warmer than the photo on the right like a smokey nightclub where a sax player might play.
There’s also tension on the tethered cord holding his sax, which gives the photo a sense of drama. It’s active compared to the passive pose on the right.
The purple halo surrounding his body on the right feels a little gimmicky also.
I’m generally drawn to photos that are unique and not something that I expect. The lighting on the right photo is just that. Clean, even and a nice photo of man playing widget # 6,598. The man on the left is holding a sax and he’s playing it.
Using a sports metaphor seems appropriate on SportsShooter.com so I’ll try and use one here. In Single A ball, players know the basics and are expected to hit, run and throw well. We can compare that to lighting. The basics are to correctly expose, compose and at the end of the process you have a photograph that does the job needed.
Now when a player enters MLB he cannot only hit home runs, he can run, throw and play at a level in which he competes with the best players in the world.
Artistically speaking when you’re at that level of lighting it’s about making unique photos. They can be simple clean well-exposed images but they also have style, drama and are engaging
As you look at photos of your favorite photographers, you’ll see one thing consistently and that’s taking the basics to the next level. Whether it is the light, composition or the moment they’ve taken the basics to the next level. Therefore we must all start with the basics before we can hit can consistently hit home runs.
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Jabin Botsford, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Knoxville | TN | United States | Posted: 12:33 AM on 01.26.10 |
| ->> definitely the right it has much more emotion to it |
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