Some really cool shots

can't say I like many of those. Technique over substance in a lot of cases. Some clever stuff.. but mainly technique for the sake of it in my opinion.
 
I like this stuff. Shows how the mundane and everyday can be reinterpreted in a manner that is original and arresting, sometimes shocking. Juxtaposition and all that - reminds me in a way of how we reinterpreted bits of play text when I was a luvvy. Brecht called it Verfremdungsteffekt, where you make clear that what you're seeing is false, a story, not an alternative reality, so forcing you to compare both the real and the fake - and perhaps wonder which is which.

Also good for visualizing a scene and seeing what could be done with it, and needs excellent Photoshop skills to hide the seams.

Excellent.
 
Good set, but it seems more appropriate for Deviant art IMHO, they're too heavily edited and show no realism but then again I'm a moaney git!
 
Work like this is what separates the wheat from the chaff for me.

It's all very well to go out and take a cool picture (most people struggle with just that), but it's another thing to have a concept in your head that you then realise on the screen in all its glory.

This kind of work spans the gamut of digital photography. Pre-production, Photography, lighting, compositing, post-production.

While this kind of work might not be to purists taste, it mostly requires for more skill than photography, whilst still requiring exceptional skill in photography itself.

There are no bad photographers producing this kind of work.
 
I can certainly appreciate the huge amount of skill that goes into creating images like this but I can't say I've ever had a personal interest in composites, they just don't do it for me for some reason. I guess that's only like being into music but not liking a certain style though!

There are definitely some class images there though, for sure.
 
Some nice creative stuff there. I like that kind of thing
 
Pookeyhead said:
can't say I like many of those. Technique over substance in a lot of cases. Some clever stuff.. but mainly technique for the sake of it in my opinion.
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As a teacher, I hope you can open your mind, because your students deserve that from you. Teach them how to earn a living, and then teach them how to be artists afterwards

Do any of your students have the vision and skill that this young 20 year olds somethinghas here: http://erikjohanssonphoto.com/work/imagecats/personal/

With the justification that this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/11/andreas-gursky-rhine-ii-photograph is worth $4.3 million "because it is art" I would suggest that the young man in question is way more visionary and artistic, and will command a good wage wherever he works

Having seen a lot of crap, I will settle fre someone who has technique. I see a lot of "substance" that seems to be a house bullt on the sand
 
Richard King said:
As a teacher, I hope you can open your mind, because your students deserve that from you.
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Oh God here we go.....

I do have my OWN opinions you know? ...and I'M NOT AT WORK!

Some people really need to get over this teacher thing... getting boring now.
 
Richard King said:
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Thank you.

If my students created work like that, then I would critique it on those terms.. whether it's good for work of that type and genre.... we have students who produce work in all genres. If you think we judge students' work based on what we LIKE... you're mistaken.
 
Very imaginative shots. A bit over-egged for my tastes, but the skill and patience it must have taken to do is impressive.
 
I can't even imagine where to start to create one of these....their skill level must be phenomenal.

But....

I don't find them very interesting. One look is all that I need to think 'that's clever' and then on the next. Great eye candy, but nothing of substance to make me return to the images.

I saw a Bill Brandt expo a will back, and to be honest just one of his photographs could keep me occupied as long as a whole book of these.
 
Not for me either. I can definitely appreciate the work that went into creating them, and some of them are incredibly imaginative, but this sort of digital artwork doesn't really appeal to me personally.

I do love some of Bill Brandt's photos though!
 
Nguss said:
I do love some of Bill Brandt's photos though!
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A lot of his stuff was staged as well and he wasn't adverse to the odd composite or two :)

Steve

Edit:- On reflection its probably worth wondering what Brandt would have been able to do had he had Photoshop :lol:
 
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I don't think steve was saying Brandt's work wasn't sometimes staged... or that he never did a composite or two.. but that it has substance. Nor do I think he was saying this work lacked substance because it's composite.
 
Pookeyhead said:
I don't think steve was saying Brandt's work wasn't sometimes staged... or that he never did a composite or two.. but that it has substance. Nor do I think he was saying this work lacked substance because it's composite.
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It was his 'digital artwork' remark I was highlighting, Brandt was well known for his touch up skills. Perhaps I should have included it in his original quote to avoid confusion.

Steve
 
steve_v said:
It was his 'digital artwork' remark I was highlighting, Brandt was well known for his touch up skills. Perhaps I should have included it in his original quote to avoid confusion.

Steve
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Ahh... it wasn't Steve you were replying to... my mistake.. sorry.
 
Zero inspiration but a couple of them hit a note with me as they had personal meaning.

1 - The shot with the guy in the rucksack - A mate of mine has been threatening to drag me up a mountain for about a year now.

2 - The room of clouds & grass floor - Because this is how I've wanted my room for ages.
 
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