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Henry Cartier Bresson ... the Leica toting French photographer credited with the invention of "The Decisive Moment" style of candid photography.Who is HCB, any link ?
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWho is HCB, any link ?
You do realize that, whilst Hasselblad can x-sync at all shutter speeds, those shutter speeds only go as fast as 1/500 (V) and 1/800 (H), right? So where was it exactly that you pulled 1/1600 out from?Well, i did shoot one person before outdoor near Burj Khalifa with one strobe only using my Hasselblad, i didn't use filters, and i got amazing results, it is not difficult to shoot with wider aperture on MF lenses if i can go up to 1/500-1/1600.
I don't see any bitchiness at all here and I think you misunderstand the discussion, a discussion that is very interesting since it's about one of the fundamental sides of travel photography: Esthetics vs. reality. Discussing other photographers' images and how they are achieved is an excellent way of learning, and I for one have a lot to learn from Mr. Lawrence, even if I prefer a simpler approach most of the time (when I don't schlepp the GX680 around in the SE Asian countryside).What I find hilarious is that there are so many people in here saying what his work is and what it isn't ..and what it should be.
Newsflash: he's not shooting for you, and his success in the industry doesn't rely entirely on your understanding. He has an aesthetic. He composes and lights and processes accordingly - because it's HIS vision.
I'd expect this kind of bitchiness on dpreview - apparently it was wrong to hold all members of this forum to a higher standard.
Ah well. There's always LuLa.
Did you ever consider it might be a generational thing?I don't see any bitchiness at all here and I think you misunderstand the discussion, a discussion that is very interesting since it's about one of the fundamental sides of travel photography: Esthetics vs. reality. Discussing other photographers' images and how they are achieved is an excellent way of learning, and I for one have a lot to learn from Mr. Lawrence, even if I prefer a simpler approach most of the time (when I don't schlepp the GX680 around in the SE Asian countryside).
A photographer publishing videos of himself and how he works on youtube can hardly expect his work to escape discussion and criticism. If that is not an invitation, I don't know what is. Criticism does not have to equal personal insults (although that seems to be the attitude at dpr), and most of us learn faster taking the verbal input seriously.
How is this any different from a snapshot/where's the artistic merit? Right place right time - and very little else.
It's a (de)generational thing.Did you ever consider it might be a generational thing?
Oh dear... is this the level we're at?How is this any different from a snapshot/where's the artistic merit? Right place right time - and very little else.
If I need to post a BTS to explain the background of my photographs, I've failed grossly as a photographer.Did you ever consider it might be a generational thing?
And uh.. "Discussing other photographers' images and how they are achieved is an excellent way of learning"
More often than not, he posts BTS of the work he's doing/has done - or revisits it at a later date in one of the DVDs.
"House of Anubis" Nickelodeon Shoot / Behind the Scenes photography Info | Joey L.
Agreed! I can't think of better evidence pointing to the degeneration of photography than the popularity of the BTS video since it's entire purpose is to call attention solely to the mechanical process.If I need to post a BTS to explain the background of my photographs, I've failed grossly as a photographer.
Oh, but I couldn't take the photos that he takes. I have neither the skill nor the inclination. And his photos will always be more beautiful than mine, no doubt about that.It sounds like some of these posts have an element of sour grapes to them: as in "I could do as well as that if I just had access, support, whatever."
The one Lawrence photo I saw was beautiful. Of course, as we know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Well, i said 1/500-1/1600 i meant MF in general and not just Hasselblad, there are MF that are up to 1/400 also, and i heard that Phase One is going to or maybe they did go up to 1/4000 or higher, so i was talking in general as my last sentience, i know my Hassy can't go up higher than 1/800, and on those shots of the model i did i didn't go higher than 1/500 anyway even i can.You do realize that, whilst Hasselblad can x-sync at all shutter speeds, those shutter speeds only go as fast as 1/500 (V) and 1/800 (H), right? So where was it exactly that you pulled 1/1600 out from?
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Aside: Strobist: Young Blood: A Chat with Photographer Joey Lawrence
Also worth having a peek at, is this video/commercial Joey did feat. his dad - Coca-Cola, “The Perfectionist” | Joey L.
That should lay any notions he comes from money to rest.