A glimpse of the past three days
Only you know what you need. (Arnold Newman)
http://www.arnoldnewmanarchive.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/arts/07newman.html
(Greggory Heisler)
http://www.gregoryheisler.com
You can't trust your eyes if your imagination is out of focus.
Portraiture is about taking a great record of the face. You need to create defined circumstances to set up the moment.
It can completely be your thing. People don't know until they see it. Show your work. What you have to offer is your uniqueness and everyone has that already. Even twins.
If you leave me alone, I'll kill myself for you. If you tell me what to do, I can't wait to go home.
(Barbara Bordnick)
http://www.barbarabordnick.com
Portraits- You make yourself or they make you. It's about "getting to people." Find something about
them that is uniquely
them. RESEARCH. BE PREPARED. Motivate something to happen.
Every photograph you take is a self-portrait. What it is that you do to get something from people. It's a part of you. You are a valid person in this situation.
There's a story for every one of these [pictures]. Even if some were disastrous, they were wonderful stories nonetheless.
Critics created 'style.' Point-of-view--it's the one thing you have that makes you different.
Q. What's your 'style'?
I've always had beauty in life. I am attracted to things that have mystery. It's the sensuous aspect. I shoot "the way I'd like to be touched." You like a nude because you can't touch them. [the light touches them].
Fashion has nothing to do with real people. It's fantasy. I'm interested in photography that shows what I could or want to see on the street. It's about possibilities.
I should have the experience in the lens. Within the lens. There's something I don't like about cropping after. The subject is in my personal world. I'd like to think that I could contain them within my frame. (That's why most of the pictures are tightly cropped).
Luck is like a steamroller. You gotta be in the right path/direction. A lot of things happened because I had to find my own way. It's about having to find yourself. How to make it all yours. I also had a good understanding of the human body.
(Greg H. & Barbara Bordnick)
Contemporary portraits see to lack GESTURE. The body should reflect the face. Hands and eyes are the most expressive parts of the human body besides the obvious mouth. It's disastrous to tell people what to do. Direct them.
How does one develop taste?
The only way to get into fashion is to be an assistant. You have to be immersed in it in order to function on the level and style and creativity that the people in the business function on. You need to expose yourself to inspiring things. Go to a museum. Listen to music. You need to be curious. You need to be an interesting person. Surround yourself with people with style and taste. Develop a sense of color.
W- best fashion magazine. Next is Italian/French Vogue.
Photographing Men Vs. Women
For a man, interesting lighting. "His face has a topography that's so amazing."
For women, They want to be beautiful. Society has placed enormous value on women; it's a different aesthetic demand.
Clay Patrick Mcbride
http://www.claypatrickmcbride.com
Not to look but to see the world.
It's a process.
Be a poetic image maker.
Pay attention to the marketplace.
You don't get another chance to make a first impression.
Start that relationship with a camera that you love. Be familiar with it.
There's room for everyone who wants it.
"Darwin photographer" = ADAPT.
about lighting...He who does the most with the least, wins.
It's the journey, not the destination.
Aim for simple pictures that have some honesty.
TRUST + ACCESS = Good storytelling.
It's about Moments vs. Ideas
Photograph what you love. Photograph what you understand.
Look for a mentor.
www.eddieadamsworkshop.com
He selflessly dedicated his life to storytelling. Record life as it happens.
