Just when I thought I was getting it

[dooda]

I was perusing Flickr.com and came across this fellows pictures. His composition and grittiness are unlike anything I've seen. Scroll through and check his photos out, most of them are great, some are simply exquisite. In his bio he says that most of the pictures were taken with point and shoots, which I find unbelievable, if a little hard to believe. Another guy that makes me want to get some kind of underwater camera.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lomokev/

[pippin88]

So far I'm not a big fan.

In fact I find the black stuff at the corners rather annoying, and it's worse in photos where he has tried to use it more for effect.

[W00DY]

I like most of his images... and I do like the black edges, it suits his type of style.

[stubbsy]

dooda

If you accept the premise that it's the person behind the camera that makes a good photo then even with a P & S a good photographer can take great photos. With a better camera, of course, they take even better photos. One other thing here is that, at web size, image flaws from a quality perspective, are less apparent.

So far as the images are concerned, I like some and not others and yes the heavy use of the black corners starts to pall after a while.

[marcus]

I'm only a newbie but I'll throw in my 20 cents worth too!

I'm 50/50 on the images, some are good, some are not so good. As for the dark corners.......this is a nice effect SOMETIMES! Not all the time.

[stubbsy]

I'm only a newbie but I'll throw in my 20 cents worth too

Marcus

Welcome to the forum

Being a newbie never stopped me from having a say, nor should it for anyone. Of course I'm not always right

[Onyx]

I did read an online tutorial that advocates the use of deliberate vignetting for effect - to pull attention to the centre. I guess what we're witnessing are a good thing gone too far.

Similarly, I groan everytime I see an image with subject placed in the intersection of 'thirds'.

His images do have some creativity evident (in both composition and subject matter). However when all bundled into one and looking thru the pages, it seems 'overused' - eg. camera on the ground shots and the high contrast look.

[dooda]

Yup, many of his shots are a little overdone, some more than others. Overall I sort of like the deliberate vignetting as it frames the subject (I find myself doing this every so often).

It's his perspective and composition that I really love though, taking a look at everything ground levelish, everything has either a certain glow, or black shape accentuated by background. I also like how he pulls attention on things by deliberatly leaving out a part of the subject. That's something that I never really considered. IT's the kind of shots that I wish I took (though admittedly I wouldn't work the contrast over so hard in pp). He sort of goes for the gusto. When it works it does wonders for me.

[MattC]

I am a little indifferent to his style of vignetting every shot. In fact, by the time I got through half a dozen or so pages, I was starting to dislike it. Too much of a good thing. Getting past all of that, I do not mind his eye for composition. It has made me look back through my "junk" folders with a different view of its contents. I am not calling his shots junk. I have gigabytes of stuff where I have tried something different and did not think that it had worked. Call t a fresh perspective on my own work.

Cheers

Matt

[marcus]

I'm only a newbie but I'll throw in my 20 cents worth too

Marcus

Welcome to the forum

Being a newbie never stopped me from having a say, nor should it for anyone. Of course I'm not always right

Thanks stubbsy..........it won't stop me either!