Comments on: Sculpting with Light in Photography http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/sculpting-with-light/ photography, travel, literature, & the environment – and the stories behind the photos that feature in our ecards & prints Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Bennett http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/sculpting-with-light/comment-page-1/#comment-182 David Bennett Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:32:33 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=710#comment-182 I agree, Susan, that digital is a much easier in one respect, and that is that the learning curve is much quicker. Take a shot - look at the results - learn - take another shot - and so on. The advice I heard over and over again when I was starting out was 'Keep shooting.' and digital helps that. I agree, Susan, that digital is a much easier in one respect, and that is that the learning curve is much quicker. Take a shot – look at the results – learn – take another shot – and so on.

The advice I heard over and over again when I was starting out was ‘Keep shooting.’ and digital helps that.

]]> By: David Bennett http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/sculpting-with-light/comment-page-1/#comment-181 David Bennett Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:30:02 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=710#comment-181 Thank you, Nick. I like the concert shots you take, so I guess working with light is something you just 'do' as you are working. Thank you, Nick.

I like the concert shots you take, so I guess working with light is something you just ‘do’ as you are working.

]]> By: David Bennett http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/sculpting-with-light/comment-page-1/#comment-180 David Bennett Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:11:21 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=710#comment-180 Rob, I have no worries about photoshopping out parts of a scene, but it would have been hard to manage with such a big element. I am a fan of Saul Leiter, who seemed to often take a step back and see that the bits that other people might have thought obstructed a view, were in fact what gave the view its emotional output. I like the photos in his book 'Early Color' and recommend it. Rob,
I have no worries about photoshopping out parts of a scene, but it would have been hard to manage with such a big element.

I am a fan of Saul Leiter, who seemed to often take a step back and see that the bits that other people might have thought obstructed a view, were in fact what gave the view its emotional output. I like the photos in his book ‘Early Color’ and recommend it.

]]> By: Wellness Writer http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/sculpting-with-light/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Wellness Writer Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:48:44 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=710#comment-179 Very nice piece David. And for a newbie photographer, it's quite instructive. I've been shooting with a digital camera for over a year, and I'm truly enjoying myself. I took a few classes with a 40-year-old Nikon camera at a community college, and while I love film, digital is just so much easier for me and so much less expensive! Very nice piece David. And for a newbie photographer, it’s quite instructive. I’ve been shooting with a digital camera for over a year, and I’m truly enjoying myself. I took a few classes with a 40-year-old Nikon camera at a community college, and while I love film, digital is just so much easier for me and so much less expensive!

]]> By: Nick lewis http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/sculpting-with-light/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Nick lewis Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:28 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=710#comment-172 I really enjoyed this article David. Sometimes it is all too easy to forget the importance of that wonderful free resource that can be tamed or teased, to provide the desired result. Light. Landscape photographers prefer to wait for it. In the tricky world of photojournalism though you dont have that kind of luxury. we must all learn to craft light to become better photographers. Nick Lewis´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.journog.com/index.php?showimage=93" rel="nofollow">Guilfest: The Charlatans (Tim Burgess)</a> I really enjoyed this article David. Sometimes it is all too easy to forget the importance of that wonderful free resource that can be tamed or teased, to provide the desired result. Light. Landscape photographers prefer to wait for it. In the tricky world of photojournalism though you dont have that kind of luxury. we must all learn to craft light to become better photographers.

Nick Lewis´s last blog ..Guilfest: The Charlatans (Tim Burgess)

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