At 19:57 2/2/02, Brian Swale wrote:
Hi folks,
Last night for the second time I spent nearly an hour looking at the
images of Christopher Anderson of Kentucky, at
http://www.darklightimagery.net/index.html
Many, many great shots, mostly with OM gear. I'm picking that he has
followed the advice of John Shaw, as the results are similar (but better - I
think Christopher has brighter colours).
[snip]
Had to see for myself when you said he "followed the advice of John
Shaw." Excellent photographs, and very pleased that Anderson has his own
style. "Reverse engineer" the techniques for some basic methods. Note
also he religiously uses a tripod!
The cavern photography is impressive. I've wanted to try some, but the
limestone caverns around me are *very* protected and sensitive
environs. The ones found around here are limestone and can very easily be
damaged just by touching the cavern surface. Oil from the skin plugs up
the limestone "pores" and the cavern stops "growing." It requires very
special coordination to conduct serious photography inside one.
An aside:
All too often it's not John Shaw's advice that's used, but his photographs
emulated. I've seen this happen in shows and exhibits. If it's juried and
the juror(s) realizes it (much more often than not), the critique usually
reflects it; the kinder ones merely cite "lack of originality."
-- John
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