Josh Evilsizor wrote:
Chuck,
Only speaking for myself, but I imagine others might agree... I don't care how frequently you post, or where you post... I tend to skip right over top of 90% of your replies. Why? My personal opinion is you have no business giving anyone advice outside of technical questions regarding lighting. There's no denying that you are a wealth of information, but your work speaks volumes that you can't execute what you know, and execution is what's key with the majority of people on this forum.
I disagree totally. This is a knowlegebase and Chuck conveys much information to many who need it. Granted many people on this forum know and understand lighting and can skip over Chuck's technical posts. But to others that come here seaking information he is a valuable source.
Keep posting Chuck..it gives people like Josh something to look forward to!
Here is another one taken with using an AB800 into a white shoot through umbrella. This little guy moved all over the place and in this shot moved out of the reflector's zone. Thus, the shadow side is a little darker than I intended. The light was camera left. Due to the subject's movement, I shot this in landscape orientation and then cropped for a portrait. One thing with kids is always count on their nose being dirty or runny! After posting this image I noticed that his needs cleaned up a bit.
There is also an even larger herd of us who don't know their a** from their elbow about lighting or photographing people well and come here to learn. We learn by viewing skillfully captured, artfully processed images and the constructive critique and commentary that follows them. We also learn very much from the carefully thought out patiently submitted comments and instructional contributions of people such as Chuck Gardner and Steady Hand. These fellows, and quite a few more, put tremendous effort into their contributions, conspicuously more than that put forth by the would be detractors here. It would be a sad day for this forum, indeed, if these guys were to become discouraged by the rant those of you who see fit to denigrate their contributions and themselves personally and ceased their efforts altogether.
One could only hope that you who deem the contributions of the aforementioned to be pedantic could simply skip reading them and keep your negative commentary to yourselves. No one who reads this forum is at all well served by it.
I also liked the thread better when it was showing photos...
My son outdoors on a recent dark gray day with a 550EX in a 15"x15" softbox about 8' high and camera left. He was there to assist me with a senior shoot and soon fell victim to setup shots before they arrived:
calk wrote:
One could only hope that you who deem the contributions of the aforementioned to be pedantic could simply skip reading them and keep your negative commentary to yourselves. No one who reads this forum is at all well served by it.
Cal
Very good advice. Too bad you didn't offer it to CG before his first post to this thread.
This thread began on Feb. 24 where the OP wrote this:
euro wrote:
so since the old thread doesn't seem to be working and I'm not sure if it ever will, why not get a new one up...that thread provided great inspiration to lots of people and showcased some great skill. I figured maybe getting a new thread up would allow us to continue where we left off in the last thread and keep going.
so lets see those 1 light setups!!!!!
for those that were unfamiliar with the last thread....just post a picture you took with a one light setup along with a picture/diagram of how your lights/equipment were set up
cheers
rob
This resulted in forum members using the thread as an exposition of works that illustrated how we can accomplish some pretty fine works with very meager setups. There were no in-depth critiques or analysis offered. Sure there were a few "wows" and "atta boys," along with questions about details of some of the setups. It was merely a collection of images showing variations on a theme. In fact a quite nice collection of inspiration for those willing to take the time to peruse them.
Then on Dec. 21, ten months after the thread began, CG began his 20+ paragraph "enlightening" with:
Call me a contrarian but I really don't see the point of this exercise or the notion that using one light is a purer or simpler form of lighting.
Now be honest with yourself, was CG being helpful with that comment or was he just peeing in everybody's cheerios that had contributed to a 10 month-long effort of sharing?
I don't care how much CG posts nor does he have to post opinions that agree with mine .... but he should be as polite to other forum members as he and you so boldly request that we be polite to him. If he wanted to be "contrarian," after 10 months, all he had to do was start a new thread.
System6ix wrote:
Ok ladies and gentlemen apologies in advance if this puts you to sleep as the subject matter is admittedly rather boring compared to some of what's been posted.
