I haven't entered a WA for months. Unfortunately, I shot a couple of weddings and kinda burned out on the whole photography thing. I'm getting back into it--this time for just the fun of it
Shot this with my new toy, a Sony A100. I had some old Minolta glass from my film days and got the Sony cheap so I figured what the hell.
Didn't try too hard, was just relaxing with the parents at their place and as I looked over I saw this clock and thought it'd fit the theme. I shot it handheld while sitting. I also tried a head-on perspective shot while standing, but it didn't emphasize the pendulum as well and kind of looked like a shot in a Howard Miller catalog.
Be as brutal as you want with the C&C, I've got nothing better to do with my time--pun definately intended
Chad
Replaced entry with alternate shot from same day, cloned out some wall texture.
Edited by Chad Schulz on Aug 25, 2008 at 03:07 AM GMT
Interesting shot, Chad! I don't know if I find the lamp to be a distraction or not. I tried to visualize it without the lamp and it definitely lost a lot of interest. (It seems that today Yakim and I are at odds on everything! ) After all, a shot of a clock on the wall is not exactly something to write home about. I think the lamp helps to establish a sense of time of day and the shadow of the fringe is quite interesting. What I find a tad more distracting are the gobs of plaster or whatever stuck to the wall above the right corner of the clock. Those could easily be cloned out in an nanosecond.
Thanks Yakin and Strad for the C&C. I'm going to attempt to take these WA's less seriously. My obsessive personality often keeps me from completely enjoying what I do. I've discovered that the my best shots are spontaneous and without planning.
I just shot my third wedding of the summer yesterday, and hopefully my last. I'm clearly not meant to do this as a vocation, but as a hobby. Two cameras, 8+ hours, and over 1000 photos!!! I might even get some money for this one
Hello Chad, nice to see you back!
I also believe that the lamp adds an excellent complement to the composition with its own “repeating” ornaments and shadows…
Nice one Chad, just a bit different from what we would usually think of repetition.
I sympathise with the wedding thing. I helped out at a wedding last year and never again. Can't think how photographers can repeatedly do that type of shooting.
) After all, a shot of a clock on the wall is not exactly something to write home about. 