It is in the eye of the beholder
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Canon did an interesting experiment where they made one guy have six different imaginary personas, and each one was captured by a different photographer, and the results were very interesting...it truly is in the eye of the beholder.
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That was quite interesting. I like that they did that, and I get the point they are making, but... why did they choose to do that. Under the surface, it's almost a little creepy, or maybe embarrassing for the photographers, or maybe just too psychologically deep for a marketing thing, if that's even its purpose. I'm a little puzzled.
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@art_of_shred said:
That was quite interesting. I like that they did that, and I get the point they are making, but... why did they choose to do that. Under the surface, it's almost a little creepy, or maybe embarrassing for the photographers, or maybe just too psychologically deep for a marketing thing, if that's even its purpose. I'm a little puzzled.
Not entirely sure, but I thought it was interesting and teaches an important lesson.
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I agree, though, @art_of_shred , that it's kinda deep for general marketing.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@art_of_shred said:
That was quite interesting. I like that they did that, and I get the point they are making, but... why did they choose to do that. Under the surface, it's almost a little creepy, or maybe embarrassing for the photographers, or maybe just too psychologically deep for a marketing thing, if that's even its purpose. I'm a little puzzled.
Not entirely sure, but I thought it was interesting and teaches an important lesson.
Yeah. Important lesson: don't lie to your photographer if you don't want portraits that don't fit you well.
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@art_of_shred said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@art_of_shred said:
That was quite interesting. I like that they did that, and I get the point they are making, but... why did they choose to do that. Under the surface, it's almost a little creepy, or maybe embarrassing for the photographers, or maybe just too psychologically deep for a marketing thing, if that's even its purpose. I'm a little puzzled.
Not entirely sure, but I thought it was interesting and teaches an important lesson.
Yeah. Important lesson: don't lie to your photographer if you don't want portraits that don't fit you well.
Truth. @Minion-Queen should share this with Melissa.
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The artist does more than the paint to determine the outcome of a painting.
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Its interesting. Its useful to remember the power of photographer in propaganda. I saw a documentary on this and its influence on war photography. The photos of a crying child in Gaza, or a gunman in Syria, paints a powerful image, but without context, or without seeing the wider frame, the photo can create a false image.
There was a photo in the papers last year of a child refugee, walking alone, looking lost and lonely. It was quite an image. A few days later they posted a wider angle image showing about 200 adults walking with her, just a couple of hundred yards away from her. In that image, she didn't look lost and lonely at all. She'd just briefly become disconnected with the group and the photographer pounced.
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I saw a good example of that on 9gag, of course, showing what is often showed to Americans about Beirut while not showing that it is a beautiful, modern city.
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@scottalanmiller said:
The artist does more than the paint to determine the outcome of a painting.
True, but not the most accurate analogy in this case.
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This reminds me of the following picture:
Now, it's obvious what the agenda was in using this picture...to make her look crazy. Politics aside, and I'm not a fan of her, but c'mon!!!
Here is a picture from her Twitter account:
Obviously a softer, more down home picture. Different agenda, but Newsweek should be ashamed of themselves for using THAT picture!!
I took 2 of my sister where one was caught in mid-sentence and it looked like she was drunk and passed out on her husband's shoulder. Maybe I'll look for them.Pictures are moments in time, nothing more.
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The one on her Twitter page is using obvious after effects to make her look less crazy, though. Can't count that as her "natural" look.
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Right. Like I said, different agenda.
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Here's another example:
Granted, it's a sketch, but it makes the point clear in my opinion.
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@Son-of-Jor-El said:
This reminds me of the following picture:
Now, it's obvious what the agenda was in using this picture...to make her look crazy. Politics aside, and I'm not a fan of her, but c'mon!!!
Here is a picture from her Twitter account:
Obviously a softer, more down home picture. Different agenda, but Newsweek should be ashamed of themselves for using THAT picture!!
I took 2 of my sister where one was caught in mid-sentence and it looked like she was drunk and passed out on her husband's shoulder. Maybe I'll look for them.Pictures are moments in time, nothing more.
You have never seen pictures of Hillary Clinton on websites and magazines! LOL
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@IRJ Oh, I have!!
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@scottalanmiller said:
I saw a good example of that on 9gag, of course, showing what is often showed to Americans about Beirut while not showing that it is a beautiful, modern city.
Do that with the Pyramids. The city comes right up to the edge of them now.
yet most pictures show them completely isolated.
