Large Format Reflections

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.  
~Henri Cartier Bresson

6 comments:

  1. I really like these two shots. They speak perfectly to photographers. The use of negative space and leading lines is really good.

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  2. I love these! It explains what we are doing so well and I think many photographers can relate to it.

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  3. Excellent capture Melissa. It would work well standing alone, but presenting a diptych shows just enough of the process of shooting a large format camera that even a non photographer gets the idea. Do you have a third shot? I would love to see a triptych. I like that the texture of the ground is just barely visible in the silhouette. Crop on the bottom may be a little tight, but that is minor. Well seen.

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  4. The diptych and the quote go so well together. You really caught the moment.

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  5. I love how the subject is upside down, just as the image on the ground glass of the large format camera is, I think that relationship is really strong.

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