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作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-1-21 11:45 標題: Photo mags

I think I opened a post on photo mags a few years back. I just threw away almost 100kg of magazines this week. I realized 90% of the photo mags that I subscribed to do not interest me anymore.

Now I only subscribe to

LFI
Shots
Black & White
Aperture

Any other good magazines that focus on b&w and/or fine art photography?

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2011-1-21 12:07

I think I opened a post on photo mags a few years back. I just threw away almost 100kg of magazines ...
快樂牛郎發表於 2011-1-21 11:45 AM

agghhh you could have given then away... I wanted to look at some...

作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2011-1-21 12:29

Try books instead. I find if someone spends months or even yr to write a book, usually they have good information to share, instead of soup of the day like in magazine articles.

Good read:
Michael Freeman - The photographer's eye.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-1-21 13:43

Try books instead. I find if someone spends months or even yr to write a book, usually they have go ...
Look4chrisng 發表於 2011/1/21 12:29

ya I have tons of books. But a magazine sometimes would introduce some new photographers or even old ones who you have never heard of. Sometimes they would also feature individual portfolios that can surprise you.

Photographer's eye - I read it at the bookstore a year back and thought it was amazing. Today I gave it a 2nd quick read at the same bookstore and didn't find anything new to me. I think all the rules are there for you to learn but it's really practicing and learning from your own mistakes that help you improve. Now I actually want to find a way break those rules and cliches yet still create a nice and balanced photograph.

this is my most recent buy

Street Photography Now
http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500543931.html

it just arrived at my office a few minutes ago

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-1-21 13:44

agghhh you could have given then away... I wanted to look at some...
布小熊發表於 2011/1/21 12:07

I think they are more poison than food though.
Like the free Rangefinder crap that I get every month, all you see there is just ads for gears and wedding photography.

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2011-1-21 15:50

I think they are more poison than food though.
Like the free Rangefinder crap that I get every mon ...
快樂牛郎發表於 2011-1-21 01:44 PM

oh. I don't need more gears ads....

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-1-23 22:53

Good read:
Michael Freeman - The photographer's eye.
Look4chrisng 發表於 2011/1/21 12:29

You know,
I realized a while ago (maybe middle last year?) that if you need to read these books to learn composition, chances are you won't go too far. From a commercial point of view, it makes sense to publish books like that to teach you what makes a photograph good. But if you are really into photography and have a talent for it, all you need to do is to shoot what you think looks good to you. There's no need for rules or tutorials. To improve your composition, you just have to learn from your mistakes and figure out what you need to do the next time to get a better frame.

And of course, shooting 100 photos is better than reading 100 pages (if you have the talent).

作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2011-1-24 09:21

You know,
I realized a while ago (maybe middle last year?) that if you need to read these books to ...
快樂牛郎發表於 2011-1-23 22:53

i am in low lower level of food chain ma. The other way to say it is: if you don't have a taste for it, then no books would help.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-2-17 01:29

Michael Freeman - The photographer's eye
Look4chrisng 發表於 2011/1/21 12:29

There is actually another book of the same title by John Szarkowski. Now, that one is the real thing, if you want to step up to the next level.

作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2011-2-17 09:58

have to check this out. It is in library! I don't remember this person, but somewhere I saw his funny photographs about dogs, and thought they were very cool.

thanks

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-2-17 10:17

have to check this out. It is in library! I don't remember this person, but somewhere I saw his f ...
Look4chrisng 發表於 2011/2/17 09:58

He was the curator of photography at the museum of modern arts in NYC. I have never heard that he shot funny photos of dogs though.

作者: Lik 時間: 2011-2-17 10:55

As with the case for car magazines, now that there is so much content (and often 2 ways communication as well) on the Internet, why bother subscribing to paper magazines? To me at least, a lot of times the paper versions of magazines seem like secondary / supplemental content to their electronic counterparts.

-Lik

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2011-2-17 11:04

Wow .. 220lb .. so "Four" ..

作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2011-2-17 11:04

He was the curator of photography at the museum of modern arts in NYC. I have never heard that he ...
快樂牛郎發表於 2011-2-17 10:17

my bad, i mix him with with Elliot Erwitt.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-2-17 11:08

As with the case for car magazines, now that there is so much content (and often 2 ways communicatio ...
Lik 發表於 2011/2/17 10:55

Not all magazines are fully available online. Also, for images, I prefer seeing them on paper than on the screen.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-2-17 11:09

my bad, i mix him with with Elliot Erwitt.
Look4chrisng 發表於 2011/2/17 11:04

Elliot Erwitt is great too. You can learn a lot from him. But recently I've been getting most of my inspirations from Martin Parr.

作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2011-2-17 14:05

That Martin guy is funny/great. Some say digital cameras put photography to dead. But instead Photographers like Martin put an end to these silly arguments.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-2-17 14:19

本帖最後由快樂牛郎於 2011-2-17 14:20 編輯

That Martin guy is funny/great. Some say digital cameras put photography to dead. But instead Phot ...
Look4chrisng 發表於 2011/2/17 14:05

Does he shoot digital now? I've only seen his work till about 2006 and he was still using film back then. But ya, for his style, digital or film makes no difference.

Compared to other street photographers who purposely look for funny scenes, I think he's more philosophical and his real purpose is to portray how we humans live in the current world. The funny elements are just byproducts of this goal.

作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2011-2-17 14:44

Just saying for him the medium doesn't matter.

Yes, the understanding of how we live and has an eye for it is more important and that is his artistry.  There is now a good scene on Kingsway close to metrotown.  People are lining for pre-sales.

That is the epic centre of the world we are living in.  The end of middle class and the democracy associated with it.

If you have time, go there and look, you may get some awesome photos or a condo.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-2-17 15:51

Just saying for him the medium doesn't matter.

Yes, the understanding of how we live and has an e ...
Look4chrisng 發表於 2011/2/17 14:44

Ya, I've already studied the line-up culture in Vancouver. People seem to like to line up for anything.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2011-2-22 14:58

Free pdf book from Magnum photographer

http://stephengrote.com/teaching ... %20CD%20version.pdf

作者: Look4chrisng 時間: 2011-2-23 10:07

good read.

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