Comments on: Impressionistic photography: My First Attempts http://sbdigitalarts.com/impressionistic-photography-my-first-attempts/ Photography, Graphic Design and Computer Art Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:51:36 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Terry http://sbdigitalarts.com/impressionistic-photography-my-first-attempts/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Terry Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:03:46 +0000 http://sbdigitalarts.com/?p=168#comment-21 Steven - well, hate to say it, but i agree with the majority of the others. actually that's both good and bad. not too crazy about the impressionistic experiment, but love your straight photography. Steven – well, hate to say it, but i agree with the majority of the others. actually that’s both good and bad. not too crazy about the impressionistic experiment, but love your straight photography.

]]> By: Kahlee http://sbdigitalarts.com/impressionistic-photography-my-first-attempts/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Kahlee Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:48:14 +0000 http://sbdigitalarts.com/?p=168#comment-20 After I posted on Sierra Visions earlier, I decided I should take a look at Neill's work to get a feel for the technique, and see if I could better grasp your interest in this kind of photography. Sorry to report, I still feel the same. I'm not at all impressed with this so-called impressionistic photography movement (emphasis on "movement"). To me, this isn't "painterly," it's simply contrived blurriness, like one of those puzzles you stare at and it makes your head swim. I really tried to be open to the possibilities here, but I'm with the others. I much prefer your stunningly beautiful "realism." I also like the magical and dreamlike qualities in your CGI work, which, in a sense is another kind of realism albeit set within the realm of fantasy. It's not that you're not totally capable of doing impressionistic work like Neill's (frankly, I much prefer your last reeds image to what I saw of his work). It's just that you've already found a wonderful niche for your talents and I do hope you'll concentrate most of your creative energies along those lines. BTW, if you ever want to see some fantastic photographic impressions of natural and architectural abstracts, check out the work of Sheenjek on Flickr. He's incredible! Kahlee After I posted on Sierra Visions earlier, I decided I should take a look at Neill’s work to get a feel for the technique, and see if I could better grasp your interest in this kind of photography. Sorry to report, I still feel the same. I’m not at all impressed with this so-called impressionistic photography movement (emphasis on “movement”). To me, this isn’t “painterly,” it’s simply contrived blurriness, like one of those puzzles you stare at and it makes your head swim.

I really tried to be open to the possibilities here, but I’m with the others. I much prefer your stunningly beautiful “realism.” I also like the magical and dreamlike qualities in your CGI work, which, in a sense is another kind of realism albeit set within the realm of fantasy.

It’s not that you’re not totally capable of doing impressionistic work like Neill’s (frankly, I much prefer your last reeds image to what I saw of his work). It’s just that you’ve already found a wonderful niche for your talents and I do hope you’ll concentrate most of your creative energies along those lines.

BTW, if you ever want to see some fantastic photographic impressions of natural and architectural abstracts, check out the work of Sheenjek on Flickr. He’s incredible!

Kahlee

]]> By: chuck http://sbdigitalarts.com/impressionistic-photography-my-first-attempts/comment-page-1/#comment-19 chuck Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:50:50 +0000 http://sbdigitalarts.com/?p=168#comment-19 Like your straight photography much better!!!!!!!!!!Go back to it. Like your straight photography much better!!!!!!!!!!Go back to it.

]]> By: Steven http://sbdigitalarts.com/impressionistic-photography-my-first-attempts/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Steven Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:25:06 +0000 http://sbdigitalarts.com/?p=168#comment-18 It's not your eyes Karen, they are blurry. That's part of the effect. Thanks for your honesty, I want to know what everyone thinks, even if they don't care for it. It's something new I'm playing with and I'm curious what people think. It’s not your eyes Karen, they are blurry. That’s part of the effect. Thanks for your honesty, I want to know what everyone thinks, even if they don’t care for it. It’s something new I’m playing with and I’m curious what people think.

]]> By: Karen http://sbdigitalarts.com/impressionistic-photography-my-first-attempts/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Karen Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:48:09 +0000 http://sbdigitalarts.com/?p=168#comment-17 It's OK Steve.......but I like the way you take other pictures much better. Seems really blurry to me.......who knows....maybe it's my eyes. I like clear, sharp images like the one at the top of this page........ Well, this is just my input to this for you. It’s OK Steve…….but I like the way you take other pictures much better. Seems really blurry to me…….who knows….maybe it’s my eyes. I like clear, sharp images like the one at the top of this page…….. Well, this is just my input to this for you.

]]> By: Laura http://sbdigitalarts.com/impressionistic-photography-my-first-attempts/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Laura Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:19:42 +0000 http://sbdigitalarts.com/?p=168#comment-16 I really like the last one of the reeds. I think it looks cool. I really like the last one of the reeds. I think it looks cool.

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