this is a really hardcore tight end as it should be I want to feel a photograph
it should be I want to feel a photograph
it should be I want to feel a photograph I want it to touch me emotionally
I want it to touch me emotionally
I want it to touch me emotionally of course there’s just sort of visual
of course there’s just sort of visual
of course there’s just sort of visual beauty but I want to go one more layer I
beauty but I want to go one more layer I
beauty but I want to go one more layer I want to be able to live inside of it a
want to be able to live inside of it a
want to be able to live inside of it a lot of what we talk about when we try to
lot of what we talk about when we try to
lot of what we talk about when we try to explain why I like it gets very
explain why I like it gets very
explain why I like it gets very intellectual but often it’s that first
intellectual but often it’s that first
intellectual but often it’s that first gut reaction wow that’s cooler
gut reaction wow that’s cooler
gut reaction wow that’s cooler wow that’s interesting I think today’s
wow that’s interesting I think today’s
wow that’s interesting I think today’s edit was was really more of looking at
edit was was really more of looking at
edit was was really more of looking at the cream that sort of had already risen
the cream that sort of had already risen
the cream that sort of had already risen and why they followed the editing floor
and why they followed the editing floor
and why they followed the editing floor it maybe just didn’t work well it didn’t
it maybe just didn’t work well it didn’t
it maybe just didn’t work well it didn’t it there was something a little better I
it there was something a little better I
it there was something a little better I think what makes an image go from
think what makes an image go from
think what makes an image go from beautiful and good to great I think just
beautiful and good to great I think just
beautiful and good to great I think just first and foremost its technical I mean
first and foremost its technical I mean
first and foremost its technical I mean that’s the base level it just has to
that’s the base level it just has to
that’s the base level it just has to technically be executed well I like it
technically be executed well I like it
technically be executed well I like it but when I see it here I think the
but when I see it here I think the
but when I see it here I think the quality’s even if whatever they were
quality’s even if whatever they were
quality’s even if whatever they were focusing on I think the quality looks
focusing on I think the quality looks
focusing on I think the quality looks really awful I don’t think it would hold
really awful I don’t think it would hold
really awful I don’t think it would hold up at all so I’m gonna go in oh the for
up at all so I’m gonna go in oh the for
up at all so I’m gonna go in oh the for me is that the guy with the orange shirt
me is that the guy with the orange shirt
me is that the guy with the orange shirt to the left of the net yeah shirts
to the left of the net yeah shirts
to the left of the net yeah shirts clipping the thing it I think this has
clipping the thing it I think this has
clipping the thing it I think this has got to be like a chess board yeah
got to be like a chess board yeah
got to be like a chess board yeah everything is there and there’s no
everything is there and there’s no
everything is there and there’s no foreground you know sometimes it just
foreground you know sometimes it just
foreground you know sometimes it just doesn’t happen well I think each judging
doesn’t happen well I think each judging
doesn’t happen well I think each judging panel is a little different and it’s
panel is a little different and it’s
panel is a little different and it’s really about the chemistry between all
really about the chemistry between all
really about the chemistry between all of the the judges I have a huge respect
of the the judges I have a huge respect
of the the judges I have a huge respect and an appreciation for Ericka Larson’s
and an appreciation for Ericka Larson’s
and an appreciation for Ericka Larson’s photography and I had a huge respect and
photography and I had a huge respect and
photography and I had a huge respect and appreciation for Keith Jenkins weight
appreciation for Keith Jenkins weight
appreciation for Keith Jenkins weight and measure in in the publishing world
and measure in in the publishing world
and measure in in the publishing world in photography and so there was a very
in photography and so there was a very
in photography and so there was a very excellent gears that all meshed in the
excellent gears that all meshed in the
excellent gears that all meshed in the process and I didn’t think that the
process and I didn’t think that the
process and I didn’t think that the debates were hot or contested there’s a
debates were hot or contested there’s a
debates were hot or contested there’s a lot of great humor that played out
I did not keep boats Italy one way that
I did not keep boats Italy one way that I find is always effective sometimes in
I find is always effective sometimes in
I find is always effective sometimes in judging situations is just to ask
judging situations is just to ask
judging situations is just to ask somebody to look at a picture again
somebody to look at a picture again
somebody to look at a picture again because that opens up the possibility of
because that opens up the possibility of
because that opens up the possibility of you know taking a different look
you know taking a different look
you know taking a different look different take when I got to here John
different take when I got to here John
different take when I got to here John or Keith speak about why they did or
or Keith speak about why they did or
or Keith speak about why they did or didn’t like them it made me think the
didn’t like them it made me think the
didn’t like them it made me think the challenges your perspective on why you
challenges your perspective on why you
challenges your perspective on why you why you were attracted to it to begin
why you were attracted to it to begin
why you were attracted to it to begin with
with
with what’s up to you guys I mean I told you
what’s up to you guys I mean I told you
what’s up to you guys I mean I told you why I like it but I think you two could
why I like it but I think you two could
why I like it but I think you two could argue against why I liked it more – no I
argue against why I liked it more – no I
argue against why I liked it more – no I agree with everything you’re saying
agree with everything you’re saying
agree with everything you’re saying you’re a hundred hundred one percent of
you’re a hundred hundred one percent of
you’re a hundred hundred one percent of it I just think it’s missing one tiny
it I just think it’s missing one tiny
it I just think it’s missing one tiny aspect that jettisons it into
aspect that jettisons it into
aspect that jettisons it into unbelievable composition I don’t know I
unbelievable composition I don’t know I
unbelievable composition I don’t know I think it’s beautiful composition I could
think it’s beautiful composition I could
think it’s beautiful composition I could live again and again and again in there
live again and again and again in there
live again and again and again in there they think they’re beautiful they’re
they think they’re beautiful they’re
they think they’re beautiful they’re like a little bit of a dance there and
like a little bit of a dance there and
like a little bit of a dance there and then there’s all this color to me this
then there’s all this color to me this
then there’s all this color to me this is where the color we’re hot you know
is where the color we’re hot you know
is where the color we’re hot you know people were just going in one direction
people were just going in one direction
people were just going in one direction in the other some of the pictures this
in the other some of the pictures this
in the other some of the pictures this is where that color works so beautifully
is where that color works so beautifully
is where that color works so beautifully it’s intense here and it’s soft here it
it’s intense here and it’s soft here it
it’s intense here and it’s soft here it doesn’t look Photoshop it looks nice
doesn’t look Photoshop it looks nice
doesn’t look Photoshop it looks nice great I think every photograph every
great I think every photograph every
great I think every photograph every image to some extent had its merit and
image to some extent had its merit and
image to some extent had its merit and had its weight and its measure it’s just
had its weight and its measure it’s just
had its weight and its measure it’s just in the end certain moments certain
in the end certain moments certain
in the end certain moments certain images really touched us and touched me
images really touched us and touched me
images really touched us and touched me now there’s this picture of the owl I
now there’s this picture of the owl I
now there’s this picture of the owl I mean that from the moment I got it in
mean that from the moment I got it in
mean that from the moment I got it in the first set of Edit is really magical
the first set of Edit is really magical
the first set of Edit is really magical it was a moment I don’t get to see I was
it was a moment I don’t get to see I was
it was a moment I don’t get to see I was in that way I looked I said well you
in that way I looked I said well you
in that way I looked I said well you brought me in to see an animal in a way
brought me in to see an animal in a way
brought me in to see an animal in a way that I never have seen and I probably
that I never have seen and I probably
that I never have seen and I probably won’t get to see
won’t get to see
won’t get to see the top images were great the wildebeest
the top images were great the wildebeest
the top images were great the wildebeest picture you know springs to mind is
picture you know springs to mind is
picture you know springs to mind is something that had enough subtlety in it
something that had enough subtlety in it
something that had enough subtlety in it that we might have missed it had we not
that we might have missed it had we not
that we might have missed it had we not had that other conversation about taking
had that other conversation about taking
had that other conversation about taking the whole image in and letting it kind
the whole image in and letting it kind
the whole image in and letting it kind of soak over you and then seeing what’s
of soak over you and then seeing what’s
of soak over you and then seeing what’s really in the frame and then the picture
really in the frame and then the picture
really in the frame and then the picture on the train everyone looks really
on the train everyone looks really
on the train everyone looks really peaceful but at the same time it just
peaceful but at the same time it just
peaceful but at the same time it just looks really surreal on something you
looks really surreal on something you
looks really surreal on something you know otherworldly it was really the
know otherworldly it was really the
know otherworldly it was really the balance between the individual and the
balance between the individual and the
balance between the individual and the mass and then do it you know in a very
mass and then do it you know in a very
mass and then do it you know in a very poetic way with color and light now the
poetic way with color and light now the
poetic way with color and light now the overall tone of it was just very
overall tone of it was just very
overall tone of it was just very relaxing and what was a very chaotic
relaxing and what was a very chaotic
relaxing and what was a very chaotic scene so there are a lot of things
scene so there are a lot of things
scene so there are a lot of things playing off of each other I thought
playing off of each other I thought
playing off of each other I thought there were a lot of great things that
there were a lot of great things that
there were a lot of great things that you that you’d like on Facebook in this
you that you’d like on Facebook in this
you that you’d like on Facebook in this whole thing they talked about the
whole thing they talked about the
whole thing they talked about the Facebook element because that is the
Facebook element because that is the
Facebook element because that is the ubiquitous term in reality that we’re
ubiquitous term in reality that we’re
ubiquitous term in reality that we’re all interacting in I like that tree I
all interacting in I like that tree I
all interacting in I like that tree I like that light I like that dress
like that light I like that dress
like that light I like that dress I like that photograph right it’s a very
I like that photograph right it’s a very
I like that photograph right it’s a very very simple but now become quite a
very simple but now become quite a
very simple but now become quite a powerful statement all these things we
powerful statement all these things we
powerful statement all these things we call social media what I like to call
call social media what I like to call
call social media what I like to call self publishing it is driven by visuals
self publishing it is driven by visuals
self publishing it is driven by visuals take the argument that somehow the
take the argument that somehow the
take the argument that somehow the proliferation of cameras attached the
proliferation of cameras attached the
proliferation of cameras attached the cellphones is somehow lowering the
cellphones is somehow lowering the
cellphones is somehow lowering the standards I think is totally refuted we
standards I think is totally refuted we
standards I think is totally refuted we are communicating visually much more so
are communicating visually much more so
are communicating visually much more so than we ever have before and I think
than we ever have before and I think
than we ever have before and I think that’s a good thing
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