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A personal thought, since you've all been so supportive:
I'm finally beginning to get the 'feel' of the camera. I came to it from painting and drawing, and when I first picked up a camera---given to me by dear Helle! (Helanker)---I thought, what the ____ is this thing! It felt like a toy, I had no idea how to use it, or what it had to do with the stuff that came 'out' of it.
I've only been shooting a few years, but I'm finally beginning to feel the 'call'. I mean it's calling me. For its language, its settings, how it coaxes you, entrances you, and spits out dreck when you don't know what you're doing (which has been too often, in my case!). The damned thing has me nuts: I think about it, am planning to buy an expensive one---I'm robbing a bank, that's all---am reading everything, looking at lenses (why can't you use paintbrushes?) It's won me over, that's all.
SO:
Thank you all for supporting my photography from the beginning, dear people: I'd never have gotten this far without you. I mean that. I hope the next years will start to show the results: Thanks for being with me from the start of this wonderful new world. Grazie!
Almost gotten to all your galleries!
Have a wonderful day,
Mark
Comments (12)
durleybeachbum
What is most wonderful is that you already have a unique style! How did you do that so quickly with this strange tool, I wonder...
magnus073
This really is an epic capture Mark, and as always your thoughts added to the experience of viewing it. I always enjoy your photographs as you seem to always manage to select subjects that have meaning for you. Also I like the way you look for just the right moment to bring out the best in each shot.
MrsRatbag
What a marvelous composition! Placing the lone boat, a small one, way way down there as if it's paying homage to the tall, tall buildings...and the ones in the front of the city are the older, more ornate ones, which look really really good here. Your postwork has great sympathy for building details, and I love that sepia/pink monotone that you use. Stunning work, Mark, and I am so glad you've discovered the art of photography!
romanceworks
Oh my, your love for the camera, and photography, really shows in this very romantic and complex shot. It's really magnificent, from the entire scope of its hugeness, the contrasts of dark and light and architecture, down to the tiny details of people and ultimately to the intimacy with the two people in the boat. Truly, like a relationship, with all its complexities. And like a relationship, it takes time and nurturing, and learning, and experimenting and experiencing, a healthy dose of playfulness, more than a little passion, and a whole lotta love. For me, all of that shows in this amazing photo. As well as your creative background, your artistry, and your gigantic spirit. I'd say that camera is loving you back, Mark. In a very grand way.
helanker
Well Mark ! It didnt take you more than a month ot two, before you took better shots than I did with that camera, after I struggled with it for years. But so it is with you. You never do things half the way. So after a while, you got a better camera and with that you have done MAGIC. You do marvellous darkroom art with your photos and I dont dare thinking about what you can do with a tiptop quality camera and I just cant wait to see that :-) In the meantime, I will still sit in awe and admire what you already have done. I simply love this shot and what you did to it and you know it. I fully agree with Andrea, that you found your unique style so fast :) Best wishes on finding your dream camera. You deserve it. :-)))
dragonmuse
I love the dynamics of this image. The old and the new, the small and the large. All unified by the monochrome. Wonderful light too.
goodoleboy
Although artificial, geometric shapes, such as rectangles, dominate this serene scene of what I assume is the shoreline of Lake Michigan, Mark. Very nice, and a significant contrast to your new found concept of stark black and white images. And, you have caught on to the true essence of photography much quicker than I ever did. Of course, I started out with an 8-shot Kodak Brownie a zillion years ago, if that's any indication.
auntietk
I would have thought putting the boat dead center in the bottom of the image would have made for a static composition, but I would have been oh-so-wrong! It provides an anchor for the cacophony of architectural detail above it. (I mean that in the best way, of course. Cacophony doesn't have to be a bad thing, just a multitude of things.) The older buildings on the right, newer on the left, with the black-white-gray thing, then the it-looks-surprisingly-like-falling-water thing, and all the bits and pieces of background ... wow!! So much going on, and then there's this quiet little boat sitting there calmly holding onto all the strings. Superb image!
flavia49
marvellous composition
beachzz
The contrast between the boat and the huge city buildings is remarkable. That lake of yours certainly photographs well!!
miashadows
I'm glad she did because your pictures are really amongst the finest i"ve seen and i look at professional photographs all the time i believe you could make a career out of it with much sucsess...very beautiful capture
angora
impressive!!