Comments on: Tips for Photographing Outdoor Sculpture http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:42:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bob http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-20353 Bob Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:46:16 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-20353 Great tips, Dianne! I do a bit of traveling and seem to be drawn to taking photos of statues. I don't always have the luxury of waiting out the weather, but your point is well taken. I'll definitely keep the other tips in mind (particularly background check). Many thanks. Bob Great tips, Dianne! I do a bit of traveling and seem to be drawn to taking photos of statues. I don’t always have the luxury of waiting out the weather, but your point is well taken. I’ll definitely keep the other tips in mind (particularly background check).
Many thanks.
Bob

]]> By: InFinAteNnTroPi http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19840 InFinAteNnTroPi Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:40:59 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19840 All rules are only guidlines. In answer to your article I would say: 1.) I have taken many photos of sculpture in full sun. To say "Wait out the weather" is nothing more than taking an easy way out. Lacking creativity would follow this advice. Wait until the subject is shrouded in shadow? Sun glisten- ing off bronze or marble can be incorperaated into any composition, given patience. 2.) All good advice ffrom Dianne Durante. 3.) Don't eliminate the the pedastals, they too can be appreciaed as beautiful architecural sculpture. 4.) I disagree again with these suggestions. If you are taking an historic photo you would want that background to date your photo, to place it in time. ie Taking a photo of modernism reaching the American hinterland you would not remove stop signs or autos in, lets say an intersection. A favorite photo I took in downtown St Paul, Mn was of the Robert Street Bridge over the Mississippi River.It shows the sculpture of the limestone bridge, the metal railroad bridge and just below the top of the picture is an electric wire, creating an internal frame. 5.) Again all good advice from Dianne Durante. 6.) "...you may have to settle..." to me sounds very defeatist. You are a PHOTOGRAPHER. We see the world differ- antly!! EVERY photo you, or we take is not 'setteling' but an expression of creative FIAT ACCOMPLI. (Some not as much as others.) I did not see any relevance with the inclusiion of those italicized, blue underlined keywords, ie "portriat" "William Earl" "Jackie Gleason" or "no parking". The resulting ssites didn't make any sense. Your Website resulted in virtural dead ends with no direct connect to and/or con- fussing connections. Then as we go dwn the page we get to "12 Responces to..." that was just as confussing. With respondents saying, "Go tothis", and "No, go to this." with none of them having anything to do with the article. I never was able to make it to [See LINCOLN @ Union Square.] Those photos from Omaha was Garish. InFinAteNnTroPi All rules are only guidlines. In answer to your article I would say:
1.) I have taken many photos of sculpture in full sun. To say “Wait out the weather” is nothing more than taking an easy way out. Lacking creativity would follow this advice.
Wait until the subject is shrouded in shadow? Sun glisten-
ing off bronze or marble can be incorperaated into any composition, given patience.
2.) All good advice ffrom Dianne Durante.
3.) Don’t eliminate the the pedastals, they too can be appreciaed as beautiful architecural sculpture.
4.) I disagree again with these suggestions. If you are taking an historic photo you would want that background to
date your photo, to place it in time. ie Taking a photo of modernism reaching the American hinterland you would not remove stop signs or autos in, lets say an intersection.
A favorite photo I took in downtown St Paul, Mn was of the Robert Street Bridge over the Mississippi River.It shows the
sculpture of the limestone bridge, the metal railroad bridge
and just below the top of the picture is an electric wire,
creating an internal frame.
5.) Again all good advice from Dianne Durante.
6.) “…you may have to settle…” to me sounds very
defeatist. You are a PHOTOGRAPHER. We see the world differ-
antly!! EVERY photo you, or we take is not ’setteling’ but
an expression of creative FIAT ACCOMPLI. (Some not as much as others.)
I did not see any relevance with the inclusiion of those
italicized, blue underlined keywords, ie “portriat” “William
Earl” “Jackie Gleason” or “no parking”. The resulting ssites didn’t make any sense. Your Website resulted in
virtural dead ends with no direct connect to and/or con-
fussing connections.
Then as we go dwn the page we get to “12 Responces to…”
that was just as confussing. With respondents saying, “Go tothis”, and “No, go to this.” with none of them having anything to do with the article.
I never was able to make it to [See LINCOLN @ Union
Square.]
Those photos from Omaha was Garish.
InFinAteNnTroPi

]]> By: Digital Flower http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19793 Digital Flower Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:48:17 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19793 It's me again. I went through the link in the email I got about your comment and that worked. I think the Black and white version is much better. It’s me again. I went through the link in the email I got about your comment and that worked. I think the Black and white version is much better.

]]> By: Digital Flower http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19792 Digital Flower Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:45:16 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19792 That link to the B&W is not working for me (got 404, not found). I was interested to see if the conversion helped with the over exposure. That link to the B&W is not working for me (got 404, not found). I was interested to see if the conversion helped with the over exposure.

]]> By: Dianne Durante http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19791 Dianne Durante Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:18:50 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19791 As the author of the Tips above, I'd like to point out that this is an article on photographing *sculpture*. While the building behind Hale happens to be one of my favorites in Manhattan, it would be distracting if it appeared in its real deep-red color. The article's also about "working around" problems of photographing in a city, and as I mentioned, trees are a big problem. I do my best to minimize their presence, unless trees are what I'm after. On the other hand, it occurs to me that I should perhaps have converted the Hale to B&W for the DPS post - that's how it was published in my book on outdoor sculpture, in accordance with Tip #6 (simplify) and with the publisher's adamant refusal, for practical reasons, to print the photos in color on glossy paper. (Sigh.) I've converted the photo to B&W and uploaded it to the page on my website mentioned in one of the comments above. The shades of gray of the sculpture against the much fainter and fuzzier trees and building are to my eye very satisfying. (You're allowed to disagree, of course!) As the author of the Tips above, I’d like to point out that this is an article on photographing *sculpture*. While the building behind Hale happens to be one of my favorites in Manhattan, it would be distracting if it appeared in its real deep-red color. The article’s also about “working around” problems of photographing in a city, and as I mentioned, trees are a big problem. I do my best to minimize their presence, unless trees are what I’m after.

On the other hand, it occurs to me that I should perhaps have converted the Hale to B&W for the DPS post – that’s how it was published in my book on outdoor sculpture, in accordance with Tip #6 (simplify) and with the publisher’s adamant refusal, for practical reasons, to print the photos in color on glossy paper. (Sigh.) I’ve converted the photo to B&W and uploaded it to the page on my website mentioned in one of the comments above. The shades of gray of the sculpture against the much fainter and fuzzier trees and building are to my eye very satisfying. (You’re allowed to disagree, of course!)

]]> By: Jill http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19784 Jill Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:06:12 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19784 Thanks for the kind comments about my blog and photos, Abby!! Much appreciated! Thanks for the kind comments about my blog and photos, Abby!! Much appreciated!

]]> By: Dianne Durante http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19773 Dianne Durante Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:26:56 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19773 The photos referred to in my Tips (above) can be seen at http://www.forgottendelights.com/essay/DigitalPhotographySchoolPhotos.htm. The photos referred to in my Tips (above) can be seen at http://www.forgottendelights.com/essay/DigitalPhotographySchoolPhotos.htm.

]]> By: Mike Young http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19771 Mike Young Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:39:10 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19771 Theses are great tips, but I found the hyper links annoying. For example "See Lincoln at Union Square, with normal vs. center-weighted metering" didn't take me to the expected sample photo, just took me to an Amazon book on Union Square. Theses are great tips, but I found the hyper links annoying. For example “See Lincoln at Union Square, with normal vs. center-weighted metering” didn’t take me to the expected sample photo, just took me to an Amazon book on Union Square.

]]> By: Nick http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19769 Nick Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:27:38 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19769 In addition to the obvious overexposure, the tree behind the statue seems to be a distraction. It's all well and hood when the tip's 'make sense' but people are not likely to listen or pay attention if the first example of the application of them is poor. In addition to the obvious overexposure, the tree behind the statue seems to be a distraction. It’s all well and hood when the tip’s ‘make sense’ but people are not likely to listen or pay attention if the first example of the application of them is poor.

]]> By: Abby http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/comment-page-1#comment-19742 Abby Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:14:48 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/tips-for-photographing-outdoor-sculpture/#comment-19742 Jill I love your blog and your photos, amazing! I have never wanted to go to omaha but now I do, those figures look great!! Good job I think the sun looks nice too. Jill I love your blog and your photos, amazing! I have never wanted to go to omaha but now I do, those figures look great!! Good job I think the sun looks nice too.

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