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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Photograph and Camera talk

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      Love that last image….

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        Me too,person on the balcony totally makes the shot.

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        • weftyarnW
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          Thanks, guys!

          Totally agree. It’s the „story“ that makes a picture. And people make stories.

          @Jett129 Your lensball pics are amazing. What’s that thing exactly? Never heard of it…

          Use it or lose it.

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            I’m just learning Lensball Photography,as I was getting bored with my own photography. I thought let me try some of this. There are people who are doing some really outrageous creative cool stuff with them. Go to www.Lensball.com as well as their social media feeds. They are always offering specials. Took me a while to get to be able to edit just the image inside the Lensball,which is a refraction,which is why it’s always upside down,unless you rotate it. @weftyarn

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            • J
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              This picture made me think of this song… 

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                  WOW,What a gorgeous shot!!!

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                  • steelworkerS
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                    What @Jett129 said !

                    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                    Well, I have others.

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                    • endoE
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                      @QuantumMechanic that's so beautiful. Reminds me of Ansel Adams.

                      si tacuisses

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                      • weftyarnW
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                        What a stunner, @QuantumMechanic 👌🏼

                        Here’s a few pics of our weekend action. Produced some Christmas cards on the Letterpress.
                        No electricity involved, the process definitely lets one calm done.

                        Use it or lose it.

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                        • weftyarnW
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                          @Jett129 Ive just researched a bit and I’m completely blown away by what people do with the lensball. Really pushes one to be creative I guess 😃

                          And I really like your lensball pics, too! No need for understatement 😉

                          Use it or lose it.

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                            That’s exactly what I was looking for as I felt my photography had become stagnant. I was bored and needed a reason to shoot.

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                              Thanks, guys! Photography is the only art I'm ok with…I can barely draw a straight line.

                              Such a wonderful hobby! @Giles and crew run the best corner on the internet. I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking this.

                              I'm a fan of this. What a great shot @weftyarn:

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                                One of the things I struggle with is,when is Photography art? I know when I’m photographing surfers ,no matter how cool it is at the end of the day it’s just a record of an event. Sunrises/Sunsets,can be stunning/beautiful,but is it art? In my mind the above picture of the woman putting her makeup on is art. Any other thoughts on the subject?

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                                • JDelageJ
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                                  What is art, generally, is a hotly debated subject in philosophy. It can get very emotional for some people, yet it is mostly a question of definition. In my mind, the term "art" doesn't carry a moral valence, as opposed to beauty, for example.

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                                    That sounds pretty interesting. Could you possibly expand on that,maybe give me an example. Thanks.

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                                      Great question. I was looking at your photos and thinking, how the heck do people surf? I don't understand how they stick to the board, lol. Thanks for posting them.

                                      I'd guess not all photographs are created as art or a form of artistic expression. However, any image that provokes a reaction is "art."

                                      I remember years ago being at the National Gallery of Canada, and they had a meat dress on display. The subject was vanity and the decomposing nature of our body. Is this art? Whose to say.

                                      How does that famous line go: "I know it when I see it."

                                      @Jett129:

                                      One of the things I struggle with is,when is Photography art? I know when I’m photographing surfers ,no matter how cool it is at the end of the day it’s just a record of an event. Sunrises/Sunsets,can be stunning/beautiful,but is it art? In my mind the above picture of the woman putting her makeup on is art. Any other thoughts on the subject?

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                                      • weftyarnW
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                                        "What is art?" is about as philosophical as a question can get, I think.

                                        For me personally, it is "something that makes me stop, take a look at it for longer than a second and that triggers a thought process in me"

                                        I'm really happy that y'all like that picture of the lady on the balcony.

                                        I think the reason it stands out is that it really tells a story. One doesn't need to know that person, nor the place or time i took the picture. It doesn't matter which camera i used. The story makes the picture.

                                        These are incredibly difficult to take though
                                        and I'm more than happy if I can find 1-5 of these in my yearly favorite album.
                                        So I'm really still at the point where these shots are "more luck than talent".

                                        I think that makes a good photographer. He will have a high ratio of these shots. He will see the story and produce the shot. 🙂

                                        Use it or lose it.

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                                          I agree with you on everything 100% The important thing is that you saw the opportunity for a photograph, and completed the thought process that enabled you to take that great picture, in a matter of seconds. Most people can’t do that.  The other thing is that Luck is when Opportunity meets preparation.

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                                          • FadezF
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                                            I’d like to chime in with a little bit of my thinking around this topic. First - a quote from Rick and Morty…

                                            Taking a photograph requires the science of light, shutter speed, aperture, etc to be able to physically record an image onto film/SD Card. So every photo could be viewed as a science experiment from shooting a scene on auto to a fine adjusted manual setting on a pro grade camera.

                                            The art is in how any one person completes the entire process.  In this statement you could say from the point of picking up the camera to the final editing process, or zooming out, by the way one lives their life in accordance to their approach and technique to photography.

                                            There is both science and art that is involved in the act of producing a photograph.

                                            “Sometimes science is a little more art than science, Morty” - Rick

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