Interacting with subject (7 images)

[krpolak]

Interacting with subject is one of the most important things in creative photography. Interacting with subject gives possibilities to find new compositions, new angles, new views and the most important to start to 'feel'your subject, its apperance, its form, its colour and potencial.

When I do photos I found that very often the best shots come as third or fourth or even later. Interacting with subject gives possibility to stop for a moment and think.

I strongly suggest to beginers wanting progress in creative photography to use primes or......lock you zooms for a moment. For a day, a week or a month. Take a challange. Go and shoot. And see what is a result and is it any better then before.

I agree with some opinions that good photographer can do good photos with any lens, prime or zoom, since good photography requires thinking anyway. That is true, but only half true. In learning process adding new variable, which is abbility for zooming, can be for many to difficult to handle. Go and get cheap prime or lock your zoom and start to shoot.

Lest this few thoughts be my contribution to this great community.

Regards,

K.Polak


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[the foto fanatic]

Thanks for posting these krpolak. I like them all, but in particular #7.

I agree with your message about interacting with your subject, and also with your statement that often, the third or fourth viewpoint will give a better image than the first.

[Marvin]

I find these very interesting. I would never think to take pictures of things like this. I kept coming back to the third one. That is a great piece of advice too.

[krpolak]

Thanks guys for comments. I am pretty sure that viewers choice will vary greatly

Third one is an exception in this series. All other are solid, rather heavy shapes. This one shows very fine works - wires + high key detailed texture. Its very light.

Regards,

K.Polak

[Oneputt]

I like most of them, but then again I like all things abstract (or most)

[Alpha_7]

I posted after the backup, so my original comment was lost, but I really like these set, some really simple and effective images.


Shot 2 I'd really like to know more about, with what I can see it looks remarkable like the walls of Dr Who's TARDIS, which is very cool.

The colours in 4 and 5 are exquiste!!

[krpolak]

Alpha_7,

Shot #2 is an exception from title I gave to this thread. This is a ceiling of MCL (as far as I remember name correctly) building in City and I manage take only this one shot before security guys came

I think that #4 nad #5 I prefer the most. They look like orange ice cave

Regards,

K.Polak

[Dargan]

Great perspectives as usual on everyday objects. Thank you for the images Krystian. One thing that made me pause was the comment on 'security guys' ...what have we come to today when you cannot take an image of a ceiling, some sort of Kafkaesque existence?

[Sheetshooter]

Delighted to see shades of the Kristian of old shining through. I do hope that you are archiving htese images for possible later publication as an entire opus.

Cheers,

[krpolak]

Dargan,

It is shame. The same when I was going make some outside shots through glass in Greenwood Plaza in North Sydney. I barely pointed my camera up and was stopped by security. BTW, they were quite quick, I must admit.

Well, we are heading into dark ages, when personal freedom will be sacrificed in sake of....yeah, in sake of what? But before this time will came, lets have some fun with our cameras



Sheetshooter.

Thanks Sheetshooter. I must admit that this possibility goes around my head for a while. Not now, but propably in shorter future I am going to hit into some places and maybe also make kind of small book/booklet. But this is the future

Regards,

K.Polak

[wendellt]

I can see more in each of your images than i could see if i were actually standing right in front of the subject.

There is much thought in your presentation of images, subtle green tones first, then orange then b+w

[krpolak]

Wendellt,

Its like in movie. You might have a bunch of great scenes, but in not proper order there will not make great impresion i usually forget that

Thanks for comment,

K.Polak

[wendellt]

Wendellt,

Its like in movie. You might have a bunch of great scenes, but in not proper order there will not make great impresion i usually forget that

Thanks for comment,

K.Polak

Yes truer words were never spoken

I am a designer as well, I look at something and see form, function, tone, balance before intent. You capture design elements with such confidence, I am sure you take your time when composing and that goes for presentation too.

[jethro]

Intuative is the word. Art is the theme and its nice to see a personal expression
Well done Kpolak
Jethro

[krpolak]

Thanks for good words guys. I appreciate you feedback

Regards,

K.Polak

[ajo43]

Kristian

I am very intested in seeing more of your work. I can imagine those pictures blown up very large and framed in a gallery as a series.

They kind of had a retro almost frightening feel to them - very orwellian, or maybe something from Clockwork Orange.

[Willy wombat]

Kristian

I am very intested in seeing more of your work. I can imagine those pictures blown up very large and framed in a gallery as a series.

They kind of had a retro almost frightening feel to them - very orwellian, or maybe something from Clockwork Orange.

Me too Jonesy. Top pics and top post. I like them a lot.

[krpolak]

Thanks guys. Kubric is one of my favourite directors

I am realeasing my website very soon. Will collect most of pics together.

Regards,

K.Polak

[mic]

Amazing what a persons Eye & Mind can see & use a tool to comunicate it with.

Amazing stuff, well done Kristian.

Mic.

[nat]

I strongly suggest to beginers wanting progress in creative photography to use primes or......lock you zooms for a moment. For a day, a week or a month. Take a challange. Go and shoot. And see what is a result and is it any better then before.

With this in mind, do you think that there is a particular length of lens that would be the most beneficial to use when learning? Or does it not matter that much?

I don't want you to give all of your secrets away, but can I ask what length lens you used for this series of images?

Thanks for offering your thoughts. I am very much a beginner and always look forward to your tips and advice.

[krpolak]

Meerkat,

Type of lens or rather its focal length is quite important since that determines how perspective works as well as relation between elements in frame. If you have got a zoom lens, make an experiment. Set your lens on the shortest lenght and select subject that will almost fill your frame. Then select the longest lenght and shoot the subject in exactly the same way - it should fill your frame again. Then compare those two images. You will see how defrently works planes and perspective.

I usually use two lenses: 28mm and 105mm. Which one really depends on what I shoot, how far from subject I am and what I want to show.

Regards,

K.Polak

[Yedrup]

krpolak,

These are great images, a terrific view of the world as just shape, texture and juxtaposition. Thank you for sharing.

My favourite is No 3, closely followed by No 7, both would be great blown up, printed, framed and most importanately displayed for all to see.

Cheers,
Terry

[radar]

Kristian,

thanks for sharing these with us. Looking at what you present to us reminds me to look at things differently, and you certainly achieve this with this series.

#3, #5 and #7 are my favourites. Make sure to let us know when your webiste is available,

Cheers,

Radar.

[kamran]

Like somebody else said; top pics and top post. Such simple images yet so much story behind them.

[krpolak]

Thanks again for your generous comments guys

Regards,

K.Polak