Comments on: Camera Position 17 : The Instant and the Machine http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31 Photography podcasts that deal with the why of photography over the how and discuss the essential qualities of the medium from the point of view of the creative photographer. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:51:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeff Curto http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-2807 Jeff Curto Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:14:04 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-2807 Hi, Rob... thanks for your post. C'mon over to College of DuPage... we'd love to have you in the program! -Jeff Hi, Rob… thanks for your post.

C’mon over to College of DuPage… we’d love to have you in the program!

-Jeff

]]> By: Rob Oresteen http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-2806 Rob Oresteen Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:06:36 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-2806 Jeff - I found this post after being on Mark Seymour's site. He mentioned Bresson - after a Google search I found this post. After checking out your site I noticed you teach at COD. I grew up in Wheaton and now live in Naperville. Small world. I should probably take some of your classes. Taking a view camera to Italy is first on our list as well! - Rob Jeff - I found this post after being on Mark Seymour’s site. He mentioned Bresson - after a Google search I found this post.

After checking out your site I noticed you teach at COD. I grew up in Wheaton and now live in Naperville. Small world.

I should probably take some of your classes. Taking a view camera to Italy is first on our list as well!

- Rob

]]> By: Jeff Curto http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-774 Jeff Curto Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:27:33 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-774 Tom; Now that our camera user manuals are more complicated than our *car* user manuals, it really pays to read them! Frustrating, because we think we should be able to figure it out, but useful because a lot of the controls are pretty inscrutable. My 4x5 has no "mode" button... :-) -Jeff Tom;

Now that our camera user manuals are more complicated than our *car* user manuals, it really pays to read them! Frustrating, because we think we should be able to figure it out, but useful because a lot of the controls are pretty inscrutable.

My 4×5 has no “mode” button…

:-)

-Jeff

]]> By: Tom D. http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-766 Tom D. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:06:16 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-766 Just started with digital in February, '07. This episode got me to re-read the camera user guides, BOTH the Basic & Advanced. I know the first time I kept thinking throughout, "I'll come back to that", but didn't, or only quickly to get a certain shot. I use a PowerShot A710 IS with many features I don't ever need/want, but there's a many I want to be able to use easily when needed. Seems it helps to know which features I'll never use, just so I know how to ignore them instead of being afraid of them. Just started with digital in February, ‘07. This episode got me to re-read the camera user guides, BOTH the Basic & Advanced. I know the first time I kept thinking throughout, “I’ll come back to that”, but didn’t, or only quickly to get a certain shot. I use a PowerShot A710 IS with many features I don’t ever need/want, but there’s a many I want to be able to use easily when needed. Seems it helps to know which features I’ll never use, just so I know how to ignore them instead of being afraid of them.

]]> By: Tanja Gabriele Klein http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-738 Tanja Gabriele Klein Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:42:16 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-738 At the moment, there's a HCB exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo (MOMAT). I was there today, it's really great! :-) At the moment, there’s a HCB exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo (MOMAT). I was there today, it’s really great! :-)

]]> By: Jeff Curto http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-579 Jeff Curto Sun, 06 May 2007 05:09:45 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-579 Thanks, Patty; I just finished reading/grading History of Photography class term papers for my photo history class, so your use of the podcast as a resource does my heart proud. Glad it was helpful! -Jeff Thanks, Patty;

I just finished reading/grading History of Photography class term papers for my photo history class, so your use of the podcast as a resource does my heart proud.

Glad it was helpful!

-Jeff

]]> By: Patty Lin http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-578 Patty Lin Sun, 06 May 2007 00:59:01 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-578 Dear Jeff Curto, I listened to your podcast on the Cartier-Bresson's "Decisive Moment" to learn a little more about Henri. I am doing an essay on Bresson and comparing/ contrasting him with Rober Frank. I will definitely put this and the podcast in my works cited page. Thanks so much for your help and I shall return again to browse your site. Take Care, Patty Lin Dear Jeff Curto,

I listened to your podcast on the Cartier-Bresson’s “Decisive Moment” to learn a little more about Henri. I am doing an essay on Bresson and comparing/ contrasting him with Rober Frank. I will definitely put this and the podcast in my works cited page. Thanks so much for your help and I shall return again to browse your site.

Take Care,
Patty Lin

]]> By: jeff http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-84 jeff Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:36:51 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-84 How much fun is that! Like I always say... "everybody's good at something!" Thanks for finding this... -Jeff How much fun is that!

Like I always say… “everybody’s good at something!”

Thanks for finding this…

-Jeff

]]> By: TomLegrady http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-83 TomLegrady Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:56:03 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-83 I googled for a larger version, and came across this Flickr group, where it was posted without citation, and garnered lots of criticism as as a bad, out-of-focus photo with an indecisive subject ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrerabelo/70458366 I googled for a larger version, and came across this Flickr group, where it was posted without citation, and garnered lots of criticism as as a bad, out-of-focus photo with an indecisive subject … http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrerabelo/70458366

]]> By: jeff http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-26 jeff Wed, 31 May 2006 12:41:51 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-26 That's a great point, Nige... we don't ever know what any photographer saw before or after the moment of exposure. It could be that this image is the result of careful planning, or it could be a serendipitous moment. That’s a great point, Nige… we don’t ever know what any photographer saw before or after the moment of exposure. It could be that this image is the result of careful planning, or it could be a serendipitous moment.

]]> By: Nigel Byde http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-25 Nigel Byde Wed, 31 May 2006 12:29:44 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-25 Bresson's “the decisive moment” Do we know if this really was an oppontunist moment or did Bresson have his assistant cycle up and down the street until he captured the correct moment? Just a thought. nige Bresson’s “the decisive moment”

Do we know if this really was an oppontunist moment or did Bresson have his assistant cycle up and down the street until he captured the correct moment? Just a thought.

nige

]]> By: jeff http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-13 jeff Wed, 17 May 2006 06:18:22 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-13 Don... thanks again for your kind comments. Take a look at Camera Position #18 for an answer to your question, and thanks for giving me a topic for the Podcast! Don… thanks again for your kind comments. Take a look at Camera Position #18 for an answer to your question, and thanks for giving me a topic for the Podcast!

]]> By: Don Bricker http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-10 Don Bricker Mon, 15 May 2006 13:36:07 +0000 http://www.cameraposition.com/archives/31#comment-10 Thanks for another great podcast. I was curious about your workflow before the picture is shot. It would appear to me that Bresson scouts out his shots and waits for the confluence of subjects for his "decisive moment". Do you scout out shooting locations without your camera looking for possible subjects and lighting or do you keep your camera with you at when you see a shot set up and take it. How does your style, with a large format, differ from Bresson's who used a 35mm? Thanks and keep podcasting. Thanks for another great podcast. I was curious about your workflow before the picture is shot. It would appear to me that Bresson scouts out his shots and waits for the confluence of subjects for his “decisive moment”. Do you scout out shooting locations without your camera looking for possible subjects and lighting or do you keep your camera with you at when you see a shot set up and take it. How does your style, with a large format, differ from Bresson’s who used a 35mm?

Thanks and keep podcasting.

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