From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: #240
>
> We've attempted to discipline the geebee collective before (you don't
> think there's just one of them do you?) but they keep doing the Leica
> PAD (picture a day) obsessive-compulsive disorder commitment and one
> of them keeps taking an OM along as well as the M6 so we have to put
> up with the continual barrage of images as a constant reminder that
> one us of actually takes photographs instead of behaving
> appropriately, sitting glued to the screen, waiting for the next off-
> topic post to ping while counting the pixels in an image they
> accidentally gathered last year.
> Hmmm. That might need a semi-colon somewhere, like.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 02/08/2007, at 10:49 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> Folks, I think we need to do something about this geebee guy. We get
>> off on serious topics such as farts and art and the correct
>> temperatures for wine, and he keeps, like, posting photos to look at.
>> The nerve of this guy! <g>
>
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Andrew,
You have known us long enough to make any denial of a charge of being a
collective futile :-) For those that are new to the
charges made against me here is a confession that I first posted in October
2005.
Much has been made of the way I use props to improve composition and I make
no apology for it. To my way of thinking if a shot can be improved by a
plastic flamingo then in it goes. I am willing to admit that the crocodile I
used to beef up my Florida holiday snaps was overly ambitious and it was
certainly not my intention to choke the Burmese Python.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm
As the props became heavier I made the move to inflatables to make
carrying them easier but as I became more ambitious and moved up from sheep
to cattle I felt that I needed some help. The result is that I now have a
dedicated team to help me.
Whenever I have the opportunity my team and I make for high ground and I
discuss the feasibility of prop placement within the frame with Gupta my
team leader. The set up is made easier if we can initially locate by a river
or stream, this allows the team members to inflate the props and they are
then able to float them downstream into the areas where they will best
enhance the composition of the photograph.
I realise that this may take some visualising if you are not on a class 'A'
drug so to help I took a shot of the team in action.
http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/Props.htm
--Graham
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