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This type of image is always high risk, with a fine line between what works and what doesn't, between success and failure. The light is absolutely crucial; taken an hour later (or even less) this picture would have been dead on arrival. But the atmosphere lent to the picture by that wonderful light makes it work. You can almost hear the strains of Dvorak's Largo in the background and smell the fresh baked Hovis!
John
Haha, thanks John, I'd absolutely agree about the timings. Wasn't the Hovis thing done in Dorset or somewhere, a much more chocolate box street iirc
Haha, thanks John, I'd absolutely agree about the timings. Wasn't the Hovis thing done in Dorset or somewhere, a much more chocolate box street iirc
Hi Stephen,
I think you're right about the Hovis ad location, but it's the atmosphere that I find similar rather than the place per se.
The wonderful atmoshere of your picture also brought another tune into my head, the Cream classic, "White Room." In particular the lyric, "Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings."
If a photograph can convey an atmosphere that triggers these type of responses it has got something special. Had the same scene been photographed with front lighting under a blue sky I'd have probably ripped it to pieces. A photographer with highly developed intuitive skills knows not just what to photograph but when to photograph it.
Regards,
John
John Perriment
A photograph is more than a record of what you see - it's a window to your soul
I think you're right about the Hovis ad location, but it's the atmosphere that I find similar rather than the place per se.
The wonderful atmoshere of your picture also brought another tune into my head, the Cream classic, "White Room." In particular the lyric, "Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings."
If a photograph can convey an atmosphere that triggers these type of responses it has got something special. Had the same scene been photographed with front lighting under a blue sky I'd have probably ripped it to pieces. A photographer with highly developed intuitive skills knows not just what to photograph but when to photograph it.
Regards,
John
Methinks you flatter me kind sir I used to be a great fan of Cream btw.
Seriously, it pleases me no end that you find something that moves and stirs the emotion in you in the picture.
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