Nice to have an expert chime in finally. Sooooooo .... (rhymes with mooooo), John, since you own a Stetson cowbody hat you should be able to answer this, what
Zone do you place a black Angus on versus a pale Brahma?
Nice to have an expert chime in finally. Sooooooo .... (rhymes with mooooo), John, since you own a Stetson cowbody hat you should be able to answer this, what
Zone do you place a black Angus on versus a pale Brahma?
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
There is an analogy with how people chose their clothes, there is formal style and there is casual style and there is a lot in between. I think it is a helpful analogy because both clothes and pictures are about appearances, sometimes they can be revealing and sometimes deceitful.
Concerning my photography, I never have had much in mind words like "formal", and I don't know if it is formal from time to time, or everytime - but after reading this thread, this word seems to lurk beyond every corner, so I may think a bit about "formal"...
The Back cover of Shinzo Maeda's fantastic book "Grass and Trees" describes things like complete landscapes or solitaire plants, blowing and fading, structures and flowing movements as content and formal parts of Maedas landscapes.
So to me, separating content and "formal" seems to be tricky, it looks like they are working hand in hand.
If Maeda's pictures are qoted as formal, I can't find them boring, au contraire !
While thinking now about "formal" - it may be the opposite of "artistic" ?
But I find Maeda's work artistic, too...
Ritchie
White gloves, tails, braces, ascot, top hat, patent leather shoes, studs, pleated shirt, cashmere overcoat. Sort of like a Fred Astaire.
For what it's worth, "formal" in art-speak just means having to do with form.
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
It means a print worthy to be dressed up in a suit and tie and placed in a coffin, or in my case, the wastebasket.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
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