"Dad Watching Dan"

My contribution to try to keep the forum going!

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), October 22, 2001

Answers

Tony, you allows post the greatest shots. It's as though Dad is totally glued to Dan's words and dan is speaking directly to your Dad. Great composition, great tones... Just a terrific photograph.

I so much envy your's and Jeff's and Mike's (and other') work. You all seem to have an "edge" that for one reason or another I can't seem to get. Damn.

-- David Cunningham (dcunningham@attglobal.net), October 22, 2001.

That should be "always" not "allows".

-- David Cunningham (dcunningham@attglobal.net), October 22, 2001.

Thanks for the encouragement, David. I have to thoroughly agree with you regarding Mike's and Jeff's (and others') work which I believe far surpasses mine (but that's OK cuz I'm only getting better by learning from you all). The one thing that I really admire about Mike's and Jeff's work is that their work always seems to have a signature. You can always tell that a photograph is a "Dixon" or a "Spirer!" I think that "edge" you're talking about comes from thinking outside the box. Experiment first and don't let initial failures stop you.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), October 22, 2001.

Cool shot, Tony. Don't sell yourself short. He really does seem completely absorbed by the TV.

Thanks for the kind words. The advice you gave is good, but I'd modify it to say, "Don't be discouraged by the initial failures or the hundreds and thousands of subsequent ones." In fact, don't even count the failures, just concentrate on the successes.

-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), October 22, 2001.

Tony, you have one of the best "eyes" for _________ (I can't fill in the blank!)...what word do I want? There always seems to be a bit of a droll humor mixed with human intensity in your photographs. Can anyone describe it? I love your images of people totally involved in their life.

-- Todd Frederick (fredrick@hotcity.com), October 22, 2001.

I think there's a lot of humor in this. I think the people in Tony's photos always just seem to be so there. That's what it is. They are there. That shot of the little girl on the street will always be something I can see, without seeing it, if you know what I mean.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), October 23, 2001.

I agree. Tony's photos give a strong sense that they show real people doing real things, and yet somehow standing for something more universal at the same time. In this shot, it's the god-like glow of Dan's pristine collar which really lifts the image.

-- Struan Gray (struan.gray@sljus.lu.se), October 23, 2001.

Tony: Wow! My fondest memory of my grandfather was of him sitting just like that watching "Hogan's Heroes". He always laughed so hard. Usually a rough-and-tumble guy it was great to see him loosen up.

I was just a kid at the time and photography meant nothing to me. But this is how it would have looked. Thanks.

-- Tim (tjkamke@excelimaging.com), November 12, 2001.