Walk Softly and Carry a Big (But Disciplined) Imagination
Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stick policy referred to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy: " speak softly, and carry a big stick ."
Many publishers that incorporate graphics into their publications, prefer literal imagery, that is, imagery the way a camera "sees" and records what's in front of it … properly exposed, strongly composed, well-focused, and, maybe with a different point-of-view from those popular subjects, portrayals of which that have become cliches.
Such publishers, where image-editing for a given picture might be preferred, prefer to give it to their own art department; understandable since photographers are not mind-readers, able to know in advance, which published piece benefits from which edits and special effects.
Marketing images to "THE PUBLIC" is a whole different deal; I have photos that have never sold even once (in almost 40 years), and some that have sold multiple times in less than a month.
I'm experimenting these days with more-or-less traditional imagery and SOFTENING them generally with a few other touches as well.
For example …
1) Grand Canyon Sunset, Slightly-Softened
© A. Mac/A.G.
2) The Lily is Softened, it's Background, Sharp and Colorized to Create a Direct Opposite Color-Harmony
© A. Mac/A.G.
3) Soft, Late Afternoon Light Over a Snow-covered Forest Floor
© A. Mac/A.G.
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Always interested in critiques, positive or negative.
I will be posting more as I finish them.
When it comes to places like Grand Canyon I like full sun, or shadow as the case may be, and sharp focus to bring out the true coloration of all the various layers. These are from the Internet, no copyright infringement intended.
Understandable, Greg; I have many Grand Canyon photos that fit your preference … as it is said … "To each his own."
Glad to see you here.
It's almost magical...the landscape just rears up and engulfs you...get the awesome thrill in Yosemite Valley.
This would make a great picture for a living room or den or man cave
Grand Canyon morning
I love the purples in that photo
I assume you took that photo E.G. - I think it's of the quality that matches the professional photographers whose works I've been posting on my now ended Famous Photographers series (notwithstanding there are many more who could have been featured, had there been even a modicum of interest among NT members).
One amendment to that, and that is to thank A.H. for always being there.
That's a new edit of a shot I took in Jan of 2015. Almost the last frame of my short day and a half trip to see the canyon at the South Rim. I remember that was the morning I figured out how to start using my meter when I was in manual mode. I hope someday I can get back there, because I have so much more knowledge about how to take a better photo.
I'm sure I've been influenced by many of them in my work, but I don't know if I rise to there level. I humbly thank you for the compliment!
Picture 3 posted.