tiltey angley pictures

[Leon]

got in touch with a semi pro photographer last week (friends with my brother in law and a potential customer too), he has regular access to race tracks even gets media access.

 

now even though I am not "slagging" his work off 95% of his pictures are at an angle, I know many publications like this but I just dont get it? even some wedding pictures I have seen are at an angle too?

 

what are your thoughts on this?

[ChrisLumix]

Do you mean as in 'wonky horizons'? If such things really ARE trendy, then I'm not at all in favour, though I'd be interested in seeing examples - do you have a link?

 

But just from the description it sounds on a par with all these dreadful trendy cameramen who film TV dramas using 'restless' 'unsteady' handheld video cameras and not caring one tiny jot about the TV viewers all suffering from seasickness watching their diabolical work. 

[bugmeister]

I think it very much depends on the subject.

 

With some, such as cars it can give an impression of movement even if they are static, just by creating the angle.

 

Also people dancing, if they are obviously "going for it" and getting a bit mad, then ok, shoot at an angle and it can add to the wackiness.

 

Generally I prefer my pictures to be straight (bugs can be at any angle), with maybe the odd one thrown in just to be different.

 

That said, if that's his style then maybe that's what he's known for and people go for his work because of it.

[Paul]

Well, it will probably always cause debate - I took this back in 2009 - an image of the lone tree on the limestone paving at Malham. Some people hated the way I used the angle, some people applauded it...

 

 

Paul.

[Leon]

Do you mean as in 'wonky horizons'? If such things really ARE trendy, then I'm not at all in favour, though I'd be interested in seeing examples - do you have a link?

 

But just from the description it sounds on a par with all these dreadful trendy cameramen who film TV dramas using 'restless' 'unsteady' handheld video cameras and not caring one tiny jot about the TV viewers all suffering from seasickness watching their diabolical work. 

I cant really post a link, he's a prospective customer, could be deemed as bitching,  the last thing I want to is diss someone I don't know personally.

[colinb]

All depends of the image - sometimes it works sometimes it don't and it is a fine line between. A simple rule for me is - if you find yourself twisting your head to view the picture then the photographer has failed.

 

Chris - I hate those TV cameramen but especially the ones who have to move slowly around or back and forth while the actors are talking, really irritating   

Edited December 4, 2013 by colinb

[Black Pearl]

Love them when they add to the image in a dynamic way but they drive me insane if its just a badly cropped/photographed shot with a wonky horizon.

[FUJI]

AAAAARGH!

It's that blooming tree on the Moors again.........my other pet hate next to milky water, I wish I knew where it was, I'd take my chainsaw ;-)

Wonky horizons?.........nope!........having been a carpenter joiner in a very early previous life, wonky anything is an anathema.......like that wonky tower being built in London and that horrible pink wobbly community centre thing that has just been closed down in the West Midlands...........Mind you everything about me is wonky nowadays and getting worse day by day.

FUJI

[Korky]

I love 'em, but have to agree with BP in that the tilt thingy needs to add to the impact to an image.

 

Korky

 

One of mine....

[David]

The Leaning Tower of Pizza started it all off...BLAME THE ROMANS!!!!     

 

Seriously though I agree with most...its all down to the actual image. Paul, your tree works really well, maybe more so because of it being in a narrow Portrait and the rocks lead the eye to the tree, plus black and white can bring an arty look to shots anyway. And Korky I'm not sure...I don't dislike the shot but I cant say I really like it either.

[ChrisLumix]

 

Chris - I hate those TV cameramen but especially the ones who have to move slowly around or back and forth while the actors are talking, really irritating   

 

Yes! It's just 'orrible trendiness for the sake of it. Surely someone must realise during playback that it will simply irritate viewers or make them feel ill?

 

Love them when they add to the image in a dynamic way but they drive me insane if its just a badly cropped/photographed shot with a wonky horizon.

 

Yes, that's it exactly. The Malham tree at a 45º angle, or Korky's bridge, are fine shots, but if it's somewhere between 1 and 5º out, it's just plain annoying.

[Leon]

going to add to this rather than make another topic..... I continually see motorsport pictures which (without being big headed) are far far poorer quality than the ones I produce with a basic camera.... suppose in this world it's who you know not what you know how to do..

[colinb]

going to add to this rather than make another topic..... I continually see motorsport pictures which (without being big headed) are far far poorer quality than the ones I produce with a basic camera.... suppose in this world it's who you know not what you know how to do..

 

yes but - your opinion is not necessarily that of the rest of the world   

[Leon]

on this occasion it is

[colinb]

on this occasion it is

 

ok you win 

[Leon]

....deleted post, was a bit unfair..

Edited January 3, 2014 by mrwall

[David]

If its in the name of art then anything is ok:

 

 

Its art I tell you...ART!!!!!

 

Edited January 3, 2014 by David

[BlackFox]

Was the strength of the waves knocking you off your feet there?

[BlackFox]

Is it art? Or did I just trip up over a rock at the wrong moment?

[David]

If it's accidental call it art haha!... Ok I like the way you have taken the strong vertical shapes of the rocks and at 45 degrees, weakened them to a point of vulnerability...Total art, see

 

No the waves didn't knock me off my feet, It is a study of Conceptual Colours in Nature Total art, see  

 

[BlackFox]

If it's accidental call it art haha!

 

I like your answer! Like someone else said, make it a 'big' angle, and it's usually obviously intentional, but a small slant, and it usually just looks like the photographer has been on the booze.

[David]

That's true lol