So I went down town yesterday and photographed some of the Vegas strip. There is some cool architecture and things that can make a nice picture if you can wade through the junk. One of the pictures I took can be seen here... http://hiddenlightphotography.com/dailypicture/?p=13
Anyway, the point of this post is that when I was down town I found a photography gallery that hadn't quite noticed before. I won't mention names because I think it wasn't too impressive and here is why...
I heard and saw on signs many times "he is the best photographer on the planet"... It seemed to be the catch phrase of all the reps. That was really annoying. I mean if you have to say it is it true?
The other thing he did was with his pictures he went way overboard on the pictures post production. They say it is all natural in every way. Sadly I have used the camera, film and tripod (I am thinking even the tripod which is funny) he uses and I have never gotten results like that without heavy filtration and Photoshop work. I have as well visited locations many times to get the best photo possible so that really isn't an option to say I haven't done. So really that was disappointing.
What really was going on was way heavy marketing and sales. The sales staff were such vultures that they say me and already had several big spenders in their midst and so I nefver even got a welcome to the gallery.
The other thing that bothered my was that it looked like he was trying to copy the crocodile hunter image...argh...
Anyway, some images were good, but most were falsely dramatic because of the panoramic format he favors. It is a great format, but most people don't regularly see it so it is quite impressive when you do have it presented to you...
That is my thoughts on that...In the end though I guess I would maybe try and do the same thing as far as running the gallery. Sales need to be made...
Anyway, the point of this post is that when I was down town I found a photography gallery that hadn't quite noticed before. I won't mention names because I think it wasn't too impressive and here is why...
I heard and saw on signs many times "he is the best photographer on the planet"... It seemed to be the catch phrase of all the reps. That was really annoying. I mean if you have to say it is it true?
The other thing he did was with his pictures he went way overboard on the pictures post production. They say it is all natural in every way. Sadly I have used the camera, film and tripod (I am thinking even the tripod which is funny) he uses and I have never gotten results like that without heavy filtration and Photoshop work. I have as well visited locations many times to get the best photo possible so that really isn't an option to say I haven't done. So really that was disappointing.
What really was going on was way heavy marketing and sales. The sales staff were such vultures that they say me and already had several big spenders in their midst and so I nefver even got a welcome to the gallery.
The other thing that bothered my was that it looked like he was trying to copy the crocodile hunter image...argh...
Anyway, some images were good, but most were falsely dramatic because of the panoramic format he favors. It is a great format, but most people don't regularly see it so it is quite impressive when you do have it presented to you...
That is my thoughts on that...In the end though I guess I would maybe try and do the same thing as far as running the gallery. Sales need to be made...
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