Comments on: sources of inspiration for your photography

By: Kobi

Kobi — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:39:30 +0000

Inspiration for me, comes in many different forms. Last night Senator Obama was here in Albuquerque at the UNM campus. Living just blocks from the Campus I could here the loudness of the crowd. His voice the singers, man! and there I was in my little make shift Home Studio shooting still life Tomatoes and glass reflections. It was kinda cool. And the shots were ok too.
This websitehas been pretty inspiring as well. As I learn more about Photography I get out there and shoot more.
Live….. Point ….shoot….!!!! thnks for the inspiration

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By: Bill Rhodes

Bill Rhodes — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:56:16 +0000

Film is great, but it takes too long, and there are waaaaay to many people involved for my liking.

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By: Jim Talkington

Jim Talkington — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:54:14 +0000

The sets in Metropolis ARE crazy, aren’t they? Imagine what all those actors thought when they saw them for the first time. I remember wanting to be a film director when I was a little kid, shooting like crazy with the family regular 8mm movie camera. Then I saw an actual movie set and it was way more than I wanted to be responsible for.

10,000 BC…Raquel Welch, right? I’ve never seen it so it’s another one for the list. Comics…that brings back great memories, too. And making models for my early films, more good memories.

Okay, I want to be a film director again.

By: Craig Lee

Craig Lee — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:04 +0000

I’ve only ever seen stills from Metropolis, never a full clip like that. Thanks for posting it.

Inspirations come from a lot of places. Yesterday I was went to Hobby Lobby to get some light modifiers and a Snap-Tight model for my son. I also ended up getting a die-cast metal Camero model to photograph which was inspired by Jim’s ‘57 Chevy from the other day. Plus, my father had a ‘67 convertable Camero when I was growing up so I have a small affinity for the car.

By: ChL

ChL — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:56:42 +0000

@John Brainard, Robocop is a Frank Miller story, a genious on adult comics… see Sin City, Sparta 300’s, Batman Dark Knight (not the new movie, the comics).

By: Mike C

Mike C — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:18:55 +0000

Most of the time I find inspiration from other photographers, but lately I have been watching a lot of music videos and movies in general to get ideas about lighting and composition. Also I think it is equally important to know what not to do “negative inspiration” of sort. So I’m always on the lookout for bad images and try to figure out what it is that makes them bad and how I would go about correcting them.

By: John Brainard

John Brainard — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:48:38 +0000

I’ve been finding a lot of inspiration through movies lately. Photography has really changed the way I see sings. I can’t even watch movies anymore without thinking about how each scene was composed.

I watched 10,000 BC last night with my wife and really enjoyed the composition of the scenes. I enjoyed both the landscape scenes and the close in shots of the actors as they interacted with each other.

I even managed to find inspiration in the RoboCop movies recently!

By: Tim Broyer

Tim Broyer — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:54:17 +0000

I heard on NPR this morning of the discovery of the orignal uncut Metropolis film. They plan to digitize it and release it next year.

They must have thought he was crazy to build those big sets back then.