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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 4, 2009 22:24:03 GMT -6
I admit to having a lowly, el cheapo point & shoot digital camera, and confess that I lack the photographic skills and acumen of most who will likely post here ... Having gotten that excuse for my own sloppiness out of the way, I thought I would show some interesting posters that hung in a Chelsea store window today. The reason for my sharing these should become obvious eventually ... Some of them were evocative of another era, which is what made them compelling to me. Such as these ...    There were also some movie posters, such as one of Jack's classics ...  ... And the poster that inspired this photo shoot in the first place ...  |
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 5, 2009 5:19:55 GMT -6
Great posters. Love the Hendrix shot... one of my heroes.
Simon
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 5, 2009 5:24:30 GMT -6
I admit to having a lowly, el cheapo point & shoot digital camera, and confess that I lack the photographic skills and acumen of most who will likely post here ... Owning a camera doesn't have to be about creating stunning images, if anything it's more about saving memories and capturing moments for your own pleasure. It doesn't matter how skilful you are so long as you enjoy the results. Simon |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Oct 5, 2009 8:29:39 GMT -6
I agree with Simon. You can get great compelling shots with the cheapest of cameras; it all depends on seeing (and noticing) interesting subjects and compositions.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 5, 2009 9:22:39 GMT -6
My shoe camera photo collection will attest to that
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Post by IE on Oct 7, 2009 4:16:54 GMT -6
Great posters. Love the Hendrix shot... one of my heroes. Simon I'm sorry, but how does a very talented guitar player who dies of a drug overdose in his 20s qualify as a "hero"  The overuse of that term just bugs me, like when used for sports stars, and when they show their humanity are castigated because they were some child's "hero". From Wikipedia: A hero (heroine in female) (Ancient Greek: ἥρως, hērōs), in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.[1] Later, hero (male) and heroine (female) came to refer to characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice – that is, heroism – for some greater good, originally of martial courage or excellence but extended to more general moral excellence. |
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Post by Dan on Oct 7, 2009 6:19:11 GMT -6
My shoe camera photo collection will attest to that You have a photo collection of shoe cameras? Kinky. |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 7, 2009 6:26:00 GMT -6
With and without feet
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Post by Irish Stu on Oct 7, 2009 7:20:34 GMT -6
Great posters. Love the Hendrix shot... one of my heroes. Simon I'm sorry, but how does a very talented guitar player who dies of a drug overdose in his 20s qualify as a "hero" The overuse of that term just bugs me, like when used for sports stars, and when they show their humanity are castigated because they were some child's "hero". From Wikipedia: A hero (heroine in female) (Ancient Greek: ἥρως, hērōs), in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.[1] Later, hero (male) and heroine (female) came to refer to characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice – that is, heroism – for some greater good, originally of martial courage or excellence but extended to more general moral excellence It is common for rock music fans to refer to the great guitarists are 'Guitar Heroes' and this indeed is where the name of the popular 'Guitar Hero' multi-console music game is derived from. Hence I refer to Hendrix as my 'hero' along with my other guitar heroes Eric Clapton and Michael Schenker... guitarists who, as a young man I 'hero-worshiped' because of my awe at their musical genius. And I don't really see how the manner of his passing has any bearing on whether I can think of him as my hero or not, which in any case was not due to a drug overdose. Hendrix was knocked out by a strong brand of sleeping pill that he wasn't used to and puked, whilst asleep, due to the copious amounts of red wine he had drunk that evening. So he in fact inhaled and drowned in his own vomit. Nothing like a good alky death story huh? Simon |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 7, 2009 8:25:11 GMT -6
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 7, 2009 8:33:47 GMT -6
Time wounds all heels
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 7, 2009 8:36:08 GMT -6
Good to see you're keeping instep with things around here.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 7, 2009 8:43:27 GMT -6
Just toeing the line
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 7, 2009 8:50:42 GMT -6
Now you're being callus.
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The overuse of that term just bugs me, like when used for sports stars, and when they show their humanity are castigated because they were some child's "hero". 
