Photography Deep In the Shed

Phoenix works really well with layers in a lot of these compositions which is really cool the other thing that's worth noting is note the cross in here which is also echoed earlier in the book with uh this image here it's also in this broken Tree in a literal form on the side of a tree and possibly un intended but uh also appears here in this landscape image some thematic symbolism that is carried throughout the other thing that I love about this is it's pretty consistently obviously black and white all the way through but the the moods that are changed between the seasons are really brought out here uh this is a really awesome work Phoenix I really like this a lot I think it's very successful in your approach and what you're trying to do here congratulations you should be very proud of this one all right so next up is this little Zen this comes to us from Zach Parks this is called sidewalks and window panes volume one Hampton Heights Zach also includes a little note which reads hi Ted please enjoy this copy of my latest Zen sidewalks and window panes I'm a long time fan of the channel just a little way of saying thanks for all that you do for the photography Community cheers Zack sidewalks and window panes is very cool this is sort of uh reminds me a lot of William eglon in its approach some of these are kind of dead pan I love the fact that it's a study of a neighborhood and then we get the slight Interruption from here to there with an upside down shopping cart we get cars in the way I think this is actually very quirky and very cool in a lot of ways this actually reminds me of something I heard Keith Carter talk about in a workshop one time and he was saying you know if you want the ultimate challenge for yourself as a photog grapher go out and take 12 photos 13 if you're really feeling adventurous but do it all within half a mile of your house in a small radius and you're forced to compose For Better or Worse what is there and I actually love that and it reminds me of that because that is what this collection is there's only a couple little critical observations that I want to make on this and I think it just comes down to the pacing and this is something that's kind of common with a lot of things and I think that as a photographer you're looking at your work as a collection and how is that paced As you move through and let me give you an example here what I'm talking about so on this spread you have the same house and it's photographed in two different seasons and I like the seasonal approach because we see some snow stuff towards the end of the book and so one thing to think about is I'm not a big fan of doubling up unless there's a reason to do it necessarily and I think the reason needs to be a little stronger than just this is the same place in two different seasons because it's not even quite the same field of view that we're dealing with but I like the idea but how is that paste a little bit differently and how can you express that in something that's a little bit different the other thing that made me think of something is you have this another similar spread where you have two cars that's essentially the same composition it's also the same house in the background and what I like about this is that it starts showing a breakup in the subject matter in other words the car is the emphasis and not necessarily the house because a lot of these are neighborhood shots and I think that's something that could probably be just changed in the pacing of this because a lot of times you're turning the page and you kind of expect you're going to see another house uh in some way shape or form and so that may be a way of breaking that up a little bit I don't know but I think you've got some possibilities here in terms of the way this is paced I think it's pretty good as it is but there's just a couple spots where it's maybe not as obvious to the viewer and either that needs accompanying text in some way shape or form or a title or it just needs a different type of pacing but I think this is a really awesome start and you should be proud of this um it's very cool and like I said It reminds me a lot of William Egleston who I'm a huge fan of so awesome work my man this is good so some great stuff today I want to thank everybody who sent stuff in make sure you support your fellow photographers and check out their websites below and uh buy some books man these there's some really good work here outstanding job