The French Kisser

[wfeller]

http://aeve.com/1tpf/1/french-kisser-dcd0102.jpg

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[rwells]

Walter,

While I don't get the title, I DO LOVE people shooting artistically. Outside the box :thumb


Thanks for posting.

[wfeller]

Walter,

While I don't get the title, I DO LOVE people shooting artistically. Outside the box :thumb


Thanks for posting.

And thank you. An expression of a recently unrepressed memory of an awkward first moment in my early adolescence. It was a great experience for this, then 13-yr old, pimple-faced kid, that only cost me 4 cigarettes. To date myself, it was during a double feature, Barbarella and Sonny & Cher: Good Times. I never saw the girl again, but 10-15 years later I read she had been arrested for prostitution at a local truck stop.

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[Eia]

That is scary (the pic that is)! Your stories are as interesting as the photos!:D

[eL eSs Vee]

Looks like a French watercolor from about 150 years ago. :D

Fantastic! I love it! :lust

[Dogdots]

I don't know what to say -- the title drew me in :rofl

Very interesting photo. I like how you did your pp's on it. Just need to ask this --is it a doll?

Adolescences -- so many memories from those growing/learning years :D

[thoth]

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...that only cost me 4 cigarettes...

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...but 10-15 years later I read she had been arrested for prostitution at a local truck stop.
It's a good thing you found her when she was cheap! :thumb

I love the shot, Walter. It does have a dreamy old-world quality to it for sure.

[DaddyO]

Nice result out of your effort. Composition looks well placed. Good work on
the PP. :thumb

[wfeller]

That is scary (the pic that is)! Your stories are as interesting as the photos!:D

Thank you Eia. I like illustrating my, "visions."

Check it out- I'm thinking of trying to find a shot for;

"The unfettered mind inevitably becomes bent on self destruction."
Sigmund Freud

-The quest begins.

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[wfeller]

Looks like a French watercolor from about 150 years ago. :D

Fantastic! I love it! :lust

Thanks Lee. Very much influenced by Toulouse Latrec. I'd been wanting to shoot this shot, or at least in concept for quite awhile, and when I finally walked by it, I knew what it was.

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[wfeller]

I don't know what to say -- the title drew me in :rofl

Very interesting photo. I like how you did your pp's on it. Just need to ask this --is it a doll?

Adolescences -- so many memories from those growing/learning years :D

Thank you. A little distortion (a lot actually) and some high contrast processing. I like the -blurred pencil and ink- effect I can get out of it.

Yes, a doll. I saw it standing in an old car as a prop during a carshow.

[wfeller]

It's a good thing you found her when she was cheap! :thumb

I love the shot, Walter. It does have a dreamy old-world quality to it for sure.

Thanks Travis. I was fortunate. Historically, politicians have always driven up the cost of renta-girl-friends beyond my meager.. -- ahem,...

Years ago I spent considerable time studying the French writers and impressionist painters of that time period. I enjoy being influenced by that, even in my landscapes.

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[wfeller]

I don't know what to say -- the title drew me in :rofl

Very interesting photo. I like how you did your pp's on it. Just need to ask this --is it a doll?

Adolescences -- so many memories from those growing/learning years :D

Thank you Mary Kim. I got my replies mixed up--I'm used to multi-quoting. Anyway, great catch on me using the doll. The light was perfect.

I used to think those years were awkward, misshappen and oddly horrifying, but as I grew older and heard stories from my friends, I realized they were all that, but not out of the ordinary.

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[wfeller]

Nice result out of your effort. Composition looks well placed. Good work on
the PP. :thumb

Thank you. Other than that, the rest of the day turned out garbage shots.

[leaforte]

Thanks Travis. I was fortunate. Historically, politicians have always driven up the cost of renta-girl-friends beyond my meager.. -- ahem,...

Years ago I spent considerable time studying the French writers and impressionist painters of that time period. I enjoy being influenced by that, even in my landscapes.

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I would definitely step back to look at it on the wall. I am a major fan of Baudelaire (Paris Spleen, Flowers of Evil, et al), but relate this photo more to American impressionism.

[wfeller]

I would definitely step back to look at it on the wall. I am a major fan of Baudelaire (Paris Spleen, Flowers of Evil, et al), but relate this photo more to American impressionism.

Thank you.

As I mentioned, the studying I did was a long time ago, and something I did on my own. It's kind of reassuring that the image reminds you of American impressionistic work, as I figure I'm an American influenced by the French impressionists. Now that I'm older and more into my own pursuits again (I strayed really, really, really far), I'll have to check them out.

[DaddyO]

Thank you. Other than that, the rest of the day turned out garbage shots.

Understand garbage shots found in any one day of shooting. When I feel that
its creeping in I try to turn my attention to texture pics and the like.

Nice find of the doll at an auto show. :thumb Since I don't study various artist
much I'm probably missing out in seeing interesting potential in things.

In looking at Toulouse Latrec, I found that your image bears a striking
resemblance in his work "In The Private Booth".

[wfeller]

Understand garbage shots found in any one day of shooting. When I feel that
its creeping in I try to turn my attention to texture pics and the like.

Nice find of the doll at an auto show. :thumb Since I don't study various artist
much I'm probably missing out in seeing interesting potential in things.

In looking at Toulouse Latrec, I found that your image bears a striking
resemblance in his work "In The Private Booth".

Thank you. I figure the signal to noise ratio was probably due to the fact that I didn't want to shoot what I was shooting.

It's been so many years, I think the influence is embedded in my subconcious by now.

http://jimmiescollage.com/2007/09/artist-study-toulouse-lautrec/

I see what you mean.

Without looking too much (because I could spend hours and hours just looking), the one's I remember the names of the most, the ones that impressed me, were Cezanne', Monet, Manet, Degas, Pissarro, Van Gogh and later Matisse transiting from the aforementioned into Picasso. Then I lose interest. :)

Curses-- I'm hooked again. Now I got to look --
The guys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_artists#Nineteenth_century_.28Impre ssionism_to_Fauvism.29)

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[DaddyO]

Don't you mean "The Guys & Girls"? :D Bookmarked that page.
Thanks for the new homework thats hit my ta do list.

"Signal to noise ratio" That's a hoot. :rofl

Went to a local indoor car show once and found I wanted to leave
more than stay. Took some aspect shots then handed the camera
to my son to shoot while I RAN outside for air.

[wfeller]

Don't you mean "The Guys & Girls"? :D Bookmarked that page.
Thanks for the new homework thats hit my ta do list.

"Signal to noise ratio" That's a hoot. :rofl

Went to a local indoor car show once and found I wanted to leave
more than stay. Took some aspect shots then handed the camera
to my son to shoot while I RAN outside for air.

I decided to go through my car shots- I met a friend of my brother-in-law up there. Over two days he shot over 400 shots. I took 12. As I did my edit thing I got more and more into it. I'm kind of looking forward to next year.

http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1198991#post1198991

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