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29-MAY -2008

The Other Side for May 29

I call this PaD The Other Side of a Cliche. It is included in my new series of photos from Movement '08, Detroit Electronic Music Festival. CLICK HERE to see the start of that series.

I've started editing and posting my 400+ photos from Movement '08, but I'm doing it differently this time. Instead of giving you a minute-by-minute account, I'm trying to be super selective and only share photos that express the feeling or mood I want to convey. What that translates into is galleries made up of 6-10 images rather than my usual 20-30.

My photographic sensibilities are undergoing a seismic shift, much of it due to David Alan Harvey's "Road Trips" blog/forum. It's hard to describe what happens there but I guess I'd describe it as a rigorous professionalism that insists on the best that each individual has to offer. I often feel like I'm trying to climb a sheer rock cliff wearing sneakers--remember those?--but dammit, I'm not giving up. And inch by inch I'm seeing a change for the better in my work. When I say "for the better," of course that is my own opinion, but isn't that the opinion we artists must value above all others?

So when I'm editing this series of photos I took at Movement '08, I'm looking for images that express the energy, intensity, sensuality, exhilaration and pulsing beat that characterized the weekend. I'm trying to stay away from the predictable, the cliched, the tried-and-true. I want to say something new, at least for me. At this point I'm less concerned about whether or not it "works;" I just want to know I tried.

CLICK HERE to view others participating in "The Other Side" PaD challenge for May 2008.

Canon EOS 40D
1/160s f/2.8 at 17.0mm iso800 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time24-May-2008 19:41:29
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 40D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length17 mm
Exposure Time1/160 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias-2.00
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Jason Anderson01-Jun-2008 00:11
Definitely unique! I'll have to view the results of your quest :o)
mathilda williams31-May-2008 20:52
this photo is alive, i love it!
mathilda
daanstringer.com31-May-2008 16:03
very special!
Alejandro30-May-2008 23:30
well composed and framed. v
Linda Willets30-May-2008 03:55
great angle.
Mairéad29-May-2008 23:16
Ye, that certainly capture the mood :)
Laryl29-May-2008 17:33
bravo to you for trying! it's a fun image and does convey the spirit of the event
Guest 29-May-2008 14:14
Almost inebriating!
Yvonne29-May-2008 12:08
Great mood in this shot Pat!
Guest 29-May-2008 08:04
Interesting shot and good luck with that Patricia.
Paco López29-May-2008 06:31
Excellent pov and image!!! Big vote!!
carol j. phipps29-May-2008 03:29
Pulsating!
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