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Dublin Graffiti
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One from today – graffiti in Charlemont Court. Shortly after taking this I was persuaded to leave by small boys throwing stones (inaccurately, fortunately)
Great colours, graffiti can look terrific, so long as its not on my house :)
Would it have been better to have shot it face on ?
Just a thoughtI agree… or if not face on, definitely fill the entire frame with just graffiti. The blank cement wall and the sky add nothing to the shot.
I must dig out some of my graffitti shots of the old U2 windmill lane studios
I see what you’re saying about the angle. If I’m in the area again I’ll try a few more shots from different angles. My idea with this one was to have the gun pointing towards the viewer, although I haven’t quite managed it.
ciaran wrote:
The blank cement wall and the sky add nothing to the shot.
Context, and scale. I can see that filling the frame might make for a more imposing image, but then you’re doing nothing more than reproducing the original artwork. Might as well copy pictures in a gallery. Useful as a record maybe, but zero artistic merit. Even as it is this photo is too dependent on the strength of the original imagery. A person in the frame could help it.
I disagree with shooting it head on, for the reasons you mentioned – What about getting down on all fours, and shooting from the ground up…Maybe bring along a tripod at night, and fire off a few 30 sec exposures. Even walk in front of the graffiti?
If it’s near enough to you obviously!
You could possibly shoot straight on with someone walking in front of the gun, either into it or away ?
I like the angle, but maybe a tighter crop. And it feels a bit washed out, as well.
antifuse wrote:
I like the angle, but maybe a tighter crop. And it feels a bit washed out, as well.
I agree with that – I think a slight velvia action on that would go down very well.
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