Comments on: Antoine Willaeys Shoots Mountain Bikers In The Rain

By: Richie Mac

Richie Mac — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:33:00 +0000

I would like to think i gave a fairly in depth and valid response as to why and where these particular photographs could have been improved.

By: snow7

snow7 — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:30:00 +0000

I like this photographer’s work, but it’s my personal opinion. Any criticism is good to take for any photographer but some comments I read here are really useless, cynical and unhelpful. Are all of their authors really universal references in the field to write such comments ? All I see here are snob and elitist comments instead of professional reviews by photographers for photographers. It’s a pity.

By: Antoine Willaeys

Antoine Willaeys — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:55:00 +0000

Thank you @google-abb5aaf6cf0025f1362004fef34327ea:disqus for your words. Now it’s clear with more explanations.
Like I said to Richie I understand and i’m part agree. Hope you’ll like my next pictures :)

By: Antoine Willaeys

Antoine Willaeys — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:48:00 +0000

Thank you for this answer @facebook-512450376:disqus . It’s better with some explanations.
I understand what do you mean. I’m part agree with you but I think Fstoppers is dedicated to Photography and all of its sides. Devotion is one of them.
About the rider and terrain he is riding… What can I say ! My job in this series is to photograph athletes in conditions, I always say “ok, be what you are, do what you always do when you’re in training” It’s hard for a rookie – in this sport I mean – to know what is good or what is wrong :/
So, I hope you will enjoy my next images probably more realistic research :)
Thanks
(Sorry if I make some mistakes, my English is not perfect)

By: apollo

apollo — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:49:00 +0000

I didn’t mean that you’re an Instagram user, I never meant it so. I meant the quality of FStoppers. They post almost everything that has something photographic things influenced. It was purely over-exaggerated, I just wanted to tell that if the lining of Fstopper is going forward, we’ll see Instagram-shit in the front page. It’s just the fact…unfortunately. I don’t say that it’s you and you but FStoppers praise many pictures which are very medicore…often not even medicore. The pictures what they see and say “Amazing, fantastic, unbeliveable”, I see those kinds of pictures almost every day.

I agree with Richie, your other works are pretty neat but these pics…to be honest, they are not fantastic ones. But, the shitty conditions are shitty conditions, you have to do what you can, and you did it!

By: Richie Mac

Richie Mac — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:02:00 +0000

Hi Antoine. First of all I do not think you are an ‘instagram photographer’. I did actually look at your site before posting and as mentioned by Steven Heger below, your otherwork is fantastic. My disappointment with this post lay not with you, but with the person posting it. Having worked in the bike industry for over a decade I’ve seen some spectacular shots. Also, I come to Fstoppers for interesting, inspiring content.
So although I admire your persistance and dedication to producing material no matter what, I do not believe it is of a post worthy standard (the standard i normally associate with FStoppers). The dedication may be admirable but the consideration for what the rider is wearing and the terrain he is riding is either non existant or misguided. What I am referring to by this is; his nasty looking get-up, the horrible grey 661 helmet, goggles still around his neck, skidding through some leafs. Combine those factors together and you get photographs that anyone with any knowledge of the subject knows is pretty lame.

Which leads me back to the FStopper who posted it on the site…

By: Antoine Willaeys

Antoine Willaeys — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:33:00 +0000

Thank you :)

By: Steven Heger

Steven Heger — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:48:00 +0000

simply featured the wrong work… Check out the dudes portfolio

By: Steven Heger

Steven Heger — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:48:00 +0000

simply featured the wrong work… Check out the dudes portfolio

By: Antoine Willaeys

Antoine Willaeys — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:23:00 +0000

@facebook-512450376:disqus @twitter-16196372:disqus @xavi7:disqus @google-abb5aaf6cf0025f1362004fef34327ea:disqus
You’re right, the shots aren’t the best that they could be but to me it was a challenge and I’m proud i got out there and shot. Sorry you think I’m an Instagram photographer. It’s not an excuse, but the finality of this photoshoot was to don’t give up, stay focus, put myself in danger and do the job anyway.

It was about changing your photography plan at the last minute and produce something when 90% of people stay at home. Of course, pictures are not perfect because of the mess during the photoshoot maybe the hardness is not sufficiently put forward.

I’d love to see you wake up in the morning in the shitty conditions I was in and come up with something epic. And when you do, please send it to me and I’ll be the first to congratulate you guys !