Comments on: [Video] See 3 Top Photographers Shoot it Out : GPP2012

By: Roman

Roman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:25:00 +0000

It’s funny. When you ask artist to do something and you like the effect, when he will do something totally different :D But that is an essence of creativity.

By: Zeke Man

Zeke Man — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:45:00 +0000

http://www.louispang.com/2012/03/gulf-photo-plus/

This is a bit more insight into GPP

By: Zeke Man

Zeke Man — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:35:00 +0000

RE: David Hobby. So David Hobby had this cool idea of making the auditorium where the shoot out takes place look like a movie theater…. i.e. a flash simulating the projector, a flash that looks like light coming fromf the screen to front light the subject, and flashes on the sides to light the tops of the seats.

He comes to Heisler’s seminar… and Heisler talks about his lighting for Jody Foster’s directorial debut. And shows the exact photo that Hobby had in his mind for the shoot out. This of course happens the morning of the shoot out, so he is scrambling.

The video doesn’t capture the drama of the shoot out. Hundreds of people are watching and these guys have only 20 quick minutes to create something awesome. Last year the contestants were better about talking out loud…. so we could get some insight into their thought process. Hobby did a good job at this…when he remembered. Martin was a bit quite. Heisler is SO smart, and I think he just wanted to surprise and delight us, so he did not say much. He was incredibly calm…. Martin and David were nervous as you would expect.

By: Zeke Man

Zeke Man — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:25:00 +0000

I’ve gone to Dubai the last couple of years. Most nights everyone meets in the Vista bar (above the Holiday Inn Express). So you get the opportunity to eat dinner and drink with all these famous photographers and listen to their stories, and chat about anything. You will also make some good friends with your fellow students. Plus Dubai is a fairly amazing place.

I heard about it 3 years ago from Zack Arias and David Hobby…. but it was too late to go. 2 years ago I could not afford it, but went anyway. I wasn’t planning on going this year, but Joe Mcnally taught a 4 day class, so once again I dipped into my non-existent retirement fund and went for it.

There are nice workshops all over, but I don’t think any of them have the shear numbers of great instructors. Also the class sizes are small.

By: Александр Киселев

Александр Киселев — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:06:00 +0000

David Hobby used his “laptop look” again, nothing new! Heisle was ORIGINAL.

By: Jason Lei

Jason Lei — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:56:00 +0000

It’s still a self portrait. Don’t be so closed minded.

Wiki: A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist.

By: David Arthur

David Arthur — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:00 +0000

You’re right. He should be stripped of his prize and banned from competition in the future. >:(

By: Eric Filson

Eric Filson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:48:00 +0000

Sorry but, IMO, Heisler’s photo (no matter how well done and symbolic) was not a self portrait and should not have been accepted.