Joel Belmont wrote:
If all your images were going to be destroyed, and you could only save ONE - which one would you save - and why that image? What qualities does it have that makes it stand out above the rest?

Please post the one image below, and why you like it best.  A photographer should know their best work, even if you have a lot of favorites.

https://www.gershonkreimer.com/index/void#9 This one, I think.

I see it as a summary of all of my work. My interest with minimalism, coloration, asymmetric composition, irrationality of pose, censorship of the body, censorship of the identity, and the fantastic texture of the hair.

It's also a 48" x 64" print.

Jorge Kreimer wrote:
Minimalism, coloration, asymmetric composition, irrationality of pose, censorship of the body, censorship of the identity, and fantastic texture of hair.

Sounds like a good recipe for creating images that interest you!

sospix wrote:
Of the ones I have posted in my port, this is the one  .  .  .



.  .  .  it was the model's first ever shoot, and she wasn't a surfer at all, but it captures the exact energy and look I was after for a period surf piece, and Carrie looks like a real shredder  .  .  .  I ended up pushing the original image a bit (and converted it to B&W), to get the relative coarseness of a pushed 400 asa, Tri-X film image of that time period  .  .  .  really enjoy the way it came out, it's a commercial piece, but I have a framed print of this version on my office wall  .  .  .

SOS

Another reason it works well is it almost follows the golden ratio compositionally.  It's something that's not talked about often (people revert to the generic rule of thirds) but is something I teach religiously.  It has more to do with increasing size spaces from the subject to the edge of the frame to create visual momentum. 

Nicely seen!

Joel Belmont wrote:

Another reason it works well is it almost follows the golden ratio compositionally.  It's something that's not talked about often (people revert to the generic rule of thirds) but is something I teach religiously.  It has more to do with increasing size spaces from the subject to the edge of the frame to create visual momentum. 

Nicely seen!

Glad you enjoyed it Mr. J  .  .  .  I shoot almost exclusively for commercial purposes at this point, so "white" space for copy and logos is always at a premium in an image, having an image have a flow that brings the viewers eye to what the client thinks is important is the paramount goal, the setting and the model just enhance the message (at least in the client's eyes)  .  .  .  all that being said, I still try and produce quality images that can stand alone when I'm shooting, and this one really caught that essence of that  .  .  .  easily one of my all time favorites!  Thanks for the look  .  .  .

SOS

Joel Belmont wrote:
If all your images were going to be destroyed, and you could only save ONE - which one would you save - and why that image? What qualities does it have that makes it stand out above the rest?

I already mentioned one image in the other thread you made in this regard, but just reposting it would be repetitive, so I'll add this one to the USB key I'm desperately copying photos into as the flames engulf my home:

https://www.reimeika.ca/page/portfolio/DSX_21125.jpg

I like that there's a bit of a mystery to it, and the colour palette (in contrast to the previous photo I posted which could only really work in B&W). The model, Kotomi, is not on MM, but she was a trooper when we took this snapshot in dreadful weather.

GRMACK wrote:


Mainly 'cause I made everything she is wearing from cane to hat.

I like this image!

Wandering Eyebubble wrote:
I already mentioned one image in the other thread you made in this regard, but just reposting it would be repetitive, so I'll add this one to the USB key I'm desperately copying photos into as the flames engulf my home.

Which other thread? I’ve only asked this question one other time I can think of, and it’s in a private mastermind group for our Dynamic Nude Masterclass, so not sure that you would have seen it there.

The things you like about it... muted color pallete, impersonality... these are a good recipe for creating more images you really like. 👌

Joel Belmont wrote:
Which other thread? I’ve only asked this question one other time I can think of, and it’s in a private mastermind group for our Dynamic Nude Masterclass, so not sure that you would have seen it there.

This one:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/973544

The framing of your question was essentially the same ("if you could only save one image...")

The things you like about it... muted color pallete, impersonality... these are a good recipe for creating more images you really like. 👌

Thanks!

Wandering Eyebubble wrote:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/973544

The framing of your question was essentially the same ("if you could only save one image...")

Ah yes, that was last summer. I was using it more as a criteria as which image to submit for a critique.

The intent here is not critique, but to elucidate qualities for each photographer that give them the possibility to create more images that have as much impact as their favorite image.

Good memory.

PhillipM wrote:
One of my favs in the portrait genre.  Meeting him in the parking lot behind the shop one summer afternoon, and asking him to come in so I could grab this.  The guy was having a tough day to say the least.

What are the qualities it has that make it special to you, aside from the backstory/your experience making the image?