THANK YOU BODYAUDITOR…!
As photographers there is perhaps nothing more than we appreciate more than a kind word about our work. BodySpace member "BodyAuditor” went beyond a kind word in his comment to one of my recent BodyBlog posts…
“You know what I think is so cool about your photo’s Ian? You go a step further than just showing off awesome muscles and well let’s be real here, hot chicks. Your shots cause us (me anyway) to ponder, to understand what may be going through a your subject’s mind, to feel the scene, dare I say, to feel a touch euphoric. The shot in this article of the bodybuilder going up the stairs watching the big screen is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. I can look at one of your shots one day and feel a certain way about it, then will look the next day and feel possibly the antithesis. Congrats on striving to be the best and for choosing to make a positive difference!”
This is the photo he was referring to specifically…
First, I cannot say Thank You enough! Then I will say that my own photograhpy endeavors are rooted in my own fascination with photographs of all kinds, from the earliest days of photography, to the famous fashion photographers like Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon and so much more. It is that fascination that makes me want to show more than just awesome muscles and hot chicks but the people themselves, what is behind their eyes, and sometimes to create my own art.
So BodyAuditor, THANK YOU THANK YOU!
And please keep coming back if you "Wanna See More…?"
June 5, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Not to be "me too" about this, but I want to underscore a point I made in a previous comment that what I liked about the backstage pictures from Memorial Day was the sense of anticipation and preparation. You ussually see the front of the stage and the ready pose - not the back side. I feel more able to connect and relate at an emotional level. Similarly - pictures of bodybuilders training and the shots in between sets as they mentally and physically prepare. I get very connected to those shots - not the one where they jack 200 lb db’s. Thanks Ian.