Sweeties - oh dear... and cropping too

By Nik Stanbridge on June 24, 2008 10:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Normally (ever) I don't crop images. Everyone [link here to 'No crop Nik' [here somewhere] but I can't find/search for the link] knows that. I have a pure philosophy that an image is an image. And that I as a photographer do the framing at the point of image capture. It is a philosophy rather than a life choice. I do what I can in the pursuit...

Occasionally I have to abandon it. My excuse today is that I don't have a macro lens. I've never had one. Always wanted one. My friend Mike is quite keen on macro and has weird 'tables' and all sorts... Doodads.

OK, so without a macro I have to zoom. And that freaks out all sorts of stuff. Not least of which is resolution. These pics cannot be zoomed any more - they are maxed out! And I'm surprised quite how poor they are really.

Composition though was a massive factor. Spending 15 quid on sweets was only the start of it... I then had to be an art director. Hmm I'm not one of those. But, cool, Sue is :) Most of these are as a result of Sue's art direction. I just pressed the button (apart from the ones that Bryony [12) art directed (and I still just pressed the button)).

[BTW, iPod shuffle has just delivered Fireball by Deep Purple... oh, and now Peaches En Regalia by Frank Zappa (live). How lovely]

Loads more 'traditional' sweets to photograph. Soon.