Comments on: margaret bryant – the dangers of drunk dialing

By: Fotografo matrimonio Cuneo

Fotografo matrimonio Cuneo — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:42:09 +0000

Really strong image, very nice composition, lovely…

By: Jamie Maxtone-Graham

Jamie Maxtone-Graham — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:57:02 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTNBRs7Ccs

No rules in knife fights. Or photography.

By: david alan harvey

david alan harvey — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:51:23 +0000

MARGARET

i do not think anyone here is a rule follower…we never talk about “rules” here…no “photo 101″ of course depending on who was/is teaching photo 101…the so called “rules” are from a long long time ago…so go crazy….or not…no rules..loving this image….

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:17:26 +0000

danger????!!!!
drunk driving? yes
drunk posting on burn? yes..
but drunk dialing??? nah , i dont think so :)
(big hug, nice photo btw. plus the shoes plus those fishnets plus the legs ;)

By: Akaky

Akaky — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:17:32 +0000

I do, Paul. I use them because I don’t have a cell phone.

By: eva

eva — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:35:16 +0000

Ehm.. yes to the above.

By: paultreacy.com

paultreacy.com — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:19:08 +0000

Does anyone even use a phone like this anymore? A phone with wires attached?

By: Framers Intent

Framers Intent — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:29:52 +0000

Oh, don’t get me started on the topic of “you’ve cropped her feet off!!” Gah, I had an image I shared on flickr where so many people complained I’d cut the wheels off a stroller and then told me to reframe in a way that would crop of something important. Last time I checked, stroller wheels didn’t carry any obvious and heavy symbolic weight. Fools.

Fun change to the Burn cover, seeing this up here. Like it. Digging the throwback to ye olde days when “mobile” meant as far as the cord could (or in this case, not) stretch. Nice. :-)

And, on the topic of Burn being a pronsite, well, all I can say to that is…BURN baby BURN! ;-P

By: twynklebat

twynklebat — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:31:47 +0000

I think it’s mainly really REALLY stuffy people that believe general helpful guidelines are hard-and-fast rules; therefore you have done something wrong if you crop a foot off, no matter how intentionally it was done, or something. Best I can tell. But if there were no “rules,” per se, there couldn’t really be photography classes. And I think lacking these very basic photo 101 teachings helps me, specifically, because I’m afraid with those skills it would be too easy to get caught up in technicalities, and also too tempting to PURPOSEFULLY break these “rules” which might not always be the best idea. As is things are all is instinct which I think is best when developing a style. When the instinct is solid enough to trust, and to know when to just ignore things like whatever aperture setting general knowledge of such things would tell me to use, THEN I want to learn all those things.

By: Frostfrog

Frostfrog — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:27:18 +0000

What is that big, bulkly, black thing in the middle of the picture?

I agree with MW – I looked at this and then left for awhile and I found myself wondering both what rules you were referring to and also what rules you believe you broke when you took the picture.

In both cases, I am stumped.

Fun picture, though. And yes, I smell the alcohol. I’m not certain that I would have, had I not read your statement, but having read it, I definitely do.

By: Jason_Houge

Jason_Houge — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:54:48 +0000

I guess I used to call other countries when I was a kid, with the old turn dial type ATT phones… I don’t remember any of it though :)

By: pAtrIcIO m.

pAtrIcIO m. — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:52:00 +0000

Hey, in the era of iPads and cell phones, love the picture and the idea of having THE telephone in the hands with a real keyboard with numbers!
VIVA bakelite telephones!
P.

By: mw

mw — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:49:59 +0000

Ha, broke my own rule about commenting without saying anything about the work…

Nice photo. I like the color, dof, and playfulness. The unplugged phone cord goes with the theme. Sometimes accidents work…

By: mw

mw — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:32:03 +0000

I’m not being sarcastic. I’m really unaware of any rules (talking art, not photojournalism or medical imaging or something like that of course). Maybe there’s a rule about using some sort of camera, which would include scanners, cat scans and the like. But other than that, I don’t think it’s any different than other art forms? Are there any rules in painting other than using paint, if that?

By: twynklebat

twynklebat — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:16:10 +0000

All I know is that there seem to be some of these rules because I’ve been accused in both good and very negative ways of breaking them. I really DON’T know what they are because the griping ones never bother to explain.

By: mw

mw — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:51:27 +0000

I’m unaware of any extant rule which one could possibly break?

By: Herve

Herve — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:35:48 +0000

Given how ubiquitous the statement is, to break the rules, in photography, rather seems just another a rule .

By: twynklebat

twynklebat — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:11:47 +0000

You know what’s kinda lame? I NEVER made the phone sex connection! It’s all good, the more layers of meaning as a person can get from it the better, but it simply never crossed my mind.

Margaret

By: bob black

bob black — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:26:42 +0000

:)))

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:59:59 +0000

Jack…
Anyway thanks for the idea :)