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Jack Ligon
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- Pleasanton, CA
- United States
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- About Me and My Photography Experience:
- Fishback School of Photo, various seminars and class since 1973 in portraiture, scenic and business photo. Owned Ligon Interpretive Photography, Eugene, Or 73-85, Free lance till 2004. Teach at Las Positas College 14 classes through out the year till present.
- My Photography Equipment:
- Nikon D90
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- At 1:00pm on March 18, 2012,
Diane Dubreuil Dugas said… Thank you Jack, happy you like it:)
- At 4:24am on December 22, 2011, Diane Dubreuil Dugas said…
Your comment;
I have a great deal of respect and absolutely adore your work... however was a bit disappointed to see the wedding images rather jaded and staged. In "my opinion" the white vignette is gimmicky and distracting, the poses were lifeless not showing a true moment in time (you are so good with that)... basically I didn't see your awesome sensitivity, creativity and unique perspective showing up this time.
My response;
Hi Jack,
I didn't take offense, I love and put all my passion into the work I do, including that wedding, I am very happy about the result, the painting work was an add on, you may not like it, but I do, this is part of who I am, I love painting.
For your info, I had no time to stage anything, I didn't know the people before the event, no clue about the location and no POV to work with.
What I found offensive in your comment is when you said that they were lifeless not showing a true moment, all of the shots that I did during this event were showing real moment, with real people sharing happiness and love I am very disappointed that you couldn't see it and if I painted a castle at the editing stage it was to add romance & magic to their day and they loved it, it was a rewarding and creative piece of art:)
- At 12:16am on December 16, 2011,
Usha said… Thank u Jack :)
- At 7:05am on November 19, 2011, Diane Dubreuil Dugas said…
Thank you so much Jack I really appreciate your comment and visit:)
- At 7:02pm on November 9, 2011,
Dr. N. Pallewela said… thanks Jack for enthusiastic comment
- At 6:39pm on October 30, 2011,
thoriq zeyadh said… - thank you jack, have shared experiences that are very useful
- At 2:15am on October 28, 2011, thoriq zeyadh said…
- photos of you are very different .... really inspired me as a beginner. thank you jack
- At 3:40pm on September 25, 2011, Diane Dubreuil Dugas said…
- Thank you so much Jack for your comment :)
- At 6:19am on August 5, 2011,
Paul Donihue said… Love your photographs, Jack. Your photos are varied and are really tremendous.Love your eye.
What kind of processing software do you use? A couple of these photos would blow you away with an HDR touch. Nik Software allows you to do that both the regular way and with HDR effects.
- At 10:42am on August 4, 2011,
Wanda McQuillin said… - You have some lovely photos and I like your outlook. Thanks for sharing.
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Seeing, part II - Seeing throught a childs eyes
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:55am 1 Comment 1 Like
As we go through life we get jaded to the world around us. We put names, titles and pigeon hole everything we have experienced so as to move on to new thoughts, ideas, philosophies and perceptions to what life is. A good way to rediscover the ability to see "what is" rather how we "interpret and pigeon hole our reality"; go on an excursion with a 5 to 8 year old. As you travel in a fields or cities, ask continuously, "what do you see".
I feel you will be amazed as to…
Continue Seeing part 1
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:37pm 0 Comments 1 Like
In one of my class I stop at a turn off by a forested road with apparently nothing of interest to shoot. When asked what do you see all seem to feel I've gone mad to stop at such a spot void of anything of interest. Instructed to NOT see the boulders, trees, tire marks in soft soil but the lines, shapes and tones created by light, a transformation results. They begin to see shapes, shadows that make up asymmetrical images.
I've seen the above transformation countless budding…
Continue snap shot vs. created image
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:14pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Think of photography as crating images rather then just taking a picture (snap shot).
The difference is...TIME.
Time to "see" the entire scene (the Golden Rule, what is the main SUBJECT, eliminate distracting items),
Time to wait for the best lighting (shoot one hour after/before sunrise/sunset),
Time to set the camera for that image (correct exposure, depth of field, white balance, etc.)
Lastly, see the scene not as a noun (house, flower, tree, lake, etc)…
Continue A way to learn
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:21pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Being an instructor in photography for over 40 years, I have found it a bit difficult finding a variety of unique images and techniques to show them. This site is perfect for my students as well as myself to explore the creative aspect of modern photography.
I have and will be sharing this site with all my past and future students.
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