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Segment 9, Photo Review Series: Line, Light, and Color with David Saffir and Sally Wiener Grotta

Photographers Sally Wiener Grotta and David Saffir analyze David’s midnight Manhattan street scene photo, which was created by engaging his technical expertise, but being guided by compositional instinct.
Image © David Saffir
(Video is part of the Light, Line, and Color series © 2012 by Sally Wiener Grotta and David Saffir.)

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Next Segment, New Photo Review Series: Line, Light, and Color with David Saffir and Sally Wiener Grotta

No photographer can plan everything. Sally Wiener Grotta and David Saffir discuss how photographers hone their eyes and minds to take advantage of often fleeting accidents of nature and timing that can lead to momentous photographs. Image © David Saffir
(Video is part of the Light, Line, and Color series © 2012 by Sally Wiener Grotta and David Saffir.)

PS – take a look at the Workshops tab at the top of this page!

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Next Segment, New Photo Review Series: Line, Light, and Color with David Saffir and Sally Wiener Grotta March 2, 2012

David Saffir waited 45 minutes in this underground canyon for just the right light. In his discussion about this picture with fellow photographer Sally Wiener Grotta, David explains how he chose his exposure to define the sense of space, texture and movement.In addition, they explore the various elements that make it such a successful picture.
Image © David Saffir
(Video is part of the Light, Line, and Color series © 2012 by Sally Wiener Grotta and David Saffir.)

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Next Segment, New Photo Review Series: Line, Light, and Color with David Saffir and Sally Wiener Grotta

David Saffir and Sally Wiener Grotta discuss how Sally used natural light and instinctive control over the angles within her composition to create this portrait. At the same time, Janice and Sally collaborated on creating the moment together, as a evocative personal experience.

Image © Sally Wiener Grotta, from her American Hands project
(Video is part of the Light, Line, and Color series © 2012 by Sally Wiener Grotta and David Saffir.)

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Part Three, New Photo Review Series: Line, Light, and Color with David Saffir and Sally Wiener Grotta

David Saffir and Sally Wiener Grotta explore how Bill Truran used shadow and light in this portrait, not just to define structure but also to make a human connection between the child and the viewer.
Image © Bill Truran displayed by permission.  (Video is part of the Light, Line, and Color series © 2012 by Sally Wiener Grotta and David Saffir.)

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New Photo Review Series Coming Soon!

I’ve been working with Sally Wiener Grotta on a series of discussions of photography – less theory and more practical – ranging over use of light and shadow, energy in an image, focus and composition, textures, rule of thirds, and much more.

Eastern Sierra, California © D Saffir

Each discussion is presented in the form of a Quicktime movie. The image is displayed, and our unplanned, candid comments and discussion are provided as well.Our initial set includes nine discussions. All took place when we happened to be attending a conference. Audio is ok but not broadcast-quality (next time!) – but the discussions are lively and in many cases we make an effort to approach photo review in new ways.

We hope you enjoy these – we certainly plan a series during 2012, probably one each calendar quarter. We welcome feedback and questions, as we’d like to keep raising the bar as we go forward!

I expect to publish these within the next week or so.

Thanks, and good shooting!