Zowie, I get ALL the fun today. How great to get to look through so many fine pictures. Thanks for all the submissions so far. I think I might have found two for the book already!
Keep 'em coming. Thanks to all. (I think I am going to have an enjoyable week.)
[UPDATE to the Update, Friday at 9 a.m.: I just hope as many people buy the book as are submitting pictures for it....
Eight submissions so far with the wrong subject line. But people are being very nice about it when I point it out.
Generally, I'm getting too many simple landscapes and simple seascapes. "Quiet" is just an adjective to describe the color—it doesn't have to be a quiet picture, or a simple one, necessarily. Just anything in which the colors work together but don't scream at you. But again, many thanks for all the submissions—some very nice work going by. It's also nice to see so many names of readers who are seldom or never commenters.]
Mike
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The book should be great. But I'd love to see a compilation of B-sides, too ;)
Posted by: Dennis | Thursday, 26 September 2013 at 09:29 PM
The quiet seascapes that you are getting should be very restful, and probably can be the basis of a meditation video or an anti-insomnia experience.
Posted by: scott kirkpatrick | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 11:06 AM
Mike,
"'Quiet' is just an adjective to describe the color—it doesn't have to be a quiet picture, or a simple one, necessarily. Just anything in which the colors work together but don't scream at you.
I'd love to see an example of an image which meets well your criteria.
[Back at ya, Will--I'd love to see an image which meets the criterion in your view. If I gave you an example, it would be a picture I already have for the book, meaning I don't need another just like it. So surprise me! --Mike]
Posted by: Will Whitaker | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 11:11 AM
That's why I'm not submitting any pictures (the narrow probability of them being selected aside): I photograph mostly black and white, and when I do colours I like them life-like: rich and vibrant.
Posted by: Manuel | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 11:48 AM
LOL - you've brought us (well me anyway) into koan territory. What IS "quiet" ? I went off to a couple of dictionaries after reading your "update to the update"; here's one entry from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/quiet):
1. Making little or no noise: quiet neighbors; a quiet engine.
2. Free of loud noise; hushed: a quiet street.
3. Calm and unmoving; still: a quiet lake.
4. Free of turmoil and agitation; untroubled. See Synonyms at still1.
5. Restful; soothing: a quiet afternoon nap; a quiet tune on the flute.
6. Tranquil; serene: a quiet place in the country.
7. Not showy or garish; subdued: a room decorated in quiet colors.
8. Restrained in style; understated: a quiet strength; a quiet life.
Still paring down my selections - it may take a lifetime...
Posted by: anthony | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 12:47 PM
"Generally, I'm getting too many simple landscapes and simple seascapes."
Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one who made that mistake :). I submitted before reading the comments section of the orginal "Call for Work" post where you expanded on what you were looking for. You might want to bring that comment forward somehow.
Jim
Posted by: Jim Bradley | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 01:10 PM
"Generally, I'm getting too many simple landscapes and simple seascapes."
So much for my second submission.
Posted by: Jim Witkowski | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 01:28 PM
I'm chained to my "day job" (i.e. chained to my desk for as many days as it takes for an Ajax error to go away on a client's website)
Is there a deadline on this?
"Quiet" is just an adjective to describe the color reminds me of a heated discussion among some musicians with synthesia about whether something sounded green vs. wet vs. sour
Posted by: hugh crawford | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 02:10 PM
"Back at ya, Will--I'd love to see an image which meets the criterion in your view. If I gave you an example, it would be a picture I already have for the book, meaning I don't need another just like it. So surprise me!"--Mike
OK, I'll play the game. Done.
Posted by: Will Whitaker | Friday, 27 September 2013 at 03:18 PM
Looking through my own (and some others'_ work over the weekend led me to an interesting discovery. Very little of the photography I do, or indeed like, seems to be much about the colour. And when it is, it is often vivid colours.
This is quite a select seb-set of photographs you're looking for.
Posted by: Martin Doonan | Sunday, 29 September 2013 at 11:37 PM