August Challenge discussion - Inspired by the style of Henri Cartier Bresson

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So I've set the ball rolling.

Nice one

Actually I may scupper your cunning plan to be the only entrant as I've discovered Bresson shot some trees on AB's link :)

Hopefully no one will notice i took the shot before I noticed Bresson's photo :lol:

PS AB, I think we need one of these inspired by the work of Helmut Newton ;) Bit of a Bresson acolyte as it turns out
 
Nice one

Actually I may scupper your cunning plan to be the only entrant as I've discovered Bresson shot some trees on AB's link :)

Hopefully no one will notice i took the shot before I noticed Bresson's photo :lol:

PS AB, I think we need one of these inspired by the work of Helmut Newton ;) Bit of a Bresson acolyte as it turns out

I'll have some of that.
 
Missus has turned the gig down, will have to look for other models

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bit of a tricky one this month, but still had some fun taking pics tho

I really wanted to do a saucy/erotic type pic with all the innocence left in, making you use ur imagination a bit, but I never got round to it, too much football this month methinks - lol

nearly the end of the month and only 3 entries so far, I thought oooh I better get my finger out.

I had one or two decent candidates for this month (well I thought so anyways!)

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this being one I rejected 'Road to nowhere', coz I always seem to enter 'rural' pics lol, and I didn't want an environment pic AGAIN! so I went with 'Laura Jane' instead.
 
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Had a go this month for a change. It's a snapshot I took at Kielder Skyspace but I thought it captured the spirit of Bresson's work, ie geometry, compassion and the decisive moment (namely my daughter walking in, deciding it was crap and walking out again :lol:).

I thought there was a passing resemblance to this Bresson shot.

Camera = Sony Cybershot, with a bit of Photoshop jiggery pokery.
 
well, looks like mine is in, wasnt gonna enter as had a busy month but after looking at ab22's link i noticed he had pics of a crowd at a american footy match or something, realised i had similar b&w pics from a cardiff match i attended a couple of weeks back so figured i'd just hoy one of those in

the pic it reminds me of....notice remind not inspired.

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Thats mine in, took yesterday in The Borders. Couldnt pick one in particular to say inspired me, theres quite a few that are similar in composition.
 
I always said peachy was a bit kentish

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Bazza! :lol:

(I didn't know how to straighten it and HCB didn't believe in post production anyway from what I read:))


Minnis Bay I think, looking back to Reculver and Epple Bay and Westgate ahead (as you go along the coast).

Not sure anybody did in the pre-digital days, it was a massive frig on.
 
ooooh the entries are coming thick and fast!!!

I would say that this month (imo) The pics should really be as 'straight out of the camera' as possible.

ok turning a coulor pic to b&w is acceptable (imo), and maybe a wee bit of cropping, but the charm of those old pics is their quirkiness.

some good shots there folks
 
ooooh the entries are coming thick and fast!!!

I would say that this month (imo) The pics should really be as 'straight out of the camera' as possible.

ok turning a coulor pic to b&w is acceptable (imo), and maybe a wee bit of cropping, but the charm of those old pics is their quirkiness.

some good shots there folks

The remit is 'inspired by' not a pastiche of Bresson. I do agree about the cracking standard of entries though.
 
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