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on the aesthetics of everyday art, by St. Louis photojournalist erik lunsford
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Not this one unfortunately .. I know it was rather required given the scene, but that is way too much ‘highlight saving’ in photoshop for my taste..
Posted 28 Dec 2008 at 11:22 pm ¶Thanks for the comment Matt. This photo attracts both positive and negative critiques. I’m glad to see it still carries impact. Regards.
Posted 29 Dec 2008 at 8:53 am ¶I like this a lot. The group in the center with the camera look like a posed tableau. Was it set up?
Posted 20 Jan 2009 at 4:22 pm ¶Hi David, thanks for the comment and thanks for twittering. No, the photograph was not setup. It’s completely documentary. I was working on a story about our fashion week in St. Louis and I needed to get a few frames from the after-hours events. So, I ended up in this nightclub looking for photographs that relied heavily on the color and motion to carry a late-night feel. I happened to be looking over the dance floor when I saw the faint glow of a red focus-assist light from the subject’s camera light up the women. I clicked off a few frames and fortunately one of them contained the flash pop. The frames before and after this moment don’t have nearly the impact.
Posted 21 Jan 2009 at 12:21 am ¶Post a Comment