firsttimeuser: Grand Central 3, 1947 by Paul Himmel (gallery f5,6)
firsttimeuser: Grand Central 3, 1947 by Paul Himmel (gallery f5,6)
Of J. R. Eyerman’s famous LIFE magazine photo of filmgoers watching a 3- D movie, Stalman says:
What strikes me right away, of course, is the repetition of faces, so that individuals no longer stand out, and the image instead creates this remarkable, almost abstract pattern. You get a certain impression of the image from a distance, and then as you look closer, you suddenly begin to see the individual faces. Compositionally, the image works really well on different levels when seen at different distances.
Photo Tip #3: Look for Patterns
This post is by LIFE as part of Photojojo’s Show & Tell Week.
Of this well-known photograph of sunlight streaming into New York’s Grand Central Station as commuters make their way across the concourse, Stalman says:
The lesson is that this is something you can see anywhere — when you wake up in the morning, or walking down a hallway in a museum, or just working in a backyard shed. Everything that the light is hitting here is being lit up. So you don’t always have to think of your subject as being lit. Sometimes the light itself can be the subject. After all, none of the people here are doing much at all, they’re kind of just acting as background. It’s all about the light, the light, the light.
Photo tip #2: Light Can Be Your Subject, Not Just a Tool
This post is by LIFE as part of Photojojo’s Show & Tell Week.
