[luftfluss]

"Questions and Answers"

The Online Photographer: Ask Mike

The Online Photographer: More Questions and Answers

Less about absolute answers to various photography-related questions, more like conversations between Mike and his readers.

Sample:

Robert Roaldi: "Why are photos of ordinary objects or places in our environment more interesting in photographs than in real life?"

Mike replies: That's a very deep question. The very short answer is that I think it releases an impression of the object into the "free world" of timelessness as discussed by Vladimir Nabokov in Speak, Memory.

[leekil]

In a photograph, the object was noticed by a photographer for some particular quality, and is being presented for your consideration, whereas in real life it is just part of the background. Plus the photograph has been composed, which may present it better than your normal angle of viewing it.

[ramseybuckeye]

In a photograph, the object was noticed by a photographer for some particular quality, and is being presented for your consideration, whereas in real life it is just part of the background. Plus the photograph has been composed, which may present it better than your normal angle of viewing it.

This answer is way better than Mike's BS answer, IMO.

[gatorguy]

This answer is way better than Mike's BS answer, IMO.

LOL!
And I agree.