Originally posted by bossa I can't see an art director accepting anything that's OOF at all and thus any compromises would be rejected outright in a very hard-nosed manner. But I do suppose that the more shots you take the more chance there is of something being on the money although from the excellent work shown in Ben's blog I am forced to wonder how the rhythm and timing of the shots shown could have succeeded against a 40% failure of focus rate. Timing can never succeed against 40% failure rate.. this coming from a musician.
This is NOT an inquisition. I know how to use a camera and most certainly do not have to explain myself to you.
I taught photography as a guest professor at the Sorbonne School in Orleans, France. Was the Canon Photographer of the Year in France. Was sponsored by Canon, Bronica, Agfa and Pentax and have won multiple awards in photography including the Marie Claire Gold Medal for best advertising campaign for LUX soap. Have had exhibitions at the Arles Festival and the International Festival of Fashion Photography every year in Cannes since 2007 as well as permanent expositions at LUMAS Galleries World Wide
http://fr.lumas.com/artist/benjamin_kanarek/ and finally, had my images exposed at the Pentax Stand in Paris.
I have worked for magazines the likes of:
Cosmopolitan (France and Italy)
Dépêche Mode
ELLE (Spain, Mexico, Vietnam, Portugal and Greece)
Fashion District News
Fashion Magazine
Flare
Glamour (France)
Harper’s BAZAAR (China, en Español & Latin America, Hong Kong, Italy)
Jardin des Modes
Jill
L’Officiel Paris
Madame Figaro
New York Daily News
New York Times Magazine
Oyster
Tank
VOGUE (China, Portugal, Brasil, Italia, Paris and South America & Mexico), RG VOGUE Brasil
Votre Beauté
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WestEast
WWD
Yo Dona
I stayed with Pentax because like many, I was hoping for a fix and when my camera was supposedly fixed by Pentax, it would act up very quickly afterwards. The results were inconsistent, thus my hesitancy, which was also based on my loyalty to the brand the people using the system and the people at Pentax.
Thus what YOU think is meaningless. My reasons are my reasons and nobody else's. So "me thinks" it best to give it a rest!