The Perfect Chaos: Going beyond Eye Candies

"I take complex pictures because the world I experience is complicated and ultimately inexplicable place." Alex Webb

Hello all. This time as part of an advanced level and challenging theme we would follow celebrated street photographer Alex Webb’s technique while trying with our eye/cameras to explore complex compositions and go beyond eye candies.

We would practice against the photography clichés of “Less is More” and “Keep It Simple Stupid” by “Look for More” and “Fill the Frame”, by composing some visually complex photographs which contain more than one element, have more than one point of focus, by pushing the frame to include more and more, but falling short of chaos.

“Eye Candy” is a photo that looks cool and clean and has exactly one layer of interest. They look great for about half a second and then there is no reason for your eye to linger any longer. In this outing we would try to take pictures that make the eye to move around and see multiple layers/subjects and action.

Have a look at some of the pictures in this event page's album below on the theme. Also do some research on the technique of “Layering” and using “Multiple Subjects” in photography compositions.

Here are some useful youtube videos on the subject to get you started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei5VVqiSH34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE3D3NTl8xI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAtAyr2w6yE

Meeting Time and Place:
3pm at Sham Shui Po MTR station, Exit C2 (street level)

We will meet at Sham Shui Po MTR station Exit C2 (street level) at 3pm and then walk around in groups of two to three photographers, then re-group at (venue yet to be decided but would be announced before the outing begins) 5pm onwards for photo sharing over a drink.

Please post YOUR BEST FIVE images only for this outing on the meetup site.

For every image you post, please try to comment on at least one other image, no matter if you think you are qualified to comment or not. You can always give some constructive comments with regard to Colour, Tone, Light, Action, Pattern, Balance, Composition, Visual and Emotional appeal of the image/s. This really helps in sharing and learning from each other.

IMPORTANT:
Please sign up only if you are coming, those not showing up 2x in a row would be taken off the group list while active members would be given a preference over long inactive members, the last minute habitual dropouts and no-shows.