Rene Collin's photostream

Rene Collin's photostream on Flickr.

L1003316

L1003316, originally uploaded by Paul A. Roid Street Photography.

Oh my god, this is just unreal...

Open letter to commercial photographers

I am a fellow photographer, I hope you dont mind that I am not going to be very sympathetic towards your work..

Popularity amongst clients is one thing, because clients cant see the way we do as photographers, that is why they hire us to make what they want to see into something they can see.

I see an awful lot of repetition in your work, a lot of content but not a lot of personality. I feel you rely on your equpment to give you a signiture, and as for shooting on film over anything else, I dont believe that the medium should be part of the message as your vision should shine through regardless of the tool in your hand.

I hope you dont take offence at my opinions.

I believe that we as visionaries have a responsibility to help our clients see beyond our ideas and encourage them to advance our vision & give them the ability to breathe life into new ideas beyond what it is we have given them in the first place.

Patrick

I'm so glad Starbucks coffee reminds me what Saint Patricks day is actually all about.

The further one goes the less one knows -Derek Jarman

I recently went back to my homeland and saw my parents for the first time in 7 years, and it was a compelling occasion because there are so many things one learns about ones self when one is confronted with the people who are responsible for your existence. Its not as easy to identify that when you see them on a regular basis.
I watch as my parents decline and fade. It is momentus, overwhelming, beautiful and assuring.

Don't stand so close to me..

its the defecit that excists between those that you fancy, and those that fancy you. There's always dissapointment.

20090923|01|19

20090923|01|19, originally uploaded by irq506.

I am thinking thoughts of escape. I need to leave.
Here have a picture I shot in September 2009.