Carol Tripp on fri 20 feb 04
Hi Lorene,
I think you have a very valid point. How-To photos should be taken from as
near to the potter's view as possible. Sometimes when a student has a
particularly difficult time with a technique, I find it best if she stands
besides me and observes from that angle.
And furthermore, videos would be much more useful if taken from that view
too, or as close a possible to it. I stopped buying instructional pottery
videos because I became totally fed up with distant cameras and lousy angles
and more views of the potter than the work. I don't even want to see the
potter - only the hands. Fat chance of that happening.
Sounds like you are staying several steps ahead of your students. Keep
moving ;-)
Best regards,
Carol
Dubai, UAE
Lorene wrote, in part:
>I see your point and it wouldn't have been a problem except I was trying to
>keep my hands in the positions that were shown in books so they were
>backwards. Another thing that's annoying is the photos in the books are
>from the front! They really should take the pictures from the viewpoint of
>the potter so the hands look like what you'll see when trying it yourself.
>
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