Comments on: Acratech GV2 Ballhead: Review & Giveaway

By: William Chang

William Chang — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:48:22 +0000

Hi I stumbled upon your site quite by accident. I was looking for a discount coupon to buy a new acratech ultimate ballhead… but the GV2 will do just fine!
My favorite all time shot is one I took of leaves, back in the days when I was a student of photography in the hills of the Nilgiris, India.

Here’s a link: http://sites.google.com/site/williamchangimagesleaves/

By: Tania Di Meglio

Tania Di Meglio — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:45:04 +0000

… here’s a link I found: http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/tiananmen-square-1989.html

By: Tania Di Meglio

Tania Di Meglio — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:43:57 +0000

Pictures of those I know are the ones that I hold dearest. Old photos of passed on loved ones are such a gift – and why I find myself taking so many photos so often … photos tend to immortalize, I think. The moment seems to stay forever with the film.

But, when I actually stopped to think of what my favourite photo was, I actually thought more of “which photo IMPACTED me the most”. Not just a pretty one … but one that told an entire story in one frame.

The photo that came to mind was of Tiananmen Square in 1989. I did some research anfd found that it was taken by Jeff Widener. Perhaps not the most scientifically perfect shot – but for me, time stands still. Good vs. Evil.

I think it’s brilliant.

By: Bruce Hemingway

Bruce Hemingway — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:10:04 +0000

Ansel Adams’ “Moonlight: Hernandez” is my favorite– I have a copy on the wall of my office. The print, and the story of its making, helps me to remember to get it right on the first shot– I may not get another chance.

By: Jo Anseeuw

Jo Anseeuw — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:59:01 +0000

It is maybe not the most beautiful picture that I have ever seen, but for me one of the most powerful ones. It is the famous picture of Nick Ut of Kim Puck fleeing away after a Napalm attack in 1972 in Vietnam (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4517597.stm)
Why? Because it reminds me, and keeps reminding me of the worst AND best in people. The picture is on one hand a nightmare, and keeps lingering in my mind, but when you know the story afterwards, how the cameraman took care of her, and how she now lives happily, thanks to the care of many people in Canada, then it shows that even in hard times, people can do the right thing. And that gives hope.

By: Jon-Marc Sawatsky

Jon-Marc Sawatsky — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:03:49 +0000

Probably my most favourite photograph is one taken by Ansel Adams of Yosemite Valley, 1942. When I was younger, before I was into photography or even knew who he was, it somehow grabbed me. For me, it almost looked heavenly. It also was reverberated memories of what I was picturing when I read “The Lord of the Rings” for the first time. Then, as I became interested in photography, it became symbolic to me as the “perfect picture”: one with emotion, drama, great composition and beautiful tones (something I aspired to make). I still love looking at this photograph and it is that timelessness that has made it my favourite photography.

By: Craig Beyers

Craig Beyers — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:57:31 +0000

My favorite photo is one of my first “art” photos and one of those “I hope this works” shots. It’s a night shot of a ferris wheel at the 1972 Canadian Nation Exhibition, shot with a Nikkormat and the f/1.4 50mm lens on either Kodachrome of Ektachrome (I can’t remember and the slide’s at home). The photo’s my favorite because the slow shutter speed–probably 1/8 or 1/16 of a second was just long enough for the colored lights on the ferris wheel “arms” show up as broad red, green, blue, and yellow bands. The wheel is backlit against an almost black–Zone II–nightime sky. It’s my favorite because 1) it’s just a cool image, 2) I took it, and 3) that photo convinced me I might have an artistic eye (which wasn’t all that certain up to that point). Because of that photo and its impact on me, I’ve worked hard at being a photographer, learning to see better, and have confidence in my own artistic vision. Thanks.

By: Steven Alexander

Steven Alexander — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:41:56 +0000

I do not have a single image that is my favorite but I do think that Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photo of Joseph Goebbels is possible the strongest photographic capture of pure hate and therefore is among the top images that have had an emotional impact on me.
There are far too many photographs that a have inspired me or moved me or just taken me to some place I can go to to pick just one.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:45:58 +0000

Acratech GV2 Ballhead Giveaway:
Rainbow over the Potala Palace by Galen Rowell- Rowell’s work continues to inspire me- even after his death. It was always about the light, always. The most mundane subject was elevated to art by his use of it.

By: Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:11:45 +0000

My favorite picture at this point has to be one that I took a couple of summers ago at our company picnic. Our picnic was at a local zoo and I happened to catch a little girl resting her head on some railing watching one of the monkey exhibits. I had just taken up photography and still didn’t really know what I was doing but somehow the planets came into alignment and the photo turn out well.