Confidently using the observer's brain to drive a point through understatement!
Both are lovely shots, Nicolas. I learn much from you.
Hi Rachel, my humorous friend,
I'm not sure whether Nicolas "got" your humor as he seems to have taken your inverse complement literally. "Lovely" as you describe these two pictures is a word I've not heard for decades, although in London I heard it a lot; in Los Angeles, never!
I don't find these pictures "lovely" or anything cuddly like that. The new picture in comparison is less effective, it does not push things to the limit.
Now lets look at the brief given to Nicolas Claris' Bordeaux design company,
M&N Claris Organization:
Brief from client:
Show how one can enjoy our "product"…
Nicolas claris
In the Ile du Frioul (Marseille)
Nicolas,
This first picture is so very strong because we have a major boat which we know is expensive and a girl
brim-full with joy. This
unique combination showing an
understatement of the cause of her satisfaction draws attention to
why she is content! It now becomes a guide to buying. If you own such a boat, it will give you such pleasure and BTW, there might be a beautiful girl enjoying it with you. Thus, you have edged up the
social value of acquiring just this particular class of boats.
To me, the success of this original picture, (with the radiant joy), confirms the value of limited focus to empower the user to work out rank. Usually, blur lowers relevance. Here, however, you brilliantly used this almost dismissive lack of attention to construction, design and finish details to make a
real boat into a
realized dream! Brilliant and "Mission Accomplished!
I have seen, I think, enough of your work in the past 3 years to suggest that indeed
this particular picture rises to a new level. Such evolution in creative work motivates me in my own photography!
You really did make my week!
Asher
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