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Armchair

Armchair
Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #452: A chair

Tribute to Philippe Halsman's "Six photography rules":

☑ the rule of the direct approach
☑ the rule of the unusual technique
☑ the rule of the added unusual feature
☑ the rule of the missing feature
☑ the rule of compounded features
☑ the rule of the literal or ideographic method

Sources:

Ming Thein (2016), The principles of Philippe Halsman
Wikipedia: Philippe Halsman
Jeu de Paume: Philippe Halsman On the Creation of Photographic Ideas [EN]
Keep Snap: Six Photography Rules, Jumpology, and Dali: Philippe Halsman Biography

Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon, beapixa, Fred Fouarge, ╰☆☆June☆☆╮ and 39 other people have particularly liked this photo


38 comments - The latest ones
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Ingenious! Slightly surreal with a film noir touch!
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Gudrun club
Thank you, Gudrun =)
3 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
This is quite ghostly. Are you in a cellar?
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Amelia club
Yes, I got inspired by that wall! =)
3 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
FANTASTIC, Sami *************************
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
Thank you, Marie-claire =)
3 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Lovely play of light and shadow Sami.
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thank you, Jaap =)
3 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Where is the killer? Excellent mood.
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Xata club
At the other end of the arm! >=D

P.S. That's the "missing feature" ;-)
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
Wow !! ça donne le frisson
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to neira-Dan club
Merci, Dan =)
3 years ago.
 Diederik Santema
Diederik Santema club
Arme stoel!
(Poor chair!) (in Dutch arm means arm but also poor and pitiful)
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Diederik Santema club
Thanks! =D

Nice to know. So, in Dutch this gets an additional connotation =)
3 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Beautifully photographed Sami
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Jan
Thank you, Janano =)
3 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
horror :0 spooky light...works great in b/w
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Wierd Folkersma club
Thank you, Wertti =)
3 years ago.
 PhLB - Luc Boonen
PhLB - Luc Boonen club
I recognise the idea from the Dali image of Halsman;
thanks for all the links
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to PhLB - Luc Boonen club
Spot on! =)

That is indeed intentional reference.
3 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Ah, your creativity is in action.
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Esther club
Thank you, Esther =)
3 years ago.
 Ghislaine
Ghislaine club
Bon, tu nous a illustré un rébus !
:))
3 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Cool shadowing
3 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
A dip into your creative bucket here... well done Sami.:)

Stay Positive
3 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
superb !!!
3 years ago.
 aNNa schramm
aNNa schramm club
nkice title :-)))))
3 years ago.
 * ઇઉ *
* ઇઉ * club
Again a fabulous, original and creative realization of the group theme! :)
3 years ago.
 Bergfex
Bergfex club
Danke für die Anregungen!
3 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
film noir meets salvador dali! love this.
3 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
well done Sami

happy autumn
3 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
This must be "rule of the missing feature." Besides that, this is a masterful composition and work of art!

No, I'm wrong, there is an arm. Literal? Arm...Chair?
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Diane Putnam club
☑ the rule of the direct approach because there is what one was supposed to present, a chair.

☑ the rule of the unusual technique, strong low spotlight and posterize (Sabattier effect) post processing: digital-photography-school.com/the-sabattier-effect

☑ the rule of the added unusual feature hopefully thanks to the chair held like this. And again, also the strong light pointing from down to up. Moreover, the wall is kind of unusual as well. And me wearing a suit =P

☑ the rule of the missing feature hopefully thanks to not showing the whole person. So, the rest of the body is missing. The actor is hiding behind the frame.

☑ the rule of compounded features, if at least two above becomes true.

☑ the rule of the literal or ideographic method. Most difficult one to implement. But I have understood it means something like graphs that looks what they mean: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideogram
So, if one sees an arm and a chair, it is then: armchair... =,D

And of course the chair is held like some threatening arm to hit with...
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
★彡 Good work. Have a lovely week 彡★
3 years ago.
 polytropos
polytropos club
Lieber arm dran, als Arm ab!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
polytropos club has added
LOL!
"An arm's better off than an arm."
I wanted to see how this pun works in English.
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to polytropos club
Sorry, does not compute... 8-}
3 years ago.
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
nice contrasts
3 years ago.

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