dari kritik-kritik yang pernah saya terima, ada satu hal yang sering muncul di dalamnya, yaitu POI...
man, kayaknya POI ini penting banget ya (i hate it!!..and it sounds like the girl in "30 hari mencari cinta")...well, let me redefine the meaning of POI...

POI :
Points of Idealism/Ideology...just shoot and show your idealism!!!
Points of Identification...identity, itu aja...
Points of Idiocy...idiot's photography
Points of Idiomacy...create u'r own language of photography
Points of Idleness...photography of silence
Points of Ignition...blow others mind with u'r photography
Points of Ignorance...cuek aja and shoot!!!
Points of Illness...sick photography!!
Points of Illegality...u know what i mean
Points of Illegitimacy...forget the rules!!!
Points of Illiberality...narrow minded photography
Points of Illogical...out of this logical world
Points of Illusion...false ideas, use it!!
Points of Imagination...dream baby, dream!!
Points of Imbalance...libra, eat your heart out!!!
Points of Imbecility...stupidity does count
Points of Imitation...haha, it's everybody's favorite
Points of Immaterial...can u show me?? i'm a ghost
Points of Immaturity...show u'r photography of learning
Points of Immeasurable...count the lights, hitung aja 'ndiri!
Points of Immediacy...1/100000.....000000
Points of Immensity...Godzilla photography
Points of Immorality...[!![[$%$$%]!!![
Points of Immortality...the year is 2523, and my photography still exist
Points of Impact...BAAAAM!!!!
Points of Imperfection...go to hell Perfectionest!!
Points of Impersonation...let me be you
Points of Implotion...self-detonated photography
Points of Impoliteness...upsss, sorry!!
Points of Impossiblity...hard-work photography
Points of Impotence...try me
Points of Impracticability...nobody would do this, but i would
Points of Improbability...ah masa sih??
Points of Improperity...photography of ketidakcocokan
Points of Improvisation...when the battery dries out
Points of Inaccuracy...u miss the shot..who cares!!
Points of Inadequacy...lack of light, lack of balance, lack of space
Points of Inanimate...stillest of still life
Points of Incantation...sim salabim,abrakadabra,put spells in ur photo
Points of Incarnation...give me blood and flesh
Points of Incidentaly...small portions of beauty
Points of Incision...cut through someone's mind
Points of Incompatibality...install linux on Macintosh
Points of Incomprehensible...confuse!!!!
Points of Incompletely...hmmm??
Points of Inconsistency/Inconstancy...harmony sucks!!
Points of Indecency...taboo
Points of Individualism...photography of my own
Points of Ineffectiveness...u'r fired!!
Points of Inefficiency...u'r fired!!
Points of Infection...make others suffer the same
Points of Infertility...non-productive photography
Points of Inorganic...shoot the "other"
Points of Insanity...Post-Surrealist photography
Points of Insignificance...not important
Points of Instability...Choose u'r side,man
Points of Inversion...i go up, u go down
Points of Irony...Opposite meanings
Points of Irrationality...leave u'r reasons behind
Points of Irregularity...rules, what rules??
Points of Irrelevacancy...disconnected
Points of Irritation...put dusts in your eyes and u know what i mean
Points of Irresponsibility...it's u'r fault

supaya bisa mengerti, ganti POI di kalimat ini dengan salah satu POI di atas :

"Foto anda bagus, tapi POI-nya mana?"

kalo sudah, terlihat bahwa POI tidak selamanya harus "Points of Interest"...
i use all of these everytime i shoot...and it feels gooood!!!
try it, and give me a comment...

peringatan!!
* POI adalah "POINTS of I...." bukan "PHOTOGRAPHY of I....", jadi tolong dibedakan ya...so whatever Photography u do, make sure these POI are in it
* terjemahan di atas adalah terjemahan bebas, sebebas anda menerjemahkannya...
* i'm a sick-minded photographer, but still a photographer...
* fuzzy images with bright ideas are better then bright images with fuzzy ideas....photography as an art-form is photography of ideas..


comment everything, including this warning

Saya tertarik dengan diskusi kali ini, Saya mencoba menanggapi ..
saya memberikan contoh foto saya yang satu ini..

konsepnya saya ingin menampilkan efek gerakan yang ada di pasar ini, yang secara sederhana menampilkan 'keramaian pasar'. tentu efek gerakan ini harus diimbangi dengan benda/orang yang tidak bergerak, agar terlihat kontras antara yang bergerak dan tidak bergerak.

untuk mendapatkan exposure yang tepat, saya mencoba foto di tempat ini puluhan kali.. saya mencoba beberapa komposisi diafragma dan speed (lambat) yang bervariasi, kemudian menaikkan/menurunkan nilai Exposure Compensation beberapa kali..

setelah saya menemukan angka diafragma, speed lambat, dan EV yang tepat, saya mengambil gambar beberapa kali, untuk mendapatkan "bentuk pergerakan" yang lebih indah, dari sekedar gerakan biasa. Tentunya dibantu dengan guideline rule of thumb komposisi 1/3
Beruntung saya didukung oleh kamera digital yang tidak terlalu menghabiskan film, dan untuk mempelajari teknik memang tidak gampang, dan perlu banyak berlatih dan belajar. tentunya proses pembelajaran itu ngga gratis kan.. No Pain No Gain..

Saya setuju sekali dengan pak Yoni Tan, pemahanan konsep juga perlu didukung dengan penguasaan teknik yang bagus. Teknik dan konsep ini akan berjalan seiring sejalan, dengan foto foto yang kita tampilkan sesuai dengan kualitas pemahaman kita.

Perlu dipahami juga bahwa orang akan susah mencerna konsep yang kita tawarkan, tanpa didasari dengan teknik penyajian yang bagus. Dan teknik yang bagus akan kehilangan nyawa tanpa ada konsep dibelakangnya..

mas Pujo bagus tuh fotonya...:)

POI? hiii...:-S takut saya ngomongnya...saya sering dimarahin dan dibilang, "Sok nyeni loe greess!"