Comments on: Coffee with Kelly Cline http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/ Food Photography Blog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kelly http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-14888 Kelly Fri, 18 May 2007 21:01:27 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-14888 I just wanted to pop back in here really quick to add something important. There is a point in this interview where I talked about mimicking to learn. I want to make it clear to anyone who is reading this that it is fine to mimick to learn but it is NOT okay to turn around and say that is "your shot" or even sell it. If you are shooting to learn, do just that. Use it as a learning experience and file it away with your other successes, but never call it your own if you are mimicking everything within the shot from props to composition to lighting. You will run the risk of landing yourself a copyright infringement lawsuit, and that is ugly business. If you mimick to learn and you want to post it to your blog or to Flickr, make sure that you give proper and full credit to the original Photographer who inspired your mimicked shot. In my days of learning, I tended towards trying to get the lighting, composition and colors right in a shot not by making a direct or exact copy of the shots that inspired me, but by doing my own thing with the inspiration I received from those images. If I saw a bowl of kiwi fruits that were lit in a special way, I would try that with some other type of prop. Never a full on exact duplicate of what I was seeing. It's okay to be inspired, that is what makes you grow as an artist. If all you do is copy what you see, then all you will be a is Copy Cat who can not think of an original idea for themselves. Inspiration allows you to grow as an artist, copying will only stifle you. I just wanted to pop back in here really quick to add something important.

There is a point in this interview where I talked about mimicking to learn. I want to make it clear to anyone who is reading this that it is fine to mimick to learn but it is NOT okay to turn around and say that is “your shot” or even sell it.

If you are shooting to learn, do just that. Use it as a learning experience and file it away with your other successes, but never call it your own if you are mimicking everything within the shot from props to composition to lighting. You will run the risk of landing yourself a copyright infringement lawsuit, and that is ugly business.

If you mimick to learn and you want to post it to your blog or to Flickr, make sure that you give proper and full credit to the original Photographer who inspired your mimicked shot.

In my days of learning, I tended towards trying to get the lighting, composition and colors right in a shot not by making a direct or exact copy of the shots that inspired me, but by doing my own thing with the inspiration I received from those images. If I saw a bowl of kiwi fruits that were lit in a special way, I would try that with some other type of prop. Never a full on exact duplicate of what I was seeing.

It’s okay to be inspired, that is what makes you grow as an artist. If all you do is copy what you see, then all you will be a is Copy Cat who can not think of an original idea for themselves. Inspiration allows you to grow as an artist, copying will only stifle you.

]]> By: Suhadi http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1176 Suhadi Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:54:47 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1176 Wonderful..wonderful story here. Thank u so much L. Wonderful..wonderful story here. Thank u so much L.

]]> By: Jennifer http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1099 Jennifer Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:38:36 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1099 As always... fabulous information. Thank you! As always… fabulous information. Thank you!

]]> By: Cam http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1089 Cam Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:04:10 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1089 I hear you Rasmus - I've been running more this year than any other year in my life and I still can't keep ahead of my waistline with L's cooking! I hear you Rasmus - I’ve been running more this year than any other year in my life and I still can’t keep ahead of my waistline with L’s cooking!

]]> By: Rasmus http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1086 Rasmus Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:45:08 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1086 And in the meantime, aforementioned husband gets fatter and fatter... :) And in the meantime, aforementioned husband gets fatter and fatter… :)

]]> By: Kelly http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1085 Kelly Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:37:31 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1085 Thank you for being the Food Geek that you are L :) I walked away from our visit wanting more. We absolutely must take a day trip out to that place I told you about with the baskets and shelves of antiques! You will go absolutely nutty ;) I can't wait for the next time you grace me with your wonderful Food Geeky presence! It was soooo nice to sit and talk with someone who "gets it". You are great, keep up the great service you are doing to the foodie community :) Thank you for being the Food Geek that you are L :) I walked away from our visit wanting more. We absolutely must take a day trip out to that place I told you about with the baskets and shelves of antiques! You will go absolutely nutty ;)

I can’t wait for the next time you grace me with your wonderful Food Geeky presence! It was soooo nice to sit and talk with someone who “gets it”. You are great, keep up the great service you are doing to the foodie community :)

]]> By: ilva http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1083 ilva Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:40:52 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/10/02/coffee-with-kelly-cline/#comment-1083 Thanks Lara, this was a really interesting read, just what I needed today! I love that Kelly Cline takes photos of real food because I really think that it is important to convey the 'soul' of the food, not just take a perfect picture that often is flat and a bit boring! keep up the great work, I enjoy it so much! Thanks Lara, this was a really interesting read, just what I needed today! I love that Kelly Cline takes photos of real food because I really think that it is important to convey the ’soul’ of the food, not just take a perfect picture that often is flat and a bit boring! keep up the great work, I enjoy it so much!

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