Snowing, Again
Look closely at the trees (click for a closer view) and you’ll see that snow was falling. Hard. This was me, on a jog. And this is a lake still frozen over.
Winter will never end.
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A Couple of Days Ago
Saturday, April 24th, 2010Jan Saudek
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010I just received a copy of Jan Saudek (by Taschen)
After just scanning through the first few images, I have to say: I’m a fan. I big fan. Rare is the photo that touches a part of the soul. Jan has created many.
And they’re not ones that you might think, either. An image of a father’s feet, with his infant’s feed also on the floor. Instant hit to the animal me, remembering – no, feeling – what it was like to do so with my daughter.
I’m going to let this sink in for a few days, but wow – just a fantastic book. I definitely need to see more of this man’s work.
Warning: his work isn’t for anyone who is afraid of nudes. Especially nudes that border on pornography – he really pushes the limits. But he takes them to unexpected areas, and that makes it… fantastic.
This will be a slow read
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Referring to “Within the Frame
I mean, the view was spectacular: clouds rolling in, overhead. The sky blue, but going hazy – the sun was losing its strength. But there, in the distance: yes, it’s light, hitting the mountain! This is a great thing, if only I can show the contrast well. And in that sense, I think it failed.
Early on, duChemin makes a point about color. To paraphrase: if color doesn’t add anything to the meaning of the frame, don’t use it. It will merely dilute the main idea.
Now, Mr. duChemin prefers monotones and duotones. I’m not really sure what I prefer, although I do have a strong affinity for B&W – especially through NIK’s Silver efex plugin. So I played around with a few versions, trying to get a feel for things. What ended up being my favorite:
Hospital again, in B&W
If you view it large, you’ll get the intended effect: the light on the mountains, darkness all around.
This was, perhaps, a tad overdone in processing. But it makes two points: first, color wasn’t really an integral part of the experience. Black and white rendering makes that distant brightness really stand out. Second, the processing in B&W allowed me to focus on really driving in the differences in luminosity, which again drove in the point of there being light in the distance.
Besides, I also got to make it look coolish with the grain and what all…
The One Thing that sets your photos apart, technically
Sunday, January 31st, 2010It’s not your camera. It’s not your lens. It’s not the paper, or the printer, or the print lab.
It’s your post processing. Click to continue »
Some fascinating photos
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Warning: links on this post are not safe for work (denoted by “NSFW”).
I recently stumbled across Nadya Gorodetskaya’s work (NSFW). I can only describe it as fascinating – an inside look at life in Russia, from a perspective that few outside of there can see.
Having been there at one point, I see the character of what I loved in Russia – the warmth, the social aspect, the unity of family and life-long friends. I particularly like her bathhouse photos (all links NSFW). There’s an old-world feel to them, with an intimate and yet jovial feeling.
Her flickr photostream is also worth a good look.