Friday
20,000 Leagues Under The Lomo
Not a horror novel. Oh well. This could also be called Tarzan of the Lomo, or A Lomo of Mars.
Photography isn't a Hobby.
Photography is Real.
Photography isn't a Job.
Photography is a Hobby.
Photography isn't Real.
Photography is a Job.
Photography is isn't, isn't it?
Photography is isn't.
Photography is Real.
Photography isn't a Job.
Photography is a Hobby.
Photography isn't Real.
Photography is a Job.
Photography is isn't, isn't it?
Photography is isn't.
Friday
Abstract Photography and I
While abstraction in photography is certainly more than 100 years old, probably about as old as photography itself, abstraction is still a fairly new deal in the grand scheme of arts. With flickr groups dedicated to abstract photography (here) and the lomograph gaining popularity every year, abstract photography seems to be ready for some breakthroughs to shake it up, because unfortunately so many people are grasping for labels for their work that lots of what gets called abstract photography actually isn't that abstract at all. My biggest problem with most of this is a tendency to call an image abstract because it has limited depth of field and was taken with a macro lens (or micro for you nikonians out there). That's WEAK SAUCE! Or weak tea. Whichever you don't prefer. I don't have a problem with recognizable shapes within an abstract photo, as in Paul Strand's photo from a previous post. I don't know exactly what my problem is. I guess I have a bee in my bonnet right now.
Anyways, last week I was swinging my camera by it's strap and tripping the shutter via timer mode to get these images. These were all exposed at f22 for 1/30 to 1/15 of a second while whipping the camera around as fast and recklessly as possible. The last image isn't mine it's by Paul Strand, and it's AMAZING.
Anyways, last week I was swinging my camera by it's strap and tripping the shutter via timer mode to get these images. These were all exposed at f22 for 1/30 to 1/15 of a second while whipping the camera around as fast and recklessly as possible. The last image isn't mine it's by Paul Strand, and it's AMAZING.
Wednesday
Hipstamatic Template Ideas
I couldn't find many concise, pertinent, or even not-bullshit results in the google box for hipstamatic templates or settings for photoshop so I made one using a gradient of orange-yellow-orange on a second layer with the blending mode set to pinlight. Viola! Change the opacity to taste... bad taste, and you're done. Oh wait... I wasn't finished, I changed it into a psychedelic mirrored double exposure. Woah, man. And then it's... MRBRNWSH
Anyways I'd love to hear more about how other people have done this, perhaps you're reading this and know how to search engine better than I. Please help!
Monday
Hair Photography
I did another photo shoot with Katie J. on April 24 for some sort of national industry hair competition. Katie produced the shot and did hair, another Katie did makeup, and I did the photography and post-production. I used an umbrella with an sb600 for most of the shots but this was lit by seven 5x8 windows on a cloudy/rainy day. The type of day that's very typical of Vancouver in the spring, summer, fall, and winter.
There's several things I would go back and change about this shot, but I'm not going to fret about it. I'll just have to learn from mistakes and DO BETTER NEXT TIME. And every time. Peter Onyschuk "Doing Better Every Time"
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