I don’t know what my fascination with black and white photography is lately. I think it’s the contrast. Not the tonal contrast but the fact that black and white images are an interpretation of reality, not an image of reality. Merely representing shape, form and tone. It’s raw. I guess. That’s what I’m trying to say. I dig it. I was reading a blog about photography techniques. I came to the realization that “technique” is only one way of doing things. It suggests that you should use the lowest possible ISO when taking black and white images. The reason is because noise is evil and bad. Seriously. I like noisy pictures as much as I like noiseless pictures. It depends on my mood.
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September, 2009
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Sep 09
Why is it so?
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Sep 09
Trees and Fog
I had the opportunity at the beginning of September to take my film camera on a boat trip up to Maple Bay on the west coast of British Columbia. There were few moments where I wasn’t wearing my full storm gear. It was wet. The first night we stopped at Portland Island, located just off the shores of Sidney. When we woke up, we had one of those few moments where it was sunny out. Great! Time to go explore. You’ve probably seen a few of the pictures from the Clean, Fresh and New post. After doing some rescanning and some editing, here are a few more shots from that trip. Continue reading →
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Sep 09
Top Camera
There is a graph that shows the common cameras used for the pictures on flickr. Seriously, go check it out. I’ll wait.
Huh. The The Apple iPhone. The number one ‘camera’ on flickr (September 26, 2009). Chase Jarvis was right, the best camera you have is the one with you. This just proves, that it’s not all about the megapixel. It’s about what you find to take a picture of and how you use the tools available.
For more information on Flickr’s cameras, go to www.flickr.com/cameras/. Also, visit Chase Jarvis’ newest creation and app for the iPhone, www.thebestcamera.com.
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Sep 09
Clean, Fresh and New.
Just in case you haven’t noticed, I’ve made a few changes around the site. I had heard a few comments that my site was cluttered with visual information and inconsistent. I thought to myself, what is a clean and clutter free design. White. It’s simple, effective and brings the eye to the photograph itself. And considering I am a photographer and this is a photoblog, that almost makes sense. Redesigning the main website was a tricky decision, I wanted to keep my logo that I had, but it just doesn’t work very well. It seems like a stamp. So it’s been redefined and cleaned up as well. Please let me know what you think of the new layout. I’m open to opinion and suggestion.
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