I was hanging out in a local coffee shop where one of my good friends works. He was closing up the shop and I was giving him a ride home. I used this opportunity to take my camera around the shop and take some more abstract pictures. After just watching a video about photography and using only one lens. I decided to get back in to that way of thinking. Clicking on my 50/1.8 to my D3, I went in search of something to stare at.
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Oct 09
Coffee Shop
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Sep 09
Why is it so?
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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Jun 09
Done?
Well, I’m now officially done school. Sort of. I’m done with my portfolio, it’s been handed in. I’m done with classes, they’ve been over for a while. I’m done with paying money, printing pictures, assignments, and all of the other things that I’ve been doing with my life for the past 10 months. What’s the first thing I did after I realized all of this? I took pictures. Continue reading →
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May 09
nine-thirty
Today, as mentioned before, I had two more photoshoots. The first one was great, but it ran overtime by a bit. It started out at a local coffee shop where I had some outdoor shots and then went inside and did some interiors as well.
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May 09
Portfolio
The time is now upon us at Western Academy of Photography, to complete our school year and hand in our final portfolio. An accumulation of all that we have learned at the school summed up in 12-15 images and 50% of our overall diploma mark. Continue reading →
