Toy Photography: Croco Adventures
Ultimately I’d like to do these with my Kiev 66, but it’s definitely cheaper and easier to do the groundwork digitally. Here’s an idea for a project, and with a lot of luck it should be possible to use the same settings in both environments. Guess it’s just a matter of trying it out.
Back in town
Although I live on the outskirts of Munich, it’s literally been months since I’ve been in town last. The meeting today way a welcome opportunity to lug my G7 along and snap a few pics. Nothing spectacular, but fun. Also did a few adjustments with Aperture. In particular, toying with washed-out areas, ie blacks, seems quite appealing. Anyway, pics start here on flickr and here are two I like:
Masters do not equal technology
An old topic, but one I’m quite happy to hop onto again: it’s not about technology, it’s about creativity, intuition and other “personal” qualities. Obviously, Henri Cartier Bresson, Robert Capa an others did not rely on HD-able top range digital cameras. Perhaps the better so? Here’s a great blog post about the (un)importance of technology in photography.
The takeaway? Use all available light, set your camera to f8, and it’s OK for blacked-out areas in the photograph, of course depending on your composition. Since the ols masters were shooting in black and white, they already had some level of abstraction working for them. Which brings me to two ideas or decisions: first, set the camera to f8 and experiment a bit. Second, must reactivate my father’s Kiev rangefinder again and do some b/w shooting.
Here’s a first go with the 350 today. Not that I am a Capa or anything, just plain fun.
[Link via Kottke]
Urban Photos: Blowing the dust off
Took the 1.8 50mm with me to town today and played around a bit. Quite rusty, and I wasn’t sure whether to only do details, or also Street photography, ie people. Came out as a mixture of both, really. Stream starts here.
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Welcome to Irakli West's personal pages on the Web. I am Danish, live close to Munich in Germany, and run FWnetz, an online magazine and training resource for firefighters. In real life, I am Regional Manager Northern Europe for Paratech, teach Heavy Rescue (it's fun, challenging and serves a good purpose) and try to learn more about USAR. I am a member of the Munich Volunteer Fire Department as well as @fire, a USAR and Wildfire NGO outfit.
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