by successfulbob | Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography
She started her life as a character in a Disney movie and now the huge face presides benovolently over the sales counter at the Sea Hagg, Inc. in Cortez, Florida. According to the information shared by the clerk behind the counter she apparently likes her new place of residence as she gets a lot more attention in her new post.
If you happen to be in the Sarasota area you might want to take a little wander by the Sea Hagg, Inc. as it’s a target rich environment for the creative photographer. All things nautical, and some not so much, inhabit the shop just off Cortex Road West. There’s a fun playful atmosphere with mermaids, witches, floatsam and jetsam scattered throughout. Ask to have the container of eyeballs jostled on the front counter and you’ll get the idea…
She hangs in the corner presiding over her new domain after being retired from the movies. The Diva lives on.
Floats of glass and foam are everywhere waiting for the right composition.
Mermaids abound throughout the shop in metal, wood, bronze and brass. Illustrative Art setting on Lumix GX7. You can shoot in jpeg to get this rendition or as I do also shoot RAW at the same time for post processing options.
I just get the feeling that this typewriter has some serious history… I wonder what was written with it? A novel? News stories for a paper? Sales invoices?
by successfulbob | fine art photography, Lumix GH3, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography, photography gear
Suddenly the wings of the Scarlett Macaw spread… which was rather bizarre because in my mind I had just said to myself, “I sure wish the bird would do something different.” (parking spaces seem to appear out of nowhere for me too) I took the RAW capture into Adobe Photoshop to see what I could see. Here are a couple versions with a twist on each.
Scarlett Macaw over fan palm. Version Three.
Version Ten.
Version Five
Images and textures captured with the Lumix GX7 and GH3. Macaw photographed using 35-100 f2.8 Vario lens. RAW 1/1250 sec; f/2.8; ISO 400 @42.0 mm (in 35mm: 84.0 mm)
Worked with Adobe Photoshop blend modes and other photographic texture images for effect.
by successfulbob | black & white, Lumix Lounge, photography, photography education
…Grits ain’t Groceries… Eggs ain’t Poultry… Mona Lisa was a Maid… Gotta’ love some of the blues lyrics!!
Couldn’t totally get away from the blues so I turned them black and white to ease my way into different colors for this post. Here’s Sidney Wingfield and RJ Howson from their night at the Blue Rooster in Sarasota…
RJ and Sidney live at the Blue Rooster in black and white. I like the gritty feel of this…
Found this splash of color through window shopping. A dress in a display on Main Street.
I like the contrast of colors and how the degradation of the palm frond
picks up the colors of the burnt orange wall in the background.
Yellow!
by successfulbob | Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, musician photography, photography, photography gear
The carved metal sign vibrated with the color I was chasing. Add the blues music accompanied by this signage and it was the start of a great evening. Able to photograph blues musicians while not on assignment allowed me to try some new techniques and experiment with different settings.
I included the hanging light in the foreground as a semi-complimentary
color to set off the blue of the light on the sign.
Host RJ Howson with Guest Sidney Wingfield on-stage at the Blue Rooster on 4th Street in Sarasota
Blues piano & Sidney Wingfield frame blues guitarist RJ Howson live at the Blue Rooster.
GX7 camera preset Sepia tone of RJ making blues with his guitar.
Sidney Wingfield keyboard player with personality!!! Wonderful vocals too!
Most photos in this post were captured with the 35-100 f2.8 Vario lens. A few done with the 12-35 f2.8 Vario lens. All with the Lumix GX7 camera.
Since this blog is for photographers I want to address a thought about camera formats.
I have been shooting with larger formats than the micro 4/3rds for a long time and when I talk to photographers about my preference for the smaller system I often get the question, “Aren’t you afraid your customers won’t think of you as a professional because you have smaller cameras and lenses??” The answer is unequivocally “NO!”
What I find is that people respond to the way I work, my body language and the way I approach capturing an image vs how big my gear is. I choose the proper tool for the job and am respected as a pro for for my finished work and that the files or prints I give to my clients meet all their needs.
Share your thoughts and comments here….
by successfulbob | Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography, photography education
Been chasing color and realized I meant bright, saturated color. All things have color. Some are just more subtle than others. Just as when you learn and use a language of light you begin to see things differently, changing the thought of the TYPE of color I am looking for is changing the type of images I am trying to capture during my self assigned photography project during my new busman’s holiday. (to see the description of busman’s holiday if you don’t already know)
As I poke through the images from today it looks like blue has started to creep into my images as a target, sometime subtle sometimes in your face…
This bit of blue worked its way into the background of this photo featuring red making the red stand out all the more.
Neon can be difficult to capture… Went into into post-production to bring back some of the image highlights. That’s one great reason to shoot RAW. There was detail there to bring back. The Lumix GX7 had lot’s of detail though the bright range of pixels I thought would be gone.
Will end up at the Blue Rooster listening to some of my favorite music… The Blues!
