by successfulbob | Lumix Lounge, Lumix LX100, photography, photography education
FEELING GREEN…
Much like Kermit the Frog would say that’s not a bad thing. Living in the high desert as I do the predominant colors spectrum is pretty muted and in the red and brown neighborhood. And if there is green it’s on the dry side not vibrant. Contrast that with being in Florida and almost everywhere you look green pops out at you. When I am looking for personal subjects to shoot I often look for a target like a subject or a color to make me look harder for images and toe stretch. So the last day or so I’ve been looking to make images for the color green…
You just never know where it might lead you… Top two images were captured with the Lumix GH4.
I love the glowing color and wavy detail from the underside of a banana leaf that is back lit from the sun.
Lens Lumix G Vario 35-100mm f2.8 1/125 sec f4.5 ISO 200
While the prominent color of the image is in the warm tones the neon green bee jumps out…
Lens Lumix G Vario 35-100mm f2.8 1/200 sec f6.3 ISO 1600 – added 26mm of Vello Extension tubes That is one small critter!
OK let’s make a visual pun. Can anyone say ‘green-screen’??
This was shot with the DMC LX100 1/125 sec f2.8 ISO 320 I call this camera the ‘Pro’s Point & Shoot’ as all the controls for shooting settings are available outside the menus on dials with click stops like the old days… Feels pretty retro.
I find that little self assignments like this make me look harder for images, and usually, I’ll make better images than just pointing the camera and shooting. It seems to make me look harder no matter what the ‘assignment’ might be and seems to lead to better photos in the long run.
What’s your next ‘assignment’?
Yours in Creative Photography, Bob
by successfulbob | photography gear
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by successfulbob | black & white, fine art photography, photography, photography education
Experimenting.
Sarasota.
Sandpipers.
I call these overexposed images ‘sketches’. I enjoy the minimalist detail that comes forward yet still has a story to tell with my camera. I call this image ‘Three on Three’
Sandpipers scurrying on the beach in Sarasota, Florida with snowbirds coming in their direction.
Here it is pushed just a bit further taking away the color and adding a bit of contrast… I see something interesting happening here and I’ll explore this with a larger subject. Maybe with some washes of color…
When was the last time you pushed your camera to do something a little different? Overexposure, underexposure, movement during capture whether zooming or panning or twisting or… Well, you get the idea.
Yours in Creative Photography, Bob
by successfulbob | landscape photography, Lumix GH4, Lumix Lounge
Here in Florida for some personal time… But always have a camera at hand to practice and play.
Tonight’s Sarasota sunset was a bit on the intense side. Just happened to be in an OK place to grab a bit of color and some silhouettes of sailboats along with some shoreline.
A short walk from the Tiki bar I was enjoying when a strip of color started to materialize under a cloud filled sky. 1/250 sec f4.5 ISO 200
After helping to judge the International Loupe Awards over this last couple of days I almost didn’t make this photo because I had viewed so much absolutely beautiful work. So I made this more for me and for seeing what happens with a little experimentation as seen in the second photo.
OK this is moments after the first photo was taken. Camera movement up during slow exposure and adding some color
enhancement correction and a bit of work in post leads to this more abstract rendition of the scene. 1/6 sec f20 ISO 200
I haven’t decided if I like this version. I need some time away from the image. but I believe it’s given me a place to start and I have some new thoughts on how I may capture some scenes in the future as starting places for creating a more artistic look in my work.
Images were captured with the Lumix GH4 and the 35-100mm Lumix Vario f2.8 lens.
Yours in Creative Photography, Bob
by successfulbob | photography, photography - art quote, photography education
Henri Cartier-Bresson.
If you are a photographer the mere mention of the name brings at least one if not more images to mind. Well today I turn to Henri to help us think about photographic creativity, inspiration and art.
“Make visible what, without you might never have been seen.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
Many of these things only we can see which means only we can share. Sometimes it may be as simple as a snapshot capturing a fleeting moment. It’s important but is it art? Only time will tell which is which. I believe the answer will be art more times than not depending on how much we practice. How well we know our equipment. How we can pre-visualize the result of what we may be photographing because we know our craft so well.
Photography is so much more than just pushing a button. Although today the technology has gotten so good a mere push of a button will often give a result that is exposed OK and probably in focus. The difference lies in our ability to harness the camera by knowing what and how the camera sees verses what and how the eye sees.
This, I believe, is the difference between an artistic photographic image… and a picture.
Learn to see as the camera sees, Create art. Help people see.
Yours in Creative Photography, Bob
Henri Cartier-Bresson photo
