what do you see like: 2012

Between sending my camera out for a few weeks for repair, packing for a move, and (finally) unpacking and getting settled, I haven't scanned any rolls for a while. I mean, I haven't even *shot* many rolls for a while. Can't wait to get back to normal now in the fall.
Just going through some summer shots and getting what I can out of them:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/7963957728_f3c7ae2429_c.jpg

No internet at home yet though, so I won't even be doing much of that.

that's really lovely. it feels v cinematic or like ... frank lloyd wrightish, to be devoted to scenery w/people as a smaller, supplemental element.

i am shooting & processing a lot, lately it is costing too much, but i at least found a way to make it fast; there's a 11/17" scanner at school, & it turns out photoshop elements is a super-efficient programme with which to scan stuff.

goodwin blows away my spider pictures. That damn golden hour. That's where the magic is. :)

Though to be fair, I was shooting for anatomical detail, and not so much pretty bokeh and etc.

I may be doing it wrong, though. Entirely possible.

That damn golden hour. That's where the magic is. :)

― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:17 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk the longer the summer goes on the more i think summertime & sunshine kinda spoils photographers. like everything is so damn pretty!, i just have like five thousand rolls of ~dappled pavements~. i like that i'm shooting when it's like late & dark but.

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/shreven.jpg

v nice

here are some pics I actually took within the last month, for a change

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/135BW12-073-022_zps7e6a3a77.jpg

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/135BW12-074-004_zpse234d450.jpg

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/135BW12-074-012_zps1d580f89.jpg

tell me about the nuns

3/3

tell me about the nuns

― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 21:24 (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^

3/3

― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 21:28 (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^

yeah the nuns (/19th century nurses) are spooky

the nuns (and I) didn't feel like waiting for the elevator at the empire state building so we decided to take the stairs!!

3/3

― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:28 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

portrait-style:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PyeCPw5gx3g/UF3rbm_jSsI/AAAAAAAAAog/Kh3Q1CfQ6a8/s700/854.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NUh0cEA4k-s/UFVwRStn_2I/AAAAAAAAAgs/pbmEkiK7F1Q/s700/763.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-b5PPZhc-j0U/UF3rjEy6JMI/AAAAAAAAAow/dp8E5BpR8jM/s700/856.jpg

v lovely!

that picture of the nuns upthread is really eerie. weirdly timeless, too - could have been taken 70 years ago.

long-time lurker, first-time poster. there's some fantastic work in this thread.

here's a few of mine:
http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/2012-09-20_zpscdf92168.jpg

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/2012-09-18_zpsc2bec8cd.jpg

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/2012-09-17_zps177ec44d.jpg

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/2012-06-03_zpsaf1c8571.jpg

hot damn! Love the third one especially, great tone, great composition. What are you shooting with/on?

(Oh, and welcome!)

cheers! those were all shot with a fuji x100, files processed w/ silver fx. i love that camera so much - great image quality, silent shutter, and the perfect size to take everywhere. going back to my 5d feels like firing thunderclaps from a lead brick.

Yeah, I need to find a good evening/casual/pocket-cam. Back in the day I went through probably four or five Olympus Styluses of various generations, some of them less pocket-sized than others but all having basically really nice lenses and the understanding that if they broke or got lost or w/e I could pick up another one, sometimes for like $3 at thrift stores that can't tell the difference between one point-and-shoot or another. The x100 looks beautiful, definitely out of my range (I still haven't properly paid off the 5dii) but damn.

the fuji x10 has always looked to me like a pretty good compromise between price and image quality - i like the way it looks too. definitely more pricey than $3, though! it's amazing how quickly tech filters down from high-end slrs to compacts, though, isn't it? even half a decade ago the thought of shooting useable pictures on an affordable compact with a f/2-f/2.8 zoom at iso6400 would have seemed like science fiction.

hi bizarro

pics three and four are really great!

hi gbx

thx! yr happy-accident chainlink fence pic upthread is super-awesome. love those serendipitous moments.

My best shot from The Jesus and Mary Chain show this weekend.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/8020019289_7004f7c0d6_z.jpg

guy who is only happy when it rains just thinking baout things

That's exactly what's perfect about that shot, sez me. He can't be smiling. He's only allowed to stare into the middle distance with a wad of microphone in his hand.

http://i49.tinypic.com/5ai72a.jpg

Sculpture gardens have gotten more fun, lately.

I haven't taken anything worth a damn in months. Trying a new tack, since I turn 31 on Saturday - I'm reformatting my iMac to refresh it after however many years, going to leave my LR archive on an external and only see the shots I take that are new. I'm going to aim for the equivalent of a roll of film per day - 36 shots.

digital picture of walls and signs

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/bizne1.jpg
xxxxxxx
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/bizne4.jpg
xxxxxxx
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/bizne2.jpg

I really like that last one.

just haven't been too productive lately (was moving, among other things). so I'm browsing through older images for a bit.
couple old, couple new:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/8026432534_4e2e18cc1d_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8436/7984249887_c06738ac2b_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8025092463_4f5bbe81d3_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/8007625273_a436a2147e_c.jpg

#3 is the bomb

Finally starting to dig into last summer's trip stuff, feeling good so far about the big switch to RAW, still not exactly trusting my laptop screen but whattyagonnado?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/8030089021_488d462781_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8028754872_74937f4000_z.jpg

Gonna be pretty much all architecture all the time for the next while...

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/clipper1.jpg
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/clipper2.jpg

Tried my hands at getting people involved in my shots, took a few but only really like this one.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/8046544369_51d06632c2_c.jpg

That's lovely. Got a great 'dismal British holiday' vibe to it.

dunno I just like this one:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/8052494761_e48267c5a2_c.jpg

Dig it too, partly for "teal and orange" type reasons but I think it's a nice composition. I like how the main slashy shadow runs diagonally across center, not hitting the center line at either side but just about nailing it where it intersects with the orange basket (also vertical center). I sometimes get myself distracted trying to make shit like that happen in crops and have to remind myself that it doesn't actually matter or make a photo good, but here I think it makes for some dynamic eye movement across the screen... people who know more about that kinda stuff could probably correct me/elaborate on that...

your subconscious was drawn to it because it registered as a malformed traffic cone/pylon

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/8064426923_56654320be_b.jpg

i should rescan these

oh man that's a great roll. this & this partic. i love the too-dark shot of the guy reading a menu. it makes me sound overly literal but the first bunch are so filmic!

you wanna rescan for tonal reasons or something?

v nice! the shot you posted reminds me a little of robert adams summer nights maybe?

this shot is very stately: http://www.flickr.com/photos/giboyeux/8064427701/in/set-72157631715494678/

general tip: looks like you're underexposing in general. you can either meter off of darker areas in the scene, or set your light meter to a lower iso than you're shooting (i.e. if you're shooting 400 speed film, set it to 200 or even 100), or change the battery!

I basically just take pictures of my kids.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8063895513_a1c1254e9f_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8178/8068337439_795625cd48_z.jpg

Michael, your stuff is really distinctive. So sharp but really natural...that you know what you're doing is obvious in every shot. Love the (lack of/tiny bit of) colour in the last one.

small dump of some fav recent stuff

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/8072444442_963ac1caba_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8072442843_c059414f7e_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/8072432600_99d010b5f4_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/8072426096_1393a8ddf5_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8072422644_8c11e02edb_c.jpg

those are all wonderful, rent

thanks!

i uploaded a bunch of new stuff this morning if you're interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdfo/

thread is so humbling and amazing

gr80 are the shirts in 2nd from bottom 'fun shirts'