what do you see like: 2012

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
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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'

one on the right probably would fit in "fun shirts"

pretty sure you know which thread the one of the left goes in to

wow i missed lurker bizzaro gazarra's post upthread-- beautiful stuff!!

Thank you, rent! I love the second shot of yours in particular; stuff that I wouldn't think about with my (too conventional) ideas about composition - the bin is naturally my focus but I really like the great expanse of floor and garage door. All too often I crop really satisfying bits of mysterious space or texture or shadow out of my photos out of some misguided notion of symmetry or balance.

I'm revisiting the neglected corners of my Lightroom catalog now; that photo of Lulu is from Jan 2011 but I didn't do anything with it at the time. The desaturated "300" look is probably a terrible cliche in amateur digital circles but I can't help myself. The punctum in that photo, from a personal PoV, comes from the fact that Lulu has grown out of every item of clothing you can see in the 21 months since. The chill of passing time.

Thanks gr8080 - always look forward to seeing your stuff on this thread!

Rent, your supermarket picture is great - love the leading lines of the overhead lights and the contrast between the sickly green light and the patches of red/orange.

Love your processing, Michael. Desaturation can be a horrible cliche but not when it's done right! Your processing is really distinctive.

Here's a few more from my beloved X100:

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/73f45a60f52cefe4023c483e6f1f46f3_zps0f9f53f9.jpeg
http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/5139bf444dc473a15f4d190fe4b990b4_zps90c5b05c.jpeg
http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/e18795625e1bdb7330c19bea8cf45ced_zpsff1af50e.jpeg
http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/bb8a5f07ced77cd96ccf9b07252c57b6_zps62595974.jpeg

uggggh I think I really need one of those cameras, those are beautiful shots, especially the diner and the paddleboats.

most recent highlights from continuing finland archi-barrage:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8317/8065087944_ced4aa6888_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/8036761412_50e6bf0902_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/8058290127_4ff3d6a21e.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/8058259319_2d4f65bb6c_z.jpg

All credit to Alvar Aalto, really.

xp Thanks! The X100 is pretty amazing, despite its many odd quirks.

Love the pool shot - the greens are fantastic, and the edge of the pool snaking in and out of the frame is wonderful.

Thanks! It's a substantial crop of a shot that was probably trying to be more about the space/architecture but my eye was drawn to exactly those things.

Ooh, bricks, leather, wood. Love it. And a wonderful sequence from the X100 above.

wonderful stuff, both of you-- bizarro where were those shot?

Thanks gr8080 and Michael. gr8080, All the stuff I've posted if from in and around Glasgow.

some of my most important work to date:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/8069501221_b40d658278_n.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/8069495584_64b7ba6c18_n.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/8069500865_423575288d_n.jpg

i'd wear those on a tee shirt

hey you got ketchup on your shirt

Not been all that happy with much I've taken recently, but here's a couple from the opening night of a joint exhibition I'm currently holding with a friend - his screen printed gig posters alongside some of my gig photos.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8080703555_83b13c4176_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8080706197_45055ef66b_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8080701071_e417e4ecd0_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8080700024_09fd7354bb_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8092683848_81b3cd3906.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8092677921_592be76eb1.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8092677789_4134a755b4.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8092677663_6759bef4d9.jpg

Great sky over Manchester on Sunday, went for a bike ride to get some "grittier" shots.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8090809141_72894ee1ab_c.jpg

Still digging this random little bit of abstraction.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8463/8077974503_0120d59002_c.jpg

http://distilleryimage7.s3.amazonaws.com/a7b3777815d911e2b9d422000a1fa429_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage1.s3.amazonaws.com/73c9a2ac150c11e28ad722000a9f1498_7.jpg

dope!

v nice!

alright sorry guys, one more series:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8473/8095262338_f442ae730c_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8095257623_059c12d91b_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8475/8095257427_6875da1388_z.jpg

Love the light in the first one, and the gentle transition between light and shadow. Colours in all of them are A+.

fuji superia! and lots of reflected light.

Ahh, Superia. One of my favourite presets for processing X100 files in Color Efx, although I confess I've never shot a single proper frame of film with it :(