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Here’s 25 more shots from my flickr profile that you may have missed if you’re not keeping a track of it. Click on any one of them to get a bigger view. The majority of these are from my outreach phase from the Troubadour DTS that I completed in September. Enjoy.
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I know I keep pimping my flickr profile, and I will continue to do so, this time with a post of all the pictures you’ve missed if you haven’t been keeping up with my Flickr profile. I’ll do this from time to time, but if you don’t want to miss the fun and games, I’d suggest keeping your eye on that. I’m trying to post a picture every day, and while I’m not quite there yet, I’m getting close.
I’m also working on getting a video done. It’s a matter of finding time and space and still staying sane. For me, I work to a pretty (some might say ridiculously) high standard, considering what these videos are, but it’s fun, even though it sometimes takes a while.
Also, I’m setting up update emails for people who are interested. Drop me a line with your details if you want to be added to that email list.
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I went to the beach with some of my classmates and last week’s speaker on Friday, and as always, I took my camera along. The sunset was gorgeous, and I took a few shots.
Those of you who follow my flickr stream will have noticed that a couple of those shots have already gone up, most notably the two featured in this post. I’m interested in what people think of both of them, because I’m not quite sure how I feel about them.
Originally, I just posted the image below, which is as untouched as most of my images come — straight from the camera (with auto white-balance, because I’m lazy) to Aperture (my photo-management software) and then straight to Flickr, through the handy dandy export plugin. I was pretty happy with the shot, but I wondered if I could do something with it in Aperture, because I didn’t feel like it really conveyed how things looked.
The results of a bit of twiddling in Aperture can be seen below. It’s pretty drastic, and really makes the whole scene a lot more dramatic. In all honesty, the actual image is probably between these two images, but of course, that is all in my memory. All I did in Aperture was mess a little with the contrast, push the blacks up a bit and compress the mid-tones a little, as well as pulling out the reds and darkening the blues.
My issue is, my photo now no longer represents either what I directly captured, or the original scene. Really, most people would be none the wiser, had I not posted both versions or written this post, but it raises an interesting question in my head.
What do you think? Knowing what you know, which image do you like more? Which is more genuine? Does it matter? Is my manipulation deceitful? Should I spend more time processing my photos to make them more dramatic?
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Okay, so I’m loving the Flickr tag browsing I talked about previously. This has lead me to an idea for an interesting photographic challenge. Each week, I’ll post a mosaic of Flickr favourites, which are all based around a particular style or feel. Over that week, I’ll attempt to take a photo which emulates that style, and hopefully at the end of the week, I’ll post my attempt at emulating the style.
I realised that just admiring people’s Flickr creations was not going to make me a better photographer. I can appreciate the skill with which they execute their work, but trying to emulate it is something which takes real effort and is going to improve my own skills more than staring at their photos and saying “Isn’t that nice?” This is a way that I get to appreciate, and hopefully add to the cycle of goodness.
I’d be stoked if at least some of you guys played at home. It’s not so hard, each week I’ll set a photographic challenge for myself, and you can choose to take it up as well. People who participate will have the joy of participating, and also will probably get a link from me when they contribute. What could be better? At the end of this, I’ll probably also put together some sort of honour role for consistent contributors. I might even make a Flickr group just for the purpose.
This week, I was fascinated by self-portraiture. Close-up, tight crops around the face which highlight the expression and the features of the subject. I trawled Flickr for ages to come up with these 13 shots to model mine upon:
So, enjoy. Participate, or just sit back and watch me fail miserably. I’ll be posting on Thursday next week with my results, and on Friday with my new challenge.
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