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Tag Archives: techniques
Extreme Long Exposure Photography
New York Times have profiled a photographer, Atta Kim who takes long exposures to new lengths.
Every day, hundreds of tourists snap photographs of a crowd- and car-jammed Times Square. The average picture takes — what? — 15 seconds to shoot? The same picture of the same place takes the Korean photographer Atta Kim eight hours. And his Times Square ends up with only an eerie trace of a human presence, like a deserted movie set.
It’s an interesting technique. While many of probably wouldn’t take an hour long exposure of a couple making love like he did (exposure being the operative word) some of the other stuff would be cool to try out.
(If you do not have a NY Times account, just head over to BugMeNot)
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Making versus Taking Photographs
What is the difference between making a photograph and taking one? It seems some photographers do not like the idea that an artist might stage a scene before capturing it, like the genre should be about recording what is there rather than “creating”.
NPR : Gregory Crewdson’s Photo Alchemy
Gregory Crewdson doesn’t so much take pictures as make them. Some critics say the photographer and artist is reinventing the genre by using film techniques to stage pictures.
I think the idea is fascinating and so obvious I can’t believe it is a new idea. Why is it ok for a cinematographer to do this and not a photographer? Where is the law that “photographs shouldn‘t lie”?
I have to agree with this post from Painted Raven
Some of the earliest photographs were staged, and the idea of ‘staging’ a picture has always been around, and part of photography to some degree… As for photos leaving unanswered questions? Do we ever know the full story behind a photo? While the photos are interesting, and it’s nice to see the arts in the public eye…
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Top photographer blogs
I just followed a link to find Dan Chung the Guardian photographer has a blog. I love finding new photography blogs, it is great to view new well taken photographs and also to read some of the thoughts and techniques behind them.
Dan just upgraded to a Eos 5D so I look forward to reading his assessment of the camera. It’s a more powerful sibling of my own beloved 350d.
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Strobist London Workshop Review
david hobby (strobist.com) at london workshop
Photo by chrisgarrett.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting The Strobist. Myself and 30 or so other photography geeks got to rub shoulders as we learned from the master of off camera flash.
I am still processing all the photography lighting nuggets David hurled at us in a torrent but the stuff that stuck to my grey matter is already spawning a hundred different lighting ideas. Of course it has also inspired me to get myself further into debt for gear I “must” now purchase.
If you get the opportunity to attend one of Davids seminars, do so. Even if you have to sell your tv, pet or family member.
Now I am looking forward to blowing the dust off my strobes and getting stuck into Lighting 102. Listening and observing is only part of the story with learning a skill like this, you learn best when you listen, observe, do and teach. I’ll be doing L102 and “teaching” right here. You have been warned