My new photography book
I`m pleased to announce that my first photography book has been published :)
And it is currently on sale online at this link:
click or copy this link below:
http://www.lulu.com/content/837966/
Music & Photography
"My 2 favorite things in life.
Music & Photography".
Here is a band photo session that i have done this past winter with " Les Fous Tziganes".
It is always a pleasure for me to do a band photo session. For the simple fact that musicians are open minded individuals and they are not afraid to be themselves in front of the camera.
:)
For those who enjoy gypsy and world music,
click on this link:
www.myspace.com/foustziganes
Subject with Visual Design
I really like the idea and the complexity of these pictures. The 2 last shots could easily have been done without a person in it. However, with the addition of a person as a subject, it adds a focal point to the image. Thus making the image a little bit more captivating.
Playing with visual design is always fun. Especially when you can tell your subject (person) to move in a certain spot :)
** Photos taken in Havelock N.B
On the "Havelock Bridge" **
Fun at the playground with "visual designs"!!
Today, i felt like i was kid again!
On my way home from a meeting today, i drove by this playground at a local school. Luckily, i had my camera with me. The vivid colors of the bars and the swings really strucked my eye. So i had to stop to take a few shots. As soon as i walked in the "sand-filled" playground, i suddenly felt like i was a kid again! Looking upwards at the sky, daydreaming with the clouds. Taking the time to enjoy the beautiful visual display that the playground provided me with.
The picture possibilities was endless. The different types of shadows on the sand formed by the monkey bars was visually interesting (i could have stayed there for hours). I deliberately underexposed my shots to maintain the black tone of the falling shadows.
All in all today i had loads of fun taking pictures :)
After all, i was in a playground right :)
Long exposure (Series 2)
*Warning*
If you ever attempt this kind of shot, remember to keep one eye at the wheel :)
Camera settings :
F-4.5
Exposure time - 2 sec
ISO - 100
Everyday objects...
Everyday objects can be turned into interesting photographs. Its a matter of taking the time to "actually" look at our surrounding.
Long Exposure (Series)
This is one of the many long exposure (night photography) images in my collection. It`s also one of my favorite, mainly because of the blue-ish cast and the strong contrast lighting (created by the street lights). This image was shot at 1/30th of a second at night.
2 Months ago, I went out for a drive to take some pictures of the snowy-foggy-day. Lighting wise, (it wasn`t very good). It was cloudy and the sky was too grey. Already satisfied with the shoots I had taken earlier in the day, I called it the day and decided to head home. As I reached down to grab my tripod ready to leave, I stood up besides my car and this is what I saw. The antenna and the exterior lines of my car, plus the background of the fences made it visually interesting. So I grab my tripod, made this shoot, and away I went. Soon after I got home, I reviewed this shoot up close on my computer and thought it was a nicely well composed photo but I really didn`t paid any attention to it. A few weeks later, while sorting and editing my pictures, I came across this shoot again. It made me realized what had attracted me to this shoot in the first place. Was it the scene, the mood or the soft light? Why do I like this picture? Why does it stand out? Does it need an explanation?
Conclusion:
“Pictures don`t always need to be masterpieces”.
Digital-Photo-Art
Over the past few years , i`ve been experimenting a lot with photo-manipulation (a different approach to my regular photography). It`s amusing to take an ordinary shoot and to alter the picture into something else. It`s sort of like "painting on a photograph". I also refer to them as "digital-photo-art", which makes senses because they are in fact "digital art"
:)
I will post some of them as i go...
Here are a few that i`ve done lately....
A la prochaine,
Martin
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