smokysun Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share #121 Posted October 16, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) hi imants, just read the sarah moon interview. i recommend to everyone, especially if they can hear her going over her contact sheets on the dvd contacts.2. (and she made a very nice half-hour film of hcb where she's the interviewer.) i've always liked her work and this interview brings up a lot of interesting questions about being a working photographer. on the 16:9 note, i forgot the charger for the d-lux 3 and finally both batteries ran out. so i did an experiment with the d2, going out and shooting last night, then cropping the pics to 16:9. now granted i did pick the ones that worked the best cropped, but i still like the dynamics of the form. here are the results (except for the last two shot with the d-lux 2) creatures in the landscape Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com and as for the d-lux 3 upgrade, here's what i got from a pbase photographer who went from the lx 1 to the lx 2: "Whether the LX2 is worth the upgrade depends on what your expectations are. I would say definately yes and mostly because of the far superior screen. If you shoot in 16:9 like I do, the screen displays a much larger image. It is so much easier to see fine details that are critical for framing a photo. The screen's colour and contrast also seem better. I think that a good screen is as important a factor for producing a good photograph as a good viewfinder is on a (D)SLR. "On the other hand, in terms of image quality, the LX2 isn't really a significant upgrade. When shooting RAW and brightly lit JPEGs, resolution is marginally better. Areas of low contrast detail in LX2 JPEGs often have less detail than the same areas in LX1 files - probably due to more agressive in-camera noise reduction." this is pretty much the what reviews say. i would love having that bigger screen. wayne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest stnami Posted October 21, 2006 Share #122 Posted October 21, 2006 Hi Wayne Next time put some tape over the LCD screen to get a 16:9 format. I like those images, not sure how they will work on a large scale, there may be too many areas of black and white creating dead zones. They work on this small scale on a screen. I can see the point about the larger screen........, I am not going there. Chris Dorley- Brown http://www.multiarts.org.uk/gallery/face.html The XA is used quite often, I did my last client paid shoot( rare these days out of choice) on the baby Oly at the zoo. It was quite hilarious with all these big digitals canons, nikons, hassys etc and I rock up with a XA and two rolls of film. Got paid for one double and six single pages for a book. I glued a hot shoe attachment on the base of the XA and every now and then I mount it on my D2 hot shoe, looks weird but it does help with some shots when I need the occasional 400 or 800 iso for speed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vic Posted October 21, 2006 Share #123 Posted October 21, 2006 wayne - i really love the photo with the man lightened where on the door written "private".. in the kitcen rite?? really fantastic photo... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share #124 Posted October 21, 2006 hi vic, thanks much. you might enjoy these two b&w galleries; d-lux 2 epiphany at peet's Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com d-lux 2 zen night walk tri-x Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com the discussions on this forum have really helped me define my tasks. for straight photography i like b&w, and for color i like transforming photos into graphics. just posted more theater lobby shots. d-lux 2 bluebeard dir. betty burns Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com i'm just never satisfied with colored photos, no matter what i do with them. i guess they're just too much like ordinary reality. hi imants, thanks for the comments. printing is a whole other ball of wax. i really haven't done much of it except for theater and dance lobby 8X10's. come february it will be a different story. thanks for the morphing video. just got this in the mail: Morpheus Photo Animation Suite - Allume Systems Inc Software Store : Download or Physical Shipment it would be fun to try. wayne ps. both of you might enjoy the fototorst series of books from prague. i've gotten 7 or 8 of them. very nicely done, interesting interviews and essays on mostly unknown czech photographers. (the movie 'closely watched trains' has the most beautiful b&w i think i've ever seen in a film.) not at all pricey and a nice size. http://www.bookfinder.us/booksearch/bookfinder?query=fototorst Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 22, 2006 Share #125 Posted October 22, 2006 The actual morph process has been around for yonks, I saw a copy of the final image of Chris Dorley- Brown after he morphed the 2000 people into this one image and it is really amazingly serene. The video doesn't give due justice but this is by far his best effort to date finmain I will have to check out those books still prefer the B&W images by a long shot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vic Posted October 22, 2006 Share #126 Posted October 22, 2006 thanks wayne... my special faves are those from the b/w.. 2, 4 6 10 12 13.. u know, it is really intresting to work with the "panoramic" stuff. u create there theme which is divided, sometimes only vissualy and other times contentually (like n13 for example which is very powerful in this term). and of course the sun is great helper in this situation :-))) we both have alot of it in our conuntries :-))))))) by the way.... i suppose u know him: http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT.aspx?V=CDocT&E=29YL5349BMGP&DT=ALB this is the new work of trent parke from london.. stuning work - really loved it... http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT_MAG.aspx?Stat=Portfolio_DocThumb&V=CDocT&E=29YL53ZJBIEZ&DT=ALB and this is his classic.... about the color... i understand what u mean about the color, but i have to admit that im not fully attached to what u have done there with color... nice idea.. in some photos it work very well both the color and the graphic work, but not fully works for me. imants... this is great.. true - the video on the internet dont make justies to the work i suppose and sure... to all your talks about this work i will add something more... i think that the portraits themselves are very good - i mean stuning.. they are dynamic .... when u look at them (i mean the stills) they have a changing visual experience.. u know what i mean?.... this is great, and many times i myslef trying to reach it in photographs.. those dynamic and driving misterious portraits... by the way... photographically talking... i think the best photographic lenses that are capable to give it basically are the following photo lenses: summilux leica 75 mm ziess planar 110mm for rollei cooke 229mm / imagon rodestok 250mm for 45 format. with proper work of photographer and model, they give the look to the photograph that is simply driving. i wish i could see it on bigger video or at least much bigger still portraits... thanks for links. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 22, 2006 Share #127 Posted October 22, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) They sure are arresting portraits A Lady of grace Margi Geerlinks richard goodall gallery - margi geerlinks and Shadi Ghadirian aeroplastics | Shadi Ghadirian Trent Parkes images of my home city Sydney are pretty spot on, it is a accurate essay on our harsh light, sometimes it is a hinderace especially for quiet reflective images Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share #128 Posted October 24, 2006 hi vic, thanks for looking at the photos and the feedback. i really like working with the panoramic 16:9. when i get back to town next week i'll look for a good book by a cinematographer on the format. yes, it seems like it can convey motion across the screen or into the sky, or become a vehicle for dyptiches and tryptiches. the trent parkes b&w are classic knockouts. i didn't know his work. his color doesn't affect me nearly as much. and i personally think this shows the difficulty of doing something special with color. (i'm certainly not happy with mine, yet.) hi imants, just spent two days with five of the fototorst books (covers of two in the photo below.) amazing work by these czech photographers. i think they would appeal to leica users as they build on historical b&w. the essay on josef sudek begins with the classic statement: "Photography, more than any other artistic medium, is linked to reality; without reality photography could hardly exist. The road taken by a photographer, if he or she wishes to make a unique, universally valid message, is one of projecting his or her subjective experiences, attitude towards life, and individual style onto the reality he or she has chosen to photograph." Anna Farova the other classic statement "art is life seen thru a temprament." very interesting work these women are doing. thanks for the links. i really like it when a photographer works with what is close at hand (josef sudek the perfect example). much as i love the exotic scene, i think it's harder to give it a personal definition. well, they've run out of extra fire money, so saturday will be the last day of the season for me. incredible weather this week. too often i've been leaving in a blizzard about this time. wayne Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/1447-sean-reid-and-street-photography/?do=findComment&comment=76378'>More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 24, 2006 Share #129 Posted October 24, 2006 "Photography, more than any other artistic medium, is linked to reality; without reality photography could hardly exist Yea I reckon I would personally find it hard to exist as well, reality is a pretty hefty hombre Have a bo peep at 'Photography REBORN' Johnathan Lipkin ISBNO-8109-9244-2(pbk), it ia a intro to some digital photographer/artists come whatamidoingheres.This is not your Leica M7 style of stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share #130 Posted October 24, 2006 hi imants, thanks for the tip. here's an amazon reader's review of the book: "It is truly amazing the rate at which technology moves! Four years ago, the author thought that film photography was here to stay for a long while because digital cameras were expensive, not so good, and anyway, people would need fancy computers and printers to make accessible photos. Now easy internet business is routinely conducted with digital images. But, as Lipkin points out, in PHOTOGRAPHY REBORN, it is not only that digital photography takes the place of film. It does, but it also is a genuine new medium. This book tells how and why digital images can outmanipulate experience and reality, be a new aesthetic medium and be more subversive than film photographs in which Trotsky's image was removed from Stalin's. In fact, the book tells not only how digital photography works, but also is a great guide to what it promises to do in the future." i suspect with the m8 the leica user world view may change to something more radical. we'll see. sean makes it an awfully appealing camera for the devout. wayne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 25, 2006 Share #131 Posted October 25, 2006 I suspect with the m8 the leica user world view may change to something more radical, we'll see I doubt very much will change most Leica owners are conservative in their approach to post processing and well as what is photography, For many who are in this book digital is and/or part of other media projects by no means the end all. I have decided to pick up a Ricoh GR and a Sigma DP1 when it comes out,28mm suits my needs. I don't really care much about depicting reality and 60x90cm is big enough for me as most of the images are parts of artwork. This along with the D2 and XA will suit me I really cannot justify a M8 coupled with a gorgeous lens when in post processing I undo all its strengths, plus my cameras get beaten up quickly and end up in Otto Bin (Laden) . Mark Norton would probably organise a vigilante to have me hung dried and quartered for what I would do to M8 images and the camera. Though a M10 or so in the future will be a go... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vic Posted October 25, 2006 Share #132 Posted October 25, 2006 hi wayen,, ya, no poblems - loved those images and actaully many other in your gallery on thaat site, like the dance stuff for example... ya, i know what u mean whith color photography.. i also had some similiar feelings about it once.. and actually was not doing color at all. but then u need it, especially for comercial works, so u have no choice... dont know if im super original or authentic with my color expression but at least i try to find the way i love it when i do color works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share #133 Posted October 25, 2006 hi imants, spent last evening again researching cameras. like everyone, i'd like the equipment to inspire me. if i wanted to do medium format after reading sean's review i'd go for the 5d since i have lots of great lenses. but then i went to the ricoh grd site and was much more inspired by it. and the fovean link pictures look very optimistic for the gp1. basically, after looking at a lot of pics from other, larger cameras i didn't see anything i liked better than the d2. it produces a unique look and i see why you've stuck with it. frankly, i too do so much post-processing and since i like a rougher look in black and white, compacts the best for me and much more fun to use. all the bigger ones kind of weigh me down with a feeling of effort! (and i don't mean just weight.) hi vic, thanks for looking at the pictures and for the feedback. i've realized i'm drawn to b&w for a specific reason. this morning i'm looking at Amazon.com: Spirits and Ghosts: Journeys Through Mongolia: Books: Julia Calfee,Antonin Kratochvil and it's the photographing on the borders between worlds that interests me. she studied with kratochvil and he counselled her for five years on the project, so it reflects his gritty style. but most importantaly, i've been interested in shamanism for forty years, have gone to workshops, etc. this is not spiritualist photography, such as you'd find in manipulated photos to see ghosts at seances, but those from cultures like mexico (see: Amazon.com: Graciela Iturbide: Images of the Spirit: Books: Graciela Iturbide,Alfredo Lopez Austin,Roberto Tejeda ) in the b&w of trent parke i feel a more scientific-minded photographer at work. it doesn't quite have an otherworldly context, quite naturally, being a modern city. with science we gained an incredible freedom and power, yet the darker forces often overwhelm us and we certainly haven't escaped them. color tends to be so much of this world it has difficulty displaying this borderline world the way b&w can. however, i tell you, it depresses me to shoot in black and white. i'd rather shoot in color and discover the other world later in the computer! and i like looking at a lot of fashion photography. just picked up this one: Amazon.com: Archaeology of Elegance: 1980-2000 Twenty Years of Fashion Photography: Books: Marion De Beaupre,Stephane Baumet and the december issue of Applied Arts, Canada's visual communications magazine with its annual photo issue. these people use color in wonderful ways, though not for a communication with the spirits! imants says i look at too many books, but i loved picture books first, before anything else, age four. wayne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share #134 Posted October 26, 2006 ps. imants, just found out an interesting bit of info. do you know this camera: Specifications for Polaroid X530 Digital Camera at circuitcity.com has the fovean sensor! it's only 4.5 megs, but it's a compact, cheap, shoots raw, has a 3x optical ricoh lens. i ordered one after looking at these samples. the color is gorgeous. Test Images Photo Gallery by Ellen Tomlinson at pbase.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 26, 2006 Share #135 Posted October 26, 2006 I thought they were all recalled a while back, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share #136 Posted October 26, 2006 hi imants, the initial ones were recalled, but six months later, sometime last year there was a full release. i have found out more info about it. here's a personal review, but i suspect it's one of the recalled. also, he posted some pictures with different tests. i do suspect he had one of the early ones and certain problems he had the ones to be resolved. Test Shots Photo Gallery by skaliwag at pbase.com Enter Page Title Here a number of things may strike you. i suspect he was using a slow card at the time, but i'm sure it will be slow compared to more recent ones. (ten seconds to write raw, but faster than the ricoh. still, a fast card may help.) he didn't experience any shutter lag, once half pressed and focused. (and there is manual focus.) as you'll see, he experimented with a lot of settings. work-arounds of all kinds seem possible. and some very strange exifs pop up on some of the flash pics: l/890008 of a second at f1.2. what do you think that is all about? it does have a 2.6-3.4 3X ricoh lens. i've been interested in foveon pics since the sigmas came out. this seems a very cheap and handy way to check it out. that's the one real reason to buy this camera: to experiment with the color. richoh lens, foveon sensor, could this be a grd/gp1 hybrid for a fifth of the price and more features? wayne ps. and it has an optical viewfinder, wonder of wonders! pss. i forgot to mention it uses the same raw processing software as the sigma 9/10. you can go to the sigma site and download the latest and check it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 26, 2006 Share #137 Posted October 26, 2006 I will wait for your review Wayne, which I feel will be of greater accuracy as the ones on the net, mainly due to knowing what you do and your objectives. I don't like ownind too many cameras The Richo is to be used as a B&W camera, the 20 restriction if a bonus and the slow RAW write speed I will use as an advantage to produce images that are more deliberate in content yet loose compositionally due to using the LCD. Could always mount it on top of the D2 via the hotshoe it is light enough as I gather Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanized_form Posted October 26, 2006 Share #138 Posted October 26, 2006 I doubt very much will change most Leica owners are conservative in their approach to post processing and well as what is photography, For many who are in this book digital is and/or part of other media projects by no means the end all. I have decided to pick up a Ricoh GR and a Sigma DP1 when it comes out,28mm suits my needs. I don't really care much about depicting reality and 60x90cm is big enough for me as most of the images are parts of artwork. This along with the D2 and XA will suit me I really cannot justify a M8 coupled with a gorgeous lens when in post processing I undo all its strengths, plus my cameras get beaten up quickly and end up in Otto Bin (Laden) . Mark Norton would probably organise a vigilante to have me hung dried and quartered for what I would do to M8 images and the camera. Though a M10 or so in the future will be a go... i liked reading this. interesting thoughts. the post processing thing fascinates me because it brings the tools to everyone that were once exclusive to those with access to labs etc. though i was recently thinking that in the future, some of the most radical photography could be those images that don't look post processed. i say this because when everyone can do something they usually do and to excess, and further they know that with a computer everyone else can work that software too with some practice. the post processed photo will become the normal photo. i think in art photography the simple photograph could really stand out, especially if the person taking the simple photograph has a unique way of seeing that can't be replicated by a computer program. i'm thinking along the the lines of photographers like william eggleston, stephen shore, luigi ghirri, etc. i think these photographers could (eggleston still does, shore used too with work like "uncommon places" and "american surfaces", ghirri is deceased) see the most normal things in unique ways, often making the simple picture the strangest photo of all. this is a nice thread! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share #139 Posted October 27, 2006 hi imants, now i feel guilty. alas, i am a collector and researcher. i'm not sure the f30 and x530 will add anything to my arsenal. i'll check them out and maybe send them back. the guitarist julien bream said he only took one guitar on the road so he wouldn't fret over what to use. i do tend to be the same way. and for the past year i've loved using the d2 and d-lux2. i wish there'd been a true upgrade to one of them. hi kevin, glad you're enjoying the thread. a simple photo that stands out, you're not asking for much! just looked thru a book of edward weston. yes, it's difficult to compete with the masters. i do think i'm gravitating more and more toward b&w for the very reasons you suggested. just posted these: d-lux 2 image in the image (b&w) 2 summer 06 Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com and i'll put one here from last spring's county fair. thanks much for your thoughts, wayne Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/1447-sean-reid-and-street-photography/?do=findComment&comment=78568'>More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 29, 2006 Share #140 Posted October 29, 2006 Hi Wayne Here is a link to a project by Ethan Rafal, I won't say anything about it other than I am impressed with the approach ethanrafal.com I get the ricoh GR next week it was a bit of a umaa with the Leica D-LUX, but in the end the fixed 28mm lens got the nod as I wasn't interested in too many choices and I am not partial to 16:9 . No zoom will force me to take photographs and not pictures. Primarily use it for B&W the D2 takes care of colour and the lens assists in that unique colour rendition in the images which is now integral in my artwork. I st the D2 to 400 iso,White Balance set on B&W....contrast-high...sharpness-high and shot JPEGS for once Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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