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Black and White Photography

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:22:46 +0000

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Black and white photography is timeless and where some of the most amazing images come from and shooting for black and white makes you think outside your usual boundaries without having a color reference frame.

Black and white images can be artistic, stark, evocative, atmospheric or textural and can convey mood and form with strong contrasts of light and shade and the strong shadow can enhance mood.

Black and white requires a very different mindset to color photography where color itself can define a shot and you may need to rethink how you see and frame up a possible subject with more concentration on texture and form, light and shade.

Monochrome photographs can be striking and dramatic with pattern, texture and contrast defining the mood and giving a depth and intensity that color can’t even begin to compete. Look for strong form too – think of angular buildings and architectural shapes in strong shadow, the profile of a character portrait defined by strong shadow, and make sure the tonality is not all one shade of boring grey. Sculptural form can look pretty amazing in black and white – think textural plants, trees, and angular forms, jagged rocks, spiky cactus plants, repetitive patterns and think abstract for some incredible macro black and white images.

Experiment with some of your existing images on your computer and take a look at them in black and white in your editing program to get an idea of what sort of shot looks best in black and white before heading out into the field with your camera.

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Photography With Something You Already Have in Your Cupboard

admin — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:49:19 +0000

Aluminium Foil Macro Digital Image

Looking for something with strong contrast, massive lights and shades, wanting something that gives you strong abstract shapes and shadows ? Wanting something that is freely available, constantly changeable but can also be constant enough for you to take a heap of shots without it moving off on you at the crucial moment of pressing the shutter ? Want something that you can manipulate and change at will ?

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How about something that you can find in most kitchen drawers ? Aluminum foil – for a starting point just pull it out, scrunch it up and move around until you get a composition that looks amazing and start shooting. Turn your flash off or all you will get will be reflections of yourself ! Fine if you want a fuzzy photo of your own nose ! Then start adding and moving light, move it closer to the light source, away from it and use a tripod for best results – spot the photo above where there is camera shake to see the difference. Switch your camera to macro for extra good close ups and to avoid that fuzzy photo of your nose again Go experiment and while you are at it pull out a few of the other things in your kitchen drawer – you will be amazed at what has been lurking there all the while that will take amazing photos.

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Wonderful Moss Garden – Natures Own Abstract Art

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:44:15 +0000

What do you all think of this as natures very own handiwork ?

This could almost have been duplicated in a tapestry or made into one of Kaffe Fassett’s tapestrys or knitted works of art or painted into a giant artwork don’t you think ?

This macro image was one of a very small clump of moss on a concrete step – just goes to show what can happen when you view things differently – we’ve probably all been just walking over these amazing shots and not giving them a second glance. Try looking at everyday things like moss, slimy gutter pipes, mould and rust through your macro lens and see what you can see.

Taken again with my trusty Nikon Coolpix of course ! On its macro setting.

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More Everyday Shots – A New Perspective

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:09:41 +0000

Golden Lichen on Rock

More shots from the ladder Looking down on things sure can give you a new slant on things – check out what I spotted from above – I’ve walked past this golden mossy “sculpture” a stack of times but it looked different with the sunlight shining on it and the Bromeliad from above looked like a mini pond. Ask Frogs – they love them !

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Wee Eggs, ‘Blue Hawaii’ Moss pix

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:42:26 +0000

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“Web of Life – Cobwebs”

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:58:09 +0000

Photograph of a cobweb ( one of many !) in an old garden shed.

It was early morning when this was taken and the light was just falling across the window and starting to shine through and highlighted the cobweb.

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Flax Leaf – Macro shot

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:16:51 +0000

Macro shot of section of Flax Leaf – called Harakeke in NZ

See how a macro detailed image shows the variety of hues to the best advantage and cuts out distractions. Now I could have edited out the rust “splotches” but I kind of like seeing nature warts and all and I think it adds to the photo. What do you think ?

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Primitive Art – ‘Carved Head’

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:56:07 +0000

How cool is this ? Just attended a horticulture course on soil and composition and this was part of the exercise to see how different soils would bind together and spotted this face that looked like an native carving – even the hair is there !

One of the other students created this “sculpture” from his piece of clay from his own garden. Amazing how simple things can create a great shot.

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Weird Screaming Skull Digital Photo

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:59:03 +0000

Took this photo as part of a series I did from an old skull hanging on the fence at a place we stayed at and was playing around with it when this weird “face” thing came up in front of me on the screen in the editing process and was fascinated with it – it seemed to be a pictorial representation of what had happened to it so I called it The Screaming Skull ……Just shows what you can do with things literally hanging around the place !

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Take a Closer Look – Feltmaking Session

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:40:30 +0000

These soap suds were left after a felt making session and I knew the soap suds would make some great shots. Try it out you will find all sorts of things jumping out from the soap suds – you don’t even need to make felt ! Some of the photos looked like strange creatures and some like faces or animals or just interesting shapes to photograph.

Take another look around your home to see what you can find – there are photographs everywhere and the usual and everyday just needs you to take a closer look. The photos below were just sitting on the bench when I noticed the colors glowing in the sun and thought they would take great shots.

The photo on the left is part of a fruit display sitting on the kitchen bench while the other is of butter sitting in a dish and had part melted and it had a gooey, oozey look that just looked right.

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