The Photography Thread

[North Star]

See, I view a reflector the same as simply another light source. In fact, I'll even include flags and scrims with that. It's all there and can be used as you see fit.

Sure, they're as useful and essential tools for managing light as anything, although I wouldn't call flags or scrims light sources. Using them while taking these in parents' living room in the midst of preparing a family brunch didn't cross my mind, though - although I suppose it might have, if I was accustomed to using them, and in possession of them.

I took this one a couple of months ago. My timing was good. The next day, most of the leaves were gone.

Nice. I can never resist photographing fall leaves myself.

[NikF]

Sure, they're as useful and essential tools for managing light as anything, although I wouldn't call flags or scrims light sources. Using them while taking these in parents' living room in the midst of preparing a family brunch didn't cross my mind, though - although I suppose it might have, if I was accustomed to using them, and in possession of them.

Okay, I'll say light modifiers. The point I'm trying to make is that I view them all as working the same way as a tap or a fawcett, where they can provide/let in light, or turn it off and block it completely.

[North Star]

Okay, I'll say light modifiers. The point I'm trying to make is that I view them all as working the same way as a tap or a fawcett, where they can provide/let in light, or turn it off and block it completely.

Yes indeed - or perhaps a garden hose, since a faucet is more difficult to move around.

Thread duty

[NikF]

'Model tries to suppress panic because we're standing in the middle of the road'



I've noticed that the Internet frequently states "Always focus on the eyelash nearest the lens" and you know what? Maybe the Internet is correct. In any case, whenever possible I always focus on the catchlight nearest the lens, regardless of the DOF.

[NikF]

This is from the OP

"A thread for all things photography. Post your favorite photographer's images or ones from your own eye. Professional, amateur, DSLR, point and click, film, digital, etc...is all welcome!"

So, got any point and click or cellphone stuff?

Nice young woman I met in the park. Taken with a little compact digital -



Ex who still sends me classical CDs. -




The next couple of shots were taken about ten years ago and with this phone -


This is the first cellphone photo I ever took. I was disappointed with the result -




But the cool thing about that phone was that it had a flash. Oh yeah.
The young woman in this shot and the previous one is another ex. She's exactly 150cm tall and represented the Soviet Union at gymnastics way back a long time ago. I lived with her in Russia for five years and she took me to my first classical concerts   - 

If that shot is not suitable for the forum, let me know and I'll remove it.

Finally, here's another photo taken with the same phone. I include this because it's a good example of how when you have only about three seconds to arrange the shot (due to the attention span of your teenage subjects) you need to know what to say and how to say it. Incidentally, the chick was adorable all night. Also, black and white conversion due to numerous different colour temperatures and the hell with trying to sort that in a JPEG. -


Perhaps any flash is better than no flash? But the thing is, I'm not fond of on axis flash, because it can be what we refer to as "a custard pie of light straight in the face" but sometimes that's all you have. And there are occasions when I'll provide some fill.

[kishnevi]

The photo with the statue is at least brilliantly posed.  Perhaps it could be used for a caption contest?

[NikF]

The photo with the statue is at least brilliantly posed.  Perhaps it could be used for a caption contest?

Thanks. One of the issues was that not having any fill flash meant it was difficult to make the statue's hand more apparent. But it was only a cellphone and so using it came with a number of compromises.

[NikF]

This is about as point and click as you can get, including the paper clip replacing the spring in the primitive shutter -



I took it on one of my morning runs and got this on TRI-X -

[North Star]

This is about as point and click as you can get, including the paper clip replacing the spring in the primitive shutter -

I took it on one of my morning runs and got this on TRI-X -

Hah!

Nice shot, the angles remind me of the 'hallucinatory, threatening power' Szarkowski sees in Atget's Versailles, escalier de l'Orangerie, 103 degrés, 20 mètres de largeur, jullet 1901

[NikF]

Hah!

Nice shot, the angles remind me of the 'hallucinatory, threatening power' Szarkowski sees in Atget's Versailles, escalier de l'Orangerie, 103 degrés, 20 mètres de largeur, jullet 1901

Thanks.

And I was unfamiliar with that. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

[North Star]

From the second day with the 50mm.

[Sean]

I like your self-confidence NikF, not all that common a trait. You even listen to Bax...

My camera is the smallest on the market and I'm now onto my second one, the Nikon SO1-



Chinese park musicians-





One of the four Heavenly Kings as temple guardians-



This is a vast ceiling screen pumping out utter mindlessness at a Chinese shopping mall-



Me with students (hope I didn't post this previously)-

[Sean]

Another busker-

[NikF]

From the second day with the 50mm.

Mhmm... The way you shot that makes the focus end nicely at the same point where there's a change in the wood grain.
Any method in particular for the black and white conversion?

[North Star]

Mhmm... The way you shot that makes the focus end nicely at the same point where there's a change in the wood grain.
Any method in particular for the black and white conversion?

In-camera RAW processing, with green filter (and a green apple), maximum contrast and sharpening.

Managed to haul myself outdoors today, after all it's only -33 °C (-27.5 °F) with the wind chill factored in.

[NikF]

I like your self-confidence NikF, not all that common a trait. You even listen to Bax...

Indeed, there are many and varied benefits in possessing true self confidence.

My camera is the smallest on the market and I'm now onto my second one, the Nikon SO1-

Nice camera. I should probably own something like that, but the lack of hotshoe stops me - and frankly, that's a ridiculous reason, because what's the point of me carrying such a compact camera if I'm also needing to fill my pockets with a flash and triggers?

Chinese park musicians-

Interesting. I like to see photos taken on the street. Documenting the life wiin the space around us is important.

[NikF]

Nice old lady singing the theme to the animated television show 'Cheburashka'  at my request. She used to regularly stand opposite the old studio and regardless of what she was already playing would insert a few bars of it whenever she saw me pass by. 


The photo was taken with whatever Agfa aerial film was being rebranded as at that time - probably Rollei, I don't remember. However I do remember the camera, which I rescued from a camera shop that was going out of business  -


And the photo of the camera was taken by -

I don't remember exactly what camera she has but it's more modern than anything I use for work.

This was taken at the old house and I was shooting via a long lens from the back garden through to front door and into the front garden - the black border on the right is the edge of the open back door, if you know what I mean. And the dude is someone creative who I'm not going to namedrop. 

[Sean]

My pocket Nikon is a spy camera for incognito travels... It's okay although the flash has to be reset each time it's switched on, and it's mechanically delicate bringing trouble with the focus mechanism and with little robustness against bashes.

[North Star]

Nice old lady singing the theme to the animated television show 'Cheburashka'  at my request. She used to regularly stand opposite the old studio and regardless of what she was already playing would insert a few bars of it whenever she saw me pass by. 

The photo was taken with whatever Agfa aerial film was being rebranded as at that time - probably Rollei, I don't remember. However I do remember the camera, which I rescued from a camera shop that was going out of business  -

Nice.

This was taken at the old house and I was shooting via a long lens from the back garden through to front door and into the front garden - the black border on the right is the edge of the open back door, if you know what I mean. And the dude is someone creative who I'm not going to namedrop. 

He has a creative haircut, at least. 
I like the use of the door as a frame. The contrasty b&w look also works well here.

[Artem]

Lars von Trier? 

Love your posts here NikF.