Friday, September 23, 2011
Shots from Ještěd
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This peculiar building is visible from kilometers distant, with its acute form puncturing the skyline.
It is a television transmitter / hotel combination built by the communist regime in 1966 - the cold-war era. Apparently the Germans, a mere 20km or so away, were afraid it was some kind of weapon!
Anyway, the place is a great location for photography, and I hope you enjoy the images I captured there.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Mindblowing analog photography
"Using a wide array of experimental, analogue-based photographic techniques such as colour separation filters, multiple exposures, dark slides and in-camera masking Jessica Eaton builds images on sheets of 4x5 film that address fundamental properties of photography such as light, chance, duration, illusion and spatial relations. - Clint Roenisch, Gallery.
Eaton says; “I often set up parameters for phenomena to express itself. In the best of cases I push things so that the response comes in ways that I could not have thought up until I was shown it on film. Once you get to see or experience something you can use it. Then you can use it to see something else.”
Please go and check out her work HERE.
Lomography of the mind
The reason it interests me is that the machine, or tool used to create the image becomes an inherant part of the character and content of the image. Like a painter using a wad of tissue instead of a brush, or a sculptor using a shotgun instead of a chisel.
Now, I have said that this interests me - that is not to say that I am an advocate or promotor of the discipline. I am still on the fence as far as this is concerned. Can a musician add to his performance by using an inferior or out of tune instrument? I am not so sure, but then I am not so sure about my analogies, either.
I do not own any of these "toy cameras", as they are often referred to, so how can I experiment with this? Without investing in new equipment that I may not even want in the long-term, I guess I can only work with an inferior head. Yes, you heard me, an inferior head.
"But Edvar, you are a genius." I hear you say... "How can you have an inferior head?". Easy. Alcohol. Shoot photographs while inebriated. Let's call it "Alcoholography".
I predict that this will work much like playing pool. After a beer or two, my game will drastically improve, or at least change. The booze-buzz giving me confidence and a slightly different way of approaching things - less bound by logic and expectation. After another couple of drinks it will quickly degrade into chaos and misery. I just hope I don't break or lose anything.
So watch this space, I will endeavour to start my "project" this weekend.
A view from the top
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My first processed image from Český ráj. This was taken from the top of a sandstone cliff-encircled plateau that we climbed up to try and catch the sunset. Unfortunately we had walked several kilometres from the location of the car and had to descend the cliffs quickly to avoid injury or worse in the pitch black. The location we arrived at was a 2 hour walk from the car, so we took the advice of some locals and took a hunting trail through the forest. With just one 2 LED headlight and no idea of where the path would lead us , that was at the very least an.... interesting walk.
Download Windows 8!!!
The site below is in French, but the downloadable ISO files are for English language 32 and 64bit versions of the developer build of Win8.
Let me know if you decide to try it out!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Český ráj - Bohemian Paradise
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Watch this space early next week for the results.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Vivian Maier, street photographer and nanny
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