Reinterpretation

At April 13, 2012
By Jay
In Architecture, Black & White, Urban & Street
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I never experienced the chemical darkroom. The hassles, the chemicals, the waiting, the trial and error. None of it appeals to me. I’m sure those who slaved under the red lights and noxious fumes have a unique appreciation for today’s digital darkroom. The ease of revisiting and playing around with previous work is unparalleled. Something that was fairly “meh” first time around can find new life.

Such is the case with today’s entry. Experimenting with some different approaches to black and white conversions with Silver Efex Pro and for whatever reason thought back to this image taken early last year at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. I had originally posted about the unique geometry of the building here, but was never that satisfied with the image.

Here’s Round 2 – an absolutely different interpretation but I like it much more. The tones and textures that I’m toying with these days have a lot more density. Something worth printing.

Or perhaps it’s just a case of the tail WAG’ing the dog. See what I did there?

Tickets Please

At March 03, 2012
By Jay
In HDR
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Another weekend, another game, another arena. While waiting for the girls to hit the ice I noticed the “ticket booth” at the front of the arena. Now apparently used as a storage facility. Shooting from inside looking out through a window is of course too much dynamic range for a camera to handle. Even that aside the image I had in mind screamed HDR. I wanted to bring out all the texture of the counter and brick while also having the window grate and graffiti clearly visible.

So I jammed my lens against the glass and rattled off a bracket of nine frames. Generally I don’t go for such a hyper-real graphic HDR style but it fits here. At least for me. Processed with Nik’s HDR Efex Pro and Photoshop.

Toronto Travel Trilogy

Just back from a quick three day trip to Toronto. First in some time. As always had The Camera with me but really ~~was too damn lazy~~ didn’t have the opportunity to do much shooting. But in the interest of generating something, and going with a theme of three (three days, three photos) I offer a trilogy of travel from the lounge to the tarmac to the air.