ME, PRETENDING TO BE A STREET PHOTOGRAPHER

The Day the Sun Went Out, 2012

I have a whole series of these, but I have not shared them here because the people in most of them are easily identifiable. I am not comfortable posting photos of people without their permission. I think this one is all right. 

Humboldt Bay and Samoa Bridge, December 2012

This is another photograph that I took with the Canon S100. Again, this was hand-held, and was saved in the raw format. The ability to save images in the raw provides the digital negative with all the available data from the twelve megapixel sensor. Most other small point and shoot cameras use jpeg compression, and the resulting digital negative contains just a fraction of the original data to work with. The raw files, have more latitude for editing/manipulating, and for me, are the preferred format.

WHERE TROLLS DARE TO ROAM

Under the Samoa Bridge at Woodley Island, December 2012

 

 

My friend Pam Cone took a photograph underneath the Mad River Hammond Trail Bridge, and thus I was inspired. This image is a composite of three digital negatives that were processed as HDR in Photoshop. Otherwise, I only performed a few adjustments.

SUNDAY MORNING

The Fisherman at Woodley Island, December 2012

I took this photograph yesterday while Marc and I were exploring the island after camera club. I think it is fun and challenging to photograph some of the local icons such as this statue, and the Carson Mansion.

I took this with my pocket camera, the Canon S100, handheld and at ASA 400. I cropped this down from the rectangle, and applied some noise reduction. Overall, I think it works.

MORE WALLS DOORWAYS AND NOW, PORTALS

Corrugated, December 2012

I took this photograph this afternoon down on Woodley Island. Marc and I went there after camera club to see if we could get some "king" tide shots. I photographed this structure Thursday, and realized that I had more work to do on what it was that I felt. I think this image is much closer to fulfilling that goal.

THE CARSON MANSION, A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

The Carson Mansion, December 2012

I took this shot this afternoon with the pocket camera. I am still very pleased in that I almost always now have a camera with me wherever I am. I started carrying my mono-pod  and it seems to help. I am finding that in this type of light that I need it (although I did not have it for this photo).

FEELING THE FOREST AND ITS MOODS

Prairie Creek State Park, November 2012

I love going through my "contact sheets" in Lightroom. I rediscover images, and often I feel the essence of what it was that drew me to sit with the subject. This photograph is right on the road. I must have driven past it a thousand times (no exaggeration) while driving to and from Klamath and Crescent City.

I saw these scenes, but I never could figure out how to capture them until I was able to stop and sit within the forest. Driving past just did not allow the time for me to feel the spirit of the forest. 

A VARIATION ON YESTERDAY'S THEME

Reworking and Manipulating Marsh Photographs, 2012

If you frequent this blog you have seen this image before. In one of my recent posts, I placed a B&W copy of this. After receiving some feedback on the B&W print, I decided to take another look at the color version. In the B&W print, the band of sunset light comes through as white, and it overpowers the viewer. Here I think that the light as shown in color does not have the same effect.

I did print this back in the spring, but this is considerably different. I swear that these images sometime must ferment for awhile.

MORE MORNINGS AT THE MARSH

More Mornings at the Marsh, 2012

This is another candidate for printing. I think it complements the other black and white images that I made of the marsh in recent months. I think it conveys the mood that I feel while I am photographing there.

I have not printed anything for almost two weeks. I am trying to be frugal with my paper and ink, but, as I said before, the only way to actually judge the photograph is by viewing it on paper. I think I will assemble about six or eight images to print soon.

A LITTLE CROPPING

Earth Meets Sky Revised, November 2012

I am acting on some feedback that I received about the earlier version of this image that I posted a few days ago. I think I like it this way. This is an example of why I prefer to give images some time to develop within my head. What I mean is, that I found that as often as my first impression is the best one of a series on a subject, that sometimes I need to study the possibilities for the print. I am glad that I did not print the first version of this the other day. 

SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON

Earth Meets Sky, November, 2012

I worked on another copy of this image several weeks ago. I started again from scratch without looking at the earlier version. Both came out close, but this one offers a fuller range of light and mood. I think it will look much better on paper.

UNHINGED?

A Splash of Color, 2012

All right, I know that total manipulation is completely taboo, but this was just downright fun to do. Therefore I will not apologize for pushing the limits. For what ever reason, I like this image.