I'd love to be able to sell black and white nature pics like he does, some of his shit is really awesome ;)
Here's my first try, flame away...
Here's my first try, flame away...
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Not a bad shot. Ansel rocks but he would have spent a bit more time burning and dodging. -
jaYMan....
Very cool shot, hon
Ansel Adams is the man.....I've got 3 of his prints hanging on the wall in front of me now.ICQ: 114549321Comment
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?? whats that ??burning and dodging
Thanks sweetums ;)) I'll shoot you over one when I get famous k ;)peace&profit,
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Originally posted by jaYMan
?? whats that ??
Thanks sweetums ;)) I'll shoot you over one when I get famous k ;)
I suppose I need to explain the rule of thirds to you as well?Comment
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Adams is nice but I also like Edward Weston, Paul Strand, and Alfred Stieglitz.
For modern B&W photographers I like Ralph Gibson, Jeanloup Sieff, Helmut Newton, Rob Debenport, Patrick Demarchelier, and Herb Ritts (RIP).
Did anyone read Collectors Photography magazine in the late 80's? Was devoted to B&W most of it's run. I have about 20 issues. They go for about $30-$50 each and are a bitch to find in good condition.Old SchoolComment
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Originally posted by jaYMan
?? whats that ??
Thanks sweetums ;)) I'll shoot you over one when I get famous k ;)
You're a kind man.....and I'm gonna hold you to that
Zebra.....thanks for the list hon. I've got some new photographers to look up.....
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Not bad.. definitely needs a punch on the contrast.. Did you use any filters? I find a good generic yellow filter is handy.. or a red filter depending on your situation.Originally posted by jaYMan
I'd love to be able to sell black and white nature pics like he does, some of his shit is really awesome ;)
Here's my first try, flame away...
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Colored filters with B&W pics?Originally posted by LadyMischief
Not bad.. definitely needs a punch on the contrast.. Did you use any filters? I find a good generic yellow filter is handy.. or a red filter depending on your situation.
I wonder how many idiots will not get this.Comment
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Phootshop filters or actually things you buy and put on the camera lens???
/me has a long way to go lol....
peace&profit,
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ah.... the lost art of actually shooting film and spending hours in the darkroom......
kids these days with their new fangled digital thingies......
How many folks here know that Ansel Adams used to shoot with a 8x10 camera and lug it all over the places he shot.?See our content at www.tm-photo.netComment
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Not too shabby, not a big fan of photography myself but looks like too much light at the top, here's the kinda stuff I like:
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An example of dodging and burning and what changes it makes.See our content at www.tm-photo.netComment
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Whats a darkroom? lol jk...
I never got into film cuz I never wanted to always have to shell out $20 bucks to get shit developed...
Yah, cheap bastard I was ;)peace&profit,
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How3d' ya do that? This is the only info I have on black and white editing...
http://www.wfu.edu/users/bennettk/blackwhite.htmlpeace&profit,
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jaYMan,
Used the dodge/burn tool in photoshop.
If you are really serious about getting better at BW art shots, there are tons of books in virtually every bookstore on it. Focus on the Zone System for exposures, composition, and persective.
The reason art photographers shoot film is that the tonal range from film ot paper seems wider than what they can get from digital to paper. I don't believe it myslef, but that is one big factor.See our content at www.tm-photo.netComment
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I've always been a fan of black and white.....and Ansel Adams has some very cool shots....I own a few.
I've got one by an anonymous photographer of a train falling out of a train station window...I believe it is called Accident!..but I've never been able to find it online. It was photographed in France...don't know what year.
The entire front end of the train is depicted crashing threw the train station window and falling 'head' first onto the pavement below. It's one of my faves.Raven
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Man, I miss the days of spending hours in the darkroom.
It almost became a form of meditation (although it could sometimes be hell too).
Digital is nice but I preferred the results you got with film.Old SchoolComment
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Thanks! I'm really serious about learning this stuff ;)Originally posted by tmphoto
jaYMan,
Used the dodge/burn tool in photoshop.
If you are really serious about getting better at BW art shots, there are tons of books in virtually every bookstore on it. Focus on the Zone System for exposures, composition, and persective.
The reason art photographers shoot film is that the tonal range from film ot paper seems wider than what they can get from digital to paper. I don't believe it myslef, but that is one big factor.peace&profit,
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Originally posted by AaronM
Colored filters with B&W pics?
I wonder how many idiots will not get this.
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every house i go in has some ansel shit in it
id love to have a piece of the artsy-fartsy action
i usually just sit down crosslegged in their hallways and fingerpaint the walls just to annoy themComment
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Very nice picture... the sky is kind too bright. Other than that, i'd buy this picture if i find it at the stores.Comment
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Actually to be perfectly honest, I know for myself that I really prefer to get the best product I can right from the camera.. I try not to touch anything up unless I absolutely have to. My pics as I've posted elsewhere are unedited, came that way off film. I do my color/contrast work with filters. And yes, I mean filters that go on the lens. I generally prefer Cokin or Tiffen filters (www.cokin.com or www.tiffen.com).Originally posted by jaYMan
Phootshop filters or actually things you buy and put on the camera lens???
/me has a long way to go lol....
For black and white, red/yellow, etc filters can pop up the contrast in your image depending on what the lighting/color conditions are like, and what parts of your final product you are trying to highlight. If you look around on the net, there's all kinds of nice simple tutorials that you can read to familiarize yourself with different filters and their affects, so you can better apply that to your own photography.Comment
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I'm cliche...I have an Ansel Adams photo in my living room. I had a girl over once and she said "You must be just out of college. Everyone who just graduated gets an Ansel Adams photo." So I told her "Fuck you, I dropped out."Comment
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Here is a good article to start off with.
http://www.tiffen.com/camera_filters.htm
A good example of the use of filters would be this image.
Most people would think that I photoshopped the star effects in, and darkened the sky by bringing up the contrast. In fact, this is EXACTLY how this image looks on film. How did I do it? A polarizing filter combined with a star filter, with a cokin vignette to give it that fish-eye appearance. Anything is possible with the right filter. They dramatically increase the versatility of your camera as an artistic medium.Comment
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Yes. You can't achieve the same kind of depth with digital black and white as developing it yourself. I never could I'm allergic to the chemicals, but I had another guy do it for me and he had the same "vision". One shot can come out 100 different ways, depending on how you develop it.Originally posted by Zebra
Man, I miss the days of spending hours in the darkroom.
It almost became a form of meditation (although it could sometimes be hell too).
Digital is nice but I preferred the results you got with film.Comment
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Raven - They used to sell that train pic at Ikea. Can you imagine being the guy who snapped that one? If it were me, my batteries would have just died or I'd be out of film. lol
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I love B&W photography and love his work.
Moonrise is my favorite.
This is a pic of Ansel.
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Did you know that Ansel Adams nose was crooked because he lived in San Fransico during the Great Quake of 1906 and fell and broke his nose on a rock.
Just one of those funky facts that stick in the back of your head.Old SchoolComment
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Hey, KCat....how's it goin?Originally posted by KCat
Raven - They used to sell that train pic at Ikea. Can you imagine being the guy who snapped that one? If it were me, my batteries would have just died or I'd be out of film. lol
The person who gave it to me bought it from IKEA. I've always wanted a better print, since that one is not great....but, I've not been able to find it....
LOL on your batteries dying or running out of film.Raven
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i've been to shows of his stuff on both sides of the Atlantic...really stunning stuff.Comment
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