Photo of the Week 2015-04-27

Finding the time to do photography ...

... I came across an interesting short article with this as a title after returning from a recent week long business trip.

Knowing all days of the trip would be full with maybe the exception of the last day, I decided to take my crop sensor DSLR with an all-in-one zoom lens (18-300) anyway. New scenery is always inspiring and I would not be happy if something came up and all I had was a camera phone or small point & shoot to try and capture it.

As it turned out, I only made a few images over the week, but I had managed to set aside time on a couple of the mornings to make images before having breakfast and getting on the road. At one point I even made a stop along the road (with an understanding colleague) to make a series of images, one of which I selected to create this week's photo.
 

flood walkers

I'm very happy I made the time to get some shooting in, even if it was minimal. The new fresh new scenery provided the aforementioned inspiration and this image was perfect for me to use with post processing that creates some of the feel of Chinese ink drawing.

DJE

Photo of the Week 2015-03-30

I've been working on processing a number of images for a Fine Art series for well over a year. Yes, well over a year. Made on a trip to Italy in 2013, I have been using a different processing approach to transform the original captures into something unusual, at least for me.

The idea for the series came to me while reviewing images from the trip and reliving what I experienced while making them. Not just the memory of being back there but the sense I had while working to capture what I saw and felt at the time. Struck by the knowledge that these scenes and locations were far older than anywhere I had been before, if I closed my eyes I could almost feel the past. It was as if there were echoes of previous times merging with the present. For this series I attempted to create the visual equivalent..

"ECHOES" (a work in process)
  Echoes are reflections, arriving some time after the direct sound
  Echoes are reflections of prior events
  Echoes grow fainter with time, some blur, others twist, turn and move
  Echoes can be indistinguishable from the original

These are a few of the images that I'm happy enough with to share. The series still remains very much a work in process. My approach to processing may continue to be refined over time as I select more images to transform.

Ultimately, I'd love to see these up in an Italian restaurant or banquet hall. I'll have to work on that.

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"I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new." - Ernst Haas

DJE