This was late summer on Long Beach Island up in Barnegat Light, bayside. Dusk settling in and you can see the mixed lighting of a sodium vapor lamp just out of the shot. This was Fujichrome Velvia, ISO 50 film. I was shooting at the edge of what I can comfortably handhold with the Leica M, likely 1/8 or 1/4 second and F/1.4 aperture. Under a loupe, I can see some slight movement but the atmosphere makes the image for me. This was also shot on my honeymoon so there's a nice sentimental value to it as well.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
highline2
New York...a place close by really, but I don't get in as often as I'd like. I had seen references to the High Line in NYC, but had never been up there. Some great opportunities for any photographer as one can walk from 20th Street down to the Meat Packing District.
This was shot with an M8 and 35mm Summilux aspherical. Column in the foreground was a little blown out as I brought the DNG file into Capture One, but I knew I'd be able to deal with it as there was plenty of detail there. I went for a little bit of a mid range exposure to make sure I held detail and color throughout. As it was a cloudy day, it really helped as well. I like the diffuse light coming through the windows here and I am very happy with how the out of focus background has a bit of a pastel look to it.
For more info:
http://www.thehighline.org/
This was shot with an M8 and 35mm Summilux aspherical. Column in the foreground was a little blown out as I brought the DNG file into Capture One, but I knew I'd be able to deal with it as there was plenty of detail there. I went for a little bit of a mid range exposure to make sure I held detail and color throughout. As it was a cloudy day, it really helped as well. I like the diffuse light coming through the windows here and I am very happy with how the out of focus background has a bit of a pastel look to it.
For more info:
http://www.thehighline.org/
Monday, April 5, 2010
vette - k642
While cars in this condition might be seen as rare to some...what's becoming more rare is the film I shot this with: Kodachrome 64. Kodak isn't making it any longer...and the only place that can process it - Dwayne's Photo in Kansas, will stop doing so in December of this year. I realize so many of us are shooting digitally these days, but film can still capture a look that has a subtlety and nuance that really cannot be replicated from a sensor.
As I increase my shooting with the digital Leica M8 over the upcoming car show season, I will be quite interested to see how it fares against the old standards of film I have used with my film M cameras. I know it will be a very different look.
This photo was also done with the Noctilux, probably very close to F1.0 or 1.4.
As I increase my shooting with the digital Leica M8 over the upcoming car show season, I will be quite interested to see how it fares against the old standards of film I have used with my film M cameras. I know it will be a very different look.
This photo was also done with the Noctilux, probably very close to F1.0 or 1.4.
Monday, March 22, 2010
rail - web
This is a recent photo, done on Saturday, March 20th. Taken with an M8 and 35mm 1.4 lens, also known as the 35 Summilux in Leica terms. I was really trying to work with only one focal length that day, and was happy doing so. I really liked the geometry of this shot as I saw it...starting to get a better feel for the camera as well. Most of my digital work is shot in a RAW file mode, and it allows me much greater flexibility when editing for final output - whether it's for print or web. It's very much like shooting film in that sense.
I shot this very close to wide open - F1.7, at 160 ISO. The M8 has a top shutter speed of 1/8000 which is nice for daylight shooting when I want to exploit the shallow depth of field capability of my lenses. Great day to be shooting down in Princeton, NJ in any case. It was the first day of Spring, and some color is finally starting to seep back into this world. After the winter we've had in New Jersey, it's a welcome change.
I shot this very close to wide open - F1.7, at 160 ISO. The M8 has a top shutter speed of 1/8000 which is nice for daylight shooting when I want to exploit the shallow depth of field capability of my lenses. Great day to be shooting down in Princeton, NJ in any case. It was the first day of Spring, and some color is finally starting to seep back into this world. After the winter we've had in New Jersey, it's a welcome change.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Lisa W
This was done a few years ago, and is a slight departure from some of my regular shooting. Instead of using available light, I actually used a small Arri 150 watt lamp to try and go for a more classic portrait look. I have always liked some of the older Hollywood glamor lighting from the 30's and 40's shot by photographers such as Horst or Hurrell, so this was an attempt to use a technique similar to the old shooters.
Using the Arri light was nice, it's a continuous source (hot light) as opposed to a strobe kit and I can get an immediate feel for what I am dealing with shadow wise and such. This image was also shot on film and with a Leica 90mm Apo asph lens with an aperture of 2.0. The Arri light isn't so bright that I am forced to stop down in aperture, and you can see by the blurred background that I was still able to get the desired effect. This is actually something I need to re-visit for future work as I am really happy with the this turned out.
Using the Arri light was nice, it's a continuous source (hot light) as opposed to a strobe kit and I can get an immediate feel for what I am dealing with shadow wise and such. This image was also shot on film and with a Leica 90mm Apo asph lens with an aperture of 2.0. The Arri light isn't so bright that I am forced to stop down in aperture, and you can see by the blurred background that I was still able to get the desired effect. This is actually something I need to re-visit for future work as I am really happy with the this turned out.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
dusk Harvey Cedars
This was shot at what I would term deep, deep dusk. It's a film shot and done with the Leica Noctilux 50/1.0, and I am fairly sure it was done at F1.0. The vignetting on the edges is pretty much a dead giveaway to that. It's one of the defining characteristics of this lens wide open.
Sometimes it seems to me that lens is capturing more than what I am actually seeing at the scene, and this is no exception. I was fairly happy with the results, and I enjoy the effect of the strong vignetting.
Sometimes it seems to me that lens is capturing more than what I am actually seeing at the scene, and this is no exception. I was fairly happy with the results, and I enjoy the effect of the strong vignetting.
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