Official BeyondUnreal Photography Thread
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With the exception of camera phones, I agree with you. I don't care how you get it, just as long as you do. Camera phones are garbage though. I have recently been really turned off by all the camera apps for smartphones. Everything looks the same and boring.
He's referring to street photography. I don't really agree with him there. Here in Tokyo there are a ton of street photographers and I have seem some long lens shots that are nice, but many of them end up looking the same. (pretty girl going about her day) I agree with him it feeling a bit perverse. I tried it a few times and I always feel more wrong. I feel a lot better if I get close. It takes more balls, but you don't feel like a dirty perverse in the end, and I think those shots start to look more interesting as well.
Keep in mind that I don't agree with everything he says, but he's a fun guy to hang and shoot with and as you said he has his own style. I do agree with him some on on the Fujifilm x100 and x10. I hope those cameras work more as a doorway to film photography rather than a cheap way around it.
I agree with you there. The sensor size is so small that it is just pure luck to get a shot where nothing is over exposed or under exposed. There just isn't enough dynamic range in those things to do much. I watch people pull out their cell phones to take a picture of the sun rising. The scene looks beautiful, they take a photo then they look at it and wince. They try once more and again are disappointed. Finally they text their friends, "hey did you see that sunrise, its so beautiful, I tried to take a photo but it didn't turn out right."
You can of course get great results using studio hot lights with modifiers. Of course hiring a professional photo retoucher helps. Still any $150+ point and shoot camera will do better than your iPhone.
Despite the popularity, I think Instagram is crap but a necessary evil. I do understand that the average user likes LoFi over contrasty/processed photos because its cool. They feel it's different from the usual photographs that they see and that's fine. What else are you going to do with cell phone photos? They are inherently crappy and they need over the top filters to make them look interesting.
Let me be clear about one thing: I can never fault a person for enjoying the photo taking and sharing process.
Technology is getting better though. It wont be long before we have 20d image quality in our cell phones. Ok yes, it will be about 5-10 years from now. Who is up for that bet?
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I like No.1 a lot.
I felt No. 2 didn't work. The reason that I say that is the lighting on the couple. To my eye, it made them stand out from the background in way that looked as though they had been green-screened or superimposed on a "stock" background.
No.5 was cool. I'm not a great fan of the kilt (as in, would not be seen dead wearing...) despite its popularity around here. Mostly because I think it relates to a fake history. Fine if you are from the Highlands but for the bulk of the population in Scotland, it's a bit like saying that the whole of the USA should adopt New Hampshire's traditional dress for ceremonial occasions.
That said, the kilt worked here.
Bonus marks for getting golf into the mix.
I hanged with these guys after the "No Nukes" Protest on the 19th here in Tokyo. From left to right: James Hadfield (Writer/Editor for TimeOut Tokyo), Adrian Storey (Photographer/Documentary Film Maker), and TokyoRich.(Tokyo based Journalist/Analyst)
Sunshine & Clouds by Jason_Combs, on Flickr
Sunshine & Clouds by Jason_Combs, on Flickr
As a native English speaker I can tell you that "to hang" or just "hanged" with someone is slang for having hung out. Hang in there buddy. English is tough.
@Rambojo: Since English is not your native tongue, your preferred construction is the one to choose when in doubt. It might not be the colloquial choice but it will usually be accepted as "correct".
In the circles that BBA moves, his choice of slang might well be accepted usage (nothing wrong with that) but I am not convinced that it is a widespread usage.
Full marks to BBA for brazen cheek in claiming that his was an accepted usage!
Interesting photo BBA. Without knowing that you had taken it recently, I would have dated somewhere between 1968-73 (although the colour rendition might have made me wonder if it had been restored.)
@Rambojo: Since English is not your native tongue, your preferred construction is the one to choose when in doubt. It might not be the colloquial choice but it will usually be accepted as "correct".
In the circles that BBA moves, his choice of slang might well be accepted usage (nothing wrong with that) but I am not convinced that it is a widespread usage.
Full marks to BBA for brazen cheek in claiming that his was an accepted usage!
It's American Slang I guess.
These three guys are pretty interesting and good subjects. The funny thing is that they are all really into electronic music.
Don't you love when that happens.
Don't you love when that happens.
Don't you love when that happens.
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This isn't my photo, but it captures everything I love about winter in Japan. This was shot back in 1972. Older film looks really cool.
06-695 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr
06-695 by Nick DeWolf Photo Archive, on Flickr
Wow, I'm posting pics from my San Fransisco visit and I haven't even posted any pics from my trip to Cali the year before that. I suck at getting my photos online.
Cropped/reduced but other than that not edited at all, some super overly vibrant lizard shot at f2.5 @ ISO 640 at the California Academy of Sciences Museum in the bio-dome.
Cropped/reduced but other than that not edited at all, some super overly vibrant lizard shot at f2.5 @ ISO 640 at the California Academy of Sciences Museum in the bio-dome.
It was shot through a dirty foggy window in a room set to over 120° humidity, so it wasn't easy finding spots to get a shot off without getting blur from condensation. But I disagree about the focus, the skin was much more interesting than the face was and the eye is already, for the most part, in focus.
I guess some of you saw these on Google+, but for those who haven't, here's what I shot in Dublin:
Samuel Beckett's bridge
First hotel was on the opposite side of the city from the office and I had to get up early to get there in time. At least that allowed me to enjoy sunrises just like that one:
Liffey river as seen from O'Connel's bridge:
Liffey river again, Samuel Beckett's bridge in the distance:
Near Grand Canal Theater:
Samuel Beckett's bridge again, different day, cloudy weather, long exposure:
Samuel Beckett's bridge
First hotel was on the opposite side of the city from the office and I had to get up early to get there in time. At least that allowed me to enjoy sunrises just like that one:
Liffey river as seen from O'Connel's bridge:
Liffey river again, Samuel Beckett's bridge in the distance:
Near Grand Canal Theater:
Samuel Beckett's bridge again, different day, cloudy weather, long exposure:
That cable-stayed bridge looks like really intriguing with it's aesthetics. It looks like a harp has melded into a bow.
I hanged with these guys after the "No Nukes" Protest on the 19th here in Tokyo. From left to right: James Hadfield (Writer/Editor for TimeOut Tokyo), Adrian Storey (Photographer/Documentary Film Maker), and TokyoRich.(Tokyo based Journalist/Analyst)
Sunshine & Clouds by Jason_Combs, on Flickr
I title this piece: Field of Neckbeards
