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Rain Photographs
My tutor from Surrey the famous now and not then Martin Parr, showed us his wet weather images, which I dont think he turned into a book. Those were hard days, our head of Photography committed suicide, we were at sea with no sight of land. Photography and creativity held us together.
I had almost forgotten how good a black and white print feels.
I made this print tonight, felt like I had got my 5x4 out. The Image was made with a point and shoot. with some dodging and burning. The point and shoot is 20 mega-pixels and gives me raw files, my latest purchase from Sony an RX100. I had to be very careful with the exposure as it is very hard to get a sharp capture. I am a bit worried about diffraction after f8. Very small dials with cold fingers, felt a bit silly with a tiny camera on a big tripod. A very wet day, near the summit road After that I made this Time lapse two hours in the cold, I put my coat on the camera to keep it dry. Four thousand exposures later and a print based action in Photoshop batch processed. I want a still image with a hint of time and a video with a hint of stillness.
Inside The 2012 Opening Ceremony Photographer David Bergman created this Gigapan during the 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Park in London, UK. He made the composite photo by shooting 425 individual photos in a grid pattern (25 across by 17 down) during a one-hour time period as the athletes entered the stadium. The final high-resolution image is 81,992 X 37,520 -- more than three billion pixels. Zoom into the image by double clicking or using the controls at left. Click and drag to pan around the frame. Connect with Facebook using the login button at the lower left of the picture. To share a snapshot, zoom into the area you want to photograph and click the camera button. To tag yourself or a friend, drag and drop the large red tag over their picture. http://www.nbcolympics.com/gigapans/opening-ceremony.html
The only Photographer (*&^&%) allowed free access to the red zone in Christchurch
Why oh why is Ross Becker photographing on his own this major documentary project, when clearly he is an amateur. I can only assume some form of dealing has gone on here. Why are we not using the likes of Doc Ross or some of the press photographers? This is a major event in the history of NZ and he is making pictures like this: https://picasaweb.google.com/RossBeckerNZ I am not against this man, I just think a nationally recognized photographer should have been given this monumental and historic task. When Is New Zealand going to wake up and realise that photography is not a hobby. After 911 TIME photographer James Nachtwey photographed the aftermath along with Joel Meyerowitz. National icons of photography. We get Ross Becker...who?