Unlike a 'written' book, which contains a finite amount of
words, a picture book contains literally every word you know. I love to
read, but I enjoy picture books for the simple reason that I get to read
whatever story I see in the images based on who I am and how I
interpret the images based on my history, my joys and sorrows, and even
my day right up to the moment I pick up the book.
Maybe that's one
of the reasons I love photography so much - the ability to capture a
moment that tells an entire story simply by making a record of the
configuration of light at one pivotal moment.
No sound. No motion.
No reference what so ever beyond the light as it was configured and frozen at that exact moment.
There
is an amazing elegance in capturing that one amazing story telling
image and I can feel it in my core every time I capture 'that' image on
any given day out shooting. That feeling is what drives me to keep
rolling off shots... it is the very core of my personal passion for
photography.
But... I must admit that there are exceptions where I
think the story is just too big for one single frame. Maybe I just need
to hone my photographic skills, but sometimes I just can't get the
whole story in one frame.
Here are a few examples of when the images I captured just compelled me to give in to a multi-image story.
Kline Creek Farm - Each photo tells a
piece of the story on its own, but the series together was just too
powerful for me to not tell the whole story with this compilation.
A simple prep of dough for Christmas
cookie day tradition at our house... many photos followed of the 'fun'
parts - shaping and decorating... but I these captures made me realized
that I typically left out the whole story of everything my wife does
prior to the 'fun parts'.
Detail Photos from Blacksmith set -
I was specifically looking to get the
sparks on this shot so had to bring down the shutter speed a bit -
1/30th - handheld. It was nice that there was a window off to the left
letting in perfectly filtered light on tools but trailing off near the
fire - could not have asked for better ambient light.
I had to play with the ISO and aperture on this one to get the water but also keep detail int he fire and coals.
I had to play with the ISO and aperture on this one to get the water but also keep detail int he fire and coals.
Maintaining that slower shutter was my goal here to get the motion of the mallet.
Took a few of these hoping for sparks - not so much, though.
Took a few of these hoping for sparks - not so much, though.
Took a few of these hoping for sparks - not so much, though... a few below the vice.
Played with the settings to get the fire but also detail in the coals.
So I was doing some photos and video for a project and decided to shoot some extra images for myself... Of FIRE... and SMOKE! Well, just a bit-o-fire and a bit-o-smoke... And, did I mention, I had to set things on FIRE! Okay, it was just candles... Small space... Daylight... Ya' know - my usual... So first I wanted the fire - the color, the texture, the symmetry (of my candle holder thingiemajiggie)... A little depth-of-field playing aroundness... Again, my usual... But then, as I was photographing the fire, I realized there was SMOKE! Oooooh - COOL! Yes, I am easily entertained... And my lighting was already setup to make the most of said smoke! Light arranged in relation to smoke to shine through it. Extra COOL! Yep - me, easily entertained... again. First shot - pretty much straight on from above... Next, some angles to see how much I can do with perspective... this impacting not only the depth of field but also how the candle holder did or did not reflect the candle light - w
For those of you who read my blog on "The FIXER", here are some shots my son let me setup with him of Ignatius... The goal for these shots was dark/harsh light, hard contrast - moody... And I dropped an led (some shots white and some shots red gel'd) in the camera to get the light coming from it... I put a small strip box to his left (camera right) with a grid to really focus the light but along his full height... And black v-flatz to his right (camera left) to eliminate any light bouncing back from that size... and a pop-up black backdrop behind him... And I pushed the contrast and clarity to get the hard/sharp edges of texture and light I was looking for in post... I'll drop a photo of the basic setup at the bottom of this post... Remember, don't make eye contact! ;) In my mind, this is the photo of Ignatius Scardino Onofrio - the guy you do NOT want to make eye contact with - I.S.O. - - - The other shots are James doing cozplay of Ignatius - Hence, Ignati
Ah, yes... the Roarin' 20s! No more war - soldiers comin' home... Automobiles... Electricity... Everything was getting better, bigger, and easier to get your hands on... The economy grew by 42%... Forty Two Percent!!! Jazz was in the air... Flappers were swingin'... Booze was flowin'... Shhh... Don't tell anyone about that last one... Prohibition, ya' know. And raging debates were taking place among paleontologists... Um... wait... what!?! Paleontologists? Hey, buddy... is someone zozzled on foot juice? Yep, paleontology. Apparently the Tyrant Lizard King (Tyrannosaurus Rex) was having a bit of an up hill battle in claiming the thrown. You see, there was some debate as to its classification... and you know how those paleontologists get when they can't agree on classification. Um, yeah - they snuff at one another and storm off to measure some things and jot notes detailing millimeters and geology terms. Okay, so these paleontologists (Matthew, Brown,
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