Dear Steve,
Been having a lot of fun this year with the Nikon D7000 and Silver Efex Pro. Thanks to sites such as yours, I’ve been able to get a better grasp on what constitutes good photographic composition and to think more critically before releasing the shutter. The learning process certainly never ends!
Attached find 3 images, 2 of which have rather shallow depth of field. It’s a stylistic approach I like to employ to simplify the composition and in certain situations invoke a sense of nostalgia. Oh, and speaking of nostalgia, I just put 4 rolls of color negative through my grandfather’s old Kodak Retina 1a camera, but that’s a discussion for another time…
All images shot with the 50mm 1.8G lens.
Image #1: Bouzouki player: taken during the Maritime Festival in Greenport (Long Island), NY.
Image #2: Firewoman with axes: taken during the setup for the Port Jefferson 4th of July Parade, Long Island, NY.
Image #3: Nataly Dawn and Ryan Lerman performing at The Slipper Room in New York City (both are no stranger to Ben Folds if I remember correctly).
Silver Efex really saved the day with image #3. Dim stage lighting and a 1/13 sec. exposure did not leave Photoshop’s Channel Mixer much to work with.
My portfolio, forever in a state of flux, is at:
http://www.zenfolio.com/silentsnow
As always, comments welcome.
Thanks,
Brian Fradl
Beautiful 2nd picture. Her facial expression an the axes stand in a great contrast to the woman preparing a parade. Btw great B&W!
Luke,
That shot was the only real keeper out of 300+ photos taken that day. Maybe it was due to the heat – water bottles mostly occupied my camera bag and I emptied them rather quickly…
–Brian
Beautiful inspiration pictures.
Wonderfull
Love shot 3 !!!
Liked the stars and stripes reflected in the firewomans sunglasses, image 3.
Nice work. I really like the tonality you have chosen for the these images.
Excellent B&W!
Subtle, open, extended and for God’s sake not over processed!
Great job on producing great images that would make film proud.
Steven,
Yeah, I tend to be frugal in post processing. Good tones really come from good exposure and having been a slide film user for such a long time has helped me get some fantastic results in the digital world.
–Brian
Love the portrait of the bazouki player.
Sorry, bouzouki player. Pardon my poor spelling.
Fabulous! Who needs an A7R anyway?