June 25, 2017

A Fall without a Nude (Dawson Brook, Nova Scotia)

Digital original
A good friend was wondering about trying his hand at photographing a river, so I offered to show him my favourite falls in Nova Scotia (where I have photographed models since 2000). It wasn't the same for me, working in the space without the Nude, but it did permit me some time to experiment with new perspectives and places to work from.
Digital original, 4 image exposure blend
Much like any time I work with landscape, I found the entire session a little frustrating; the fact I have made so many strong images here with models did little to dilute my frustration of finding compositions that work, and not having a figure to place into the scene.
Digital original
In the end, the session was an experience for a friend, and not for me...

June 04, 2017

Fort George (the Citadel) (Halifax, Nova Scotia).

Digital original, 9 image exposure blend
My first blog entry, from May, 19, 1997, was focused on image of York Redoubt, and dates from 11 years after I received my first camera; this entry is being made 20 years later, and I still love photographing the military structures that define Halifax. My tools have changed (from film to digital), but my passion has not diluted.
Digital original, 9 image exposure blend
An interesting fact, when looking at these images, and reflecting on where I started with my architectural images, is that they were made with the exact same aesthetic as my early film images (dramatic spacious image of spaces filled with light) - and yet they never could have been made in the age of film. Relying upon exposure blending (also called HDR), these colour photograph have a range of tones could never have been recorded on film!

Photo 101 Field Trip (Herring Cove)

Digital original
This field trip was focused on landscape photograph, with a secondary theme of working with neutral density filters. Early in the field trip I made a demo image of a 30 second exposure of water breaking over some rocks.
Digital original
As the field trip proceeded, we moved higher up on the rocky landscape, and made some images of the high-rock pools that line the path.
Digital original
My last image of the field trip was an infrared photograph, created using a 1000x ND filter to smooth out the water and blur the clouds some.