| Philosophy of Photography Taking pics is one thing, but understanding why we take them, what they mean, what they are best used for, how they effect our reality -- all of these and more are important issues of the Philosophy of Photography. One of the best authors on the subject is Susan Sontag in her book "On Photography." |
04-26-2011
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Toujour Le Contre Jour! |
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04-29-2011
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Toujour Le Contre Jour!
Cheating a bit here... while the background light was quite strong, the glossy menu acted as a make-shift reflector reducing the contrast range between the face and the window.
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04-29-2011
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E. D. Russell Roberts
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04-29-2011
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04-29-2011
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Contre Jour by kafe-pic, on Flickr
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04-30-2011
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not strictly contre jour as the sun is behind the camera, but the reflection is what makes it for me. |
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05-11-2011
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this is about as contre-jour as i can get. son throwing castnet for baitfish. r2m, cv 35/2.5 cs, ap 400, tmax 1+9:
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06-02-2011
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06-02-2011
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Pourquoi vous avez repondez comme ca? C'est injuste, n'est-ce-pas?
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06-02-2011
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it was a joke in very poor French, it should only be read in context
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06-02-2011
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it was a joke in very poor French, it should only be read in context
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ecky thump lad! tha knows there's only one language 
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06-02-2011
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by'eck, tha's local then?
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06-02-2011
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Aye, local as in 'in the UK' - 40/45 miles E/SE of Manchester (i.e. along the A6 and into the hills)
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11-16-2011
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11-18-2011
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Sort of missing the point .... the whole point of being different to bokeh is that they don't need that blurry background, the separation of subject and ground is achieved with strong contrast or silhouette
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Hi Stewart --so how do you meter a shot like this to get this effect? The foreground has a lot of great detail preserved but there's enough contrast with the backlighting to give it a very strong compositional feel. How do you, you know, do that  .
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11-18-2011
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I don't know why but I find this shot very affecting. There is something about the composition and the way the figure is caught moving away and out --maybe it's the fact that it's clear she'll be gone in a second or two; there is something about it that is incredibly poignant the longer you look.
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01-15-2012
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Hi Stewart --so how do you meter a shot like this to get this effect? The foreground has a lot of great detail preserved but there's enough contrast with the backlighting to give it a very strong compositional feel. How do you, you know, do that .
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Sorry I only just spotted this ...
The easy way is an incident reading over the shoulder or a reflected reading from a skin-tone in the shadows then underexpose by 2 or 3 stops.
It allows for some detail to be retained in the shadows, and blows as little of the highlights as possible ... c41 film also helps, xp2 seems to be almost un-blowable in practice
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01-15-2012
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My ... mostly the chaff ... these are a bit better ...
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01-15-2012
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Thanks Jack
I was lens testing and trying to find difficult lighting sources for this image/roll.
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I don't know why but I find this shot very affecting. There is something about the composition and the way the figure is caught moving away and out --maybe it's the fact that it's clear she'll be gone in a second or two; there is something about it that is incredibly poignant the longer you look.
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01-15-2012
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01-15-2012
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01-15-2012
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01-15-2012
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I really like your colour shots here, very atmospheric, I'd be delighted to have taken any of them.
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