Monday, March 28, 2011

The Industrial World.

  1. Horizontal and Vertical Perspectives of the Interior 
  2. Exterior of Building
  3. Completing a Task
  4. HDR Image
  5. Panorama Shot 
  6. Detailed Shot








This shoot was most interesting as I'd never had to take photos like these before, cold and sterile and industrial. I'm use to warmth and flare and pretty girls. But I did enjoy it, I learn't a new skill so what more could I ask for? 
Milling around while people were still working, trying to photograph them in their element seemed to be a little harder than expected. The young kids knew we were there; they constantly looked around searching for us and out large black inconspicuous cameras. I suppose this gave us something to work on, we had to creep around and be ready with our shutters the moment they forgot to keep their guard up.
Shooting the outside of a building was also something I’d never done before and I think I did an okay job of it. There were a gazillion cars parked out the front and a lonely dumpster crowding my frame so I didn’t manage to get the whole building but the red against the blue still looks pretty cool and the clouds reflecting on the glass isn’t the worst thing in the world.
I don’t normally like HDR’s, unsure of why but to me they always come out grey and need so much more work than first intended. I’m not complaining about having to do the work but for something that is supposed to make your life easier, it fails. This HDR was a little fulfilling though I must say, I could see how everything was well exposed and balanced. I only had to do a little work to make it bounce a little. 

Large Format Cameras are Wild.



So we were just hanging out with big beautiful pieces of history the other day in the courtyard, looking at converging lines, lens movements and tilt shift capabilities. RAD! Large Format Cameras take sheet film, not just rolls you can buy at Teds down the road. They have these film holders that can only fit 2 sheets each and I can't imagine having to load them in the dark let alone on location. CIT does have digital backs for them but I suppose if you're going to go to all that trouble of using the LFC then you'd probably want to do it right instead of all that work for 11 mega pixels.  I can't wait to get them out and have a play with the movements :)