Less can often be more but with this picture I reckoned a bit more would be the best kind of more. It's the Intercontinental Hotel in Yokohama, a shot I took the other day when I was down there for the Elliot Irwitt talk.
I originally framed it at the bottom with lots of space but obviously in the rectangular frame of my Nikon.
Cropped it to a square, flipped and rotated and added to itself.
It's given me an idea for a book jacket design and for a few more photos too.
The Gear etc
Nikon D700
Loreo 'Lens in a Cap' pinhole lens for DSLR
Cropped to a square and cross-processed in Photoshop.
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Christopher Stapleton
March 21, 2012
Thank you for the million dollar reply. Ill try and answer as best as i am able. I have the EOS Digital Rebel XTi 400D as we used them where i used to attend at the Art Institute of Seattle but i was not in the Photography program so i didn't know much about how to handle a camera other than my past experience in another video camera field which taught you to white balance before shooting, and i projected that experience onto shooting with this digital camera now.
In the manual setting i would take a picture, (not knowing much about aperature, shutterspeed, and ISO) and say to myself, "wow thats too dark, how can i made it lighter?" then try to take more pictures. Things have gone well but i dont really understand the theory behind the basics. I have gone online and tried to read, even checked out videos from the library but because of my visual processing disorder its been hard to keep all that information together in my mind. Im an artist and i can see it in my mind the way i want it but in the end i feel discouraged because i cant make my stuff look professionally done.
Im somewhat good at Photoshop and i want to learn how to take pictures that are good to look at and have the basics with good design so i can do it in Photoshop but i want to know how to make whats in my eye or mind the same as what is in front of me.
By the way i was talking with another photo enthusiast who suggested i buy a subscription to Shutterbug magazine. I bought the magazine, but still waiting for it to arrive. I will look over that information you sent in this reply on your website and get back with you. Thanks a ton! God bless.
Christopher Stapleton
March 21, 2012
Thank you for the million dollar reply. Ill try and answer as best as i am able. I have the EOS Digital Rebel XTi 400D as we used them where i used to attend at the Art Institute of Seattle but i was not in the Photography program so i didn't know much about how to handle a camera other than my past experience in another video camera field which taught you to white balance before shooting, and i projected that experience onto shooting with this digital camera now.
In the manual setting i would take a picture, (not knowing much about aperature, shutterspeed, and ISO) and say to myself, "wow thats too dark, how can i made it lighter?" then try to take more pictures. Things have gone well but i dont really understand the theory behind the basics. I have gone online and tried to read, even checked out videos from the library but because of my visual processing disorder its been hard to keep all that information together in my mind. Im an artist and i can see it in my mind the way i want it but in the end i feel discouraged because i cant make my stuff look professionally done.
Im somewhat good at Photoshop and i want to learn how to take pictures that are good to look at and have the basics with good design so i can do it in Photoshop but i want to know how to make whats in my eye or mind the same as what is in front of me.
By the way i was talking with another photo enthusiast who suggested i buy a subscription to Shutterbug magazine. I bought the magazine, but still waiting for it to arrive. I will look over that information you sent in this reply on your website and get back with you. Thanks a ton! God bless.