i'm currently reading Pictorial Effect in Photography: Being Hints On Composition And Chiaroscuro For Photographers (what a title), interesting book, i like the takes on photo manipulation (esp on faking the sky), super forward thinking
anyway, i didn't manipulate anything here, this is another uncropped very lightly edited b&w pentax q pic. i'm thinking a bunch about the semi-chaotic properties of uncropped compositions, and whilst my process will always change (i need to change), i believe this "traditional prime master b&w arc" improves my shooting skills a lot. i still kinda see b&w like "cheating" btw, way too easy to make shit look good with b&w lmao, when i'll have more energy i might get back to color
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oooo i gotta check that out, ive been wanting to start reading some photography literature!
& i agree about black&white lol
&&I've not thought about uncropped compositions having an element of chaos to them, that's quite cool
&&& ur photo is incredible! wonderful positive negative aaaaaa!!!
diversion
downward composition
dont overthink it
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this is a square composition
compositing experiment. different exposure for each color channel, same subject. didn't do anything with the raws, neutral export. take this as an idea not a result
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the truth
spent much of my energy painting + i'm kinda "out" of interesting raws. i'll go to the museum wednesday and hopefully snap some interesting compositions on the way
worst case, i'll go for a walk with the Q, there's always something
a tad uninspired, but on time (and my first use of the rgb curves in rawtherapee, somehow)
this is cheating and i don't care
dizzy
verdant landscape,
mindless spree edits, no crop
le résistant
very pretty yellow
i don't have good raws to work on & i'm very tired from drawing, here's another unedited phone picture (same session as yesterday's, i know i know). i guess that's kinda cheese. oh well
@999999999 it's a good book so far! very opinionated and of its time, but well paced and very interesting to read. sometimes i wish the opposition between pictorialism and straight photography wasn't so strong. straight photography definitely was the most interesting artistic statement, but i wonder if pictorialism could have been a more open minded path to take long term
thank you for &&& :)