By pascaljappy | How-To
Introducing a new type of post. Here is a photograph, with my explanations about it. Please tell me what you think. What you like, don’t like, would change … The selected photograph doesn’t have to be a particularly great one. It only needs to be intentional, so comments can establish whether the original intention shows […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To , Opinion
A small, long-neglected, print is now my primary bookmark – there is such a thing – and has become my most viewed (by myself) and loved. In 2018, we spent some time in Scotland. The photographs from this page are all from this trip. At the time, I had a few printed, mostly in piezography […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Much of what we do in photography to create a visual style comes down to contrast management. Yet we rarely give it the prominence it deserves in our thought process. Contrast needs to be defined between two areas. The contrast between two pixels refers to their difference in luminance or in colour. The term […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Can Henri Cartier-Bresson’s signature be reduced to the decisive moment he made famous? His photographs, his quotes and his modus operandi all scream a resounding NO! 🙂 You say Henri-Cartier Bresson, you hear decisive moment. An ability to click at the right moment, at the height of the emotional potential of a scene. Many […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
There’s this new thing kids are talking about, colour. Maybe this monochrome addict should try it? In a desperate attempt to learn some new tricks, this old monkey has decided to tackle colour. All our reality is made up of colour, so, really, how hard can it be? Point and shoot and have a […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Should we think “I wish I’d taken that shot” when viewing great photographs? I think there’s an important distinction to make between photographs we admire, and photographs we wish we’d made ourselves. Most of the photographs in the typical “most influential” lists are great photographs. Admirable, useful, impactful. Typically, though, there are very few […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
The question came up in a recent comment exchange. I had to try it out. The author of that comment mentioned using colour filters on his digital camera for b&w photography. Given the very different nature of a filmstock and a Bayer-filtered digital sensor, that really surprised me (although it would make perfect sense […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
So, a solid 18 months after promising to do so, I’ve finally started printing again. Good news, though not for the reasons initially imagined. The tactile “last mile” is actually so freeing. So, printed, something like the photo above starts with a triple whammy unfair advantage. But there are more interesting reasons for bracing […]
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Reality is complex. Photographs shouldn’t dumb it down. The sea, the sky, seperated by a perfectly straight horizon. Add a single white dome, with possibly a supermodel running down stairs in a striking red dress. That lone distant mountain with a blue river meandering through a uniform coniferous forest in the foreground. What could […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Internal conflict between photographic aspirations and reality can eat you up, man. Know thyself, right? A few posts ago, I mentioned growing dissatisfaction with my “grabber” approach to photography. For those not familiar with this website, the grabber is one of the 4 photographer personalities proposed by co-author Philippe which describes people like me […]
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