Experimental Night Photos

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January 2, 2008· Filed Under Digital photography 

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If you would like to have a look at some of the shots I took last night, then please pop on over to my Flickr collection. Just click here: Milan by Night I don’t mind if anyone borrows these photos, if they think they are worth borrowing, that is, but I would appreciate some credit. And, of course, I do hold the copyright.

Should anyone actually like a copy of the original RAW file, then let me know, and perhaps we can come to some arrangement…and I can start to create a lens/photographic equipment fund, adds he, optimistically. Always assuming that someone actually likes them enough!

Ah well, what the heck. Worth a try, I suppose.

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3 Responses to “Experimental Night Photos”

  1. Gege' Bau said on January 2nd, 2008 5:26 pm

    Nice shots, Alex! I also liked your others too.

    I’m trying my best to get into the digital thing. Alas, I’m just an analog guy living in a digital world. I’ve been taking pictures for many years - started back when cameras were made of rock and we had to spread emulsion on palm fronds. I adored the hours and hours spent in the darkroom - the smells, the sounds, the peace. So I’ve got this mental block with digital. Also, I hate the computer. If it weren’t for the fact that it lets me meet and communicate with people far and wide, I’d throw it out the window.

    Maybe you have a couple of suggestions for an old photofart like me - how to fall in love with pixels?

  2. AlexR said on January 2nd, 2008 6:21 pm

    Gege’ Bau,

    Glad you like the shots - thanks for having a look.

    Now, with regard to getting into digital, what I love about digital is the immediacy and the flexibility. You don’t need a darkroom, just some software like Capture One or one of the other RAW ‘digital processing’ programs.

    And if you know something about photography, as you do, or want to know something, then you need to shoot in the so called ‘RAW’ form at. This means you can tinker with lots of aspects, and develop, in a virtual sense, the fruits of your photographic efforts.

    Also, don’t hate computers - use them! They are fabulous tools, and they let you do magical things. OK, so they cannot equal the ‘dark room’ experience, but, then again, you don’t need a dark room - which would be a disaster for me, being an inherently messy person!

    Aside from the tidiness factor, digital photography allows you to do so much. However, I think a common mistake people make is to assume that digital photography is different from the analogue version, but it is not really different at all. You could think of digital photography as being ‘photography without chemicals’… possibly.

    Another fantastic advantage is that you can view your original shot next to the version you are developing. This means you can compare changes in real time - this for me is wonderful.

    However, having said all of the above, I have to add that I have had and am having a love affair with technology, especially computers. I adore the things because they let me do things that I could never have done in the past, either because I did not have the cash, the space or the time.

    I would urge you to attempt to overcome your dislike of computers, and try to start enjoying their ability to empower you, to coin a real digi phrase.

    I am moderately creative, but before I got a pc, I often found that I could not be as creative as I would have liked. Now, having a decent computer, the only boundary is that of my imagination, and that of my natural ability to be creative.

    For a little digital inspiration, take a look at the Luminous Landscape site - the link is under ‘Photography’ down on the right hand side of this site.

    But above all, get out and about and take photographs with your digital camera, and have a go at comparing your digi-shots to those of your analogue gear. I have to admit that I waited quite a long time before getting a digital SLR - partially because of price, but also because up until recently, digital cameras were just not the equal of their analogue equivalents - now digital cameras are just about on a par.

    Have fun!

    All the best,

    Alex

    PS If you want any more information/inspiration, and you believe that I may be able to inform/inspire you, let me know! However, I’m no expert - just an enthusiast. Sounds as though you know rather a lot about photography, anyway.

  3. Gege' Bau said on January 3rd, 2008 9:58 am

    Alex, I’m going to print your message out and keep it in my camera bag as a constant reminder and source of encouragement!

    I’m very familiar with Luminuous Landscape - a very fine site. I just recently read James Russell’s article, Leica M8 Revisited, which thoroughly captured the almost visceral love affair a person can have with his camera. I feel the same way about my own M6, so I can understand the mysteries that Russell describes in that article. Not being able to afford the move from the M6 to the M8, I find myself trying to get the hots for a camera that is fine in every aspect except for one: it has no romantic or sex appeal! YIKES! Well maybe our platonic relationship will someday develop into a flaming love story, and then maybe some good pics will come out of it ;o)

    You already are a source of information and inspiration! Thanks!

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