I’m slowly returning to my right-brain-oriented pursuits. While Apocalipsis is still in the cooler because of various personal reasons that wrecking-balled me out of the right mood, I’m writing the basis for another story that so far I’m liking (I won’t post anything about it until it’s done, however, to avoid the pleasant sensation of early feedback stop me from continuing).
Photography, however, is returning in a steady drip. My last published photo was back in January, then the aforementioned personal issues banged me up for a while and I had to concentrate in my work to forget about them, until finally two weeks ago I had another photo shoot as a favor to a friend and his wife. This is one of my favorites from that set.
It was liberating – I feel that they actually did me a favor.
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Digital… photography… calling me… Don’t know… if I can resist…
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I’m kind of under the weather, so this and the next one will slow weeks. Meanwhile, you can spend some time reading Erick Jeschke’s excellent GIMP Image Editing Tutorials for Photographers, on topics from the basic image toning to the more advanced cosmetic retouching.
It’s a great resource, and it goes a great job of showcasing the GIMP’s ability to stand against Photoshop for most people’s image editing needs.
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So I go in, my water- and dust-sealed camera oozing coolnes from every contour, half-used black and white roll inside (no digital equipment for me, the enlightened user of traditional film). The equipment bag ready with tons of gadgets a couple of feet behind me, an amazing landscape in front. I consider my options, weigh the elements, evaluate the light, settle on a vantage point. Take an image, recompose, repeat.
I take the film to the lab, since I wouldn’t want to screw these priceless frames by developing them myself. After picking them up a few hours later I run home and, even though I just spent 11 hours in front of two monitors wrestling with a query that wouldn’t die, start carefully cutting the film and scanning the strips.
They suck. And I remember why I was sticking to photographing people.
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