05/16/09
Not having made a photograph with intent for many years, I don’t know what I will be photographing. Everything is open to me now and I can explore what Gary Winogrand once said when asked why he made photographs. “I photograph to see what things look like photographed”.
I had been reading about the Canon G10 and thought it would be a good starter camera for me. With a price of around $400 and 15 million pixel resolution, along with the ability to record in the Raw format, it made the whole process more like doing my old Darkroom work.
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Black and White mode was what I would work with at first, and leave the camera in the manual mode so I would have to get back in touch with f stops and shutter speeds.
Even back in the days when I walked with a 4×5 camera and tripod over my shoulder, I was never able to see a photo in Black & White. I worked on pre-visualizing what a scene might look like in B & W, but was never truly able to see this until I processed and printed the negative. Now, with a digital camera I can set my LCD screen to B & W to get a better idea of what the final image could be. What a revelation!
For me at times colors can obscure what is really there – getting seduced by the play of light on different hues and colors. B & W strips away all the glamour and spirit can be revealed.
some “beginning” Sam! these black and whites are just purely wonderful.. the maiden shadow with flowers, the gecko against shadow, that roooof over the palm. good heavens!
I am enjoying this mightily.
xxox
Ramsay
Sam -
This is like visiting with you in your studio – except for the cigarettes! Your photos are evocative and inspiring – again. While I miss our face to face visits, I’m happy for your return to a sense of creativity, fun, and adventure. Looking forward to visiting sometime in the future. In the meantime, enjoy!
LOL – ACT