Photography

Some forgotten photos on my harddrive ... taken at least a couple of year ago .. Ran into a snowy Shanghai ... which meant photo op !

Never since have I been in Shanghai when it snowed .... quite an unforgettable sight !

to hear your thoughts on how you would / would not take these images differently four year on... same compositions, framing, subject matter?

I have some photos of bicycles in the snow as well... classic
The bamboo photo is very nice...

Cold and snowy seems to be the current status in many locations...

Casey

Made me think and look back.  Have to say , I can hardly tell any difference (street/travel photography is concerned) since the years gone by. As u rightly pointed out, some of these were "classic" shots that follows the rule book.

The recent slew of abstract (somewhat advant garde) style of shooting came from the need to diversify, jaded from shooting the same old, that am not sure if  its an evolution or merely just a phase ....

The biggest difference I feel is the increase of post processing in the current workflow with most, if not all, of the digital images u see posted on this forum. Is that an overall improvement on a technical level ?   

Also, the number of "keepers" have since increased (dun chimp as much as I used to as well), however, that I atribute to an increase in familairity with equipment and cultivating a style to call my own.

Last but not least, less trigger happy over time, shots are more measured and "pre-composed"

Although, that all being said, these photos are made with a camera phone with the fixed focal length (wide angle) and fixed aperture. Thus, there were limitations on techniques, partly due to equipment.

 

U have seen some of my photos of late, of somewhat similar subject matter ... what do u make of it ?

 

Any candid comments/critique is much appreciated, thank you !

One of my favorite quotes (don't know who said it) went something like...

before enlightenment chopping wood and carrying water
after enlightenment chopping wood and carrying water

I hear you about the mix of subject matter... I would get tired of shooting 1,000 variations on a green pepper.

Interesting about the your comment regarding post processing.  I guess it's kind of like going back and reshooting the subject based on earlier results... which has it's value in (maybe) helping one to see things differently while looking through the finder.  Both approaches have their benefit.

Funny thing about the number of keepers.  This trip I tried a few different (for me) approaches... shooting ISO1600 color film, subject matter, etc.  I found that as I scanned my way through a roll of film, I got better with that (new to me) approach or technique in the later images.  Not a big surprise I guess, but it was obvious.  In fact it's one of my take aways from the shoot.  The trick is to skip the experience of the first few frames in each roll

"...more measured and 'pre-composed'..." is the way you put it... and that's how I might categorize your recent  images... hahaha

Casey

thanks for sharing