Technique & Approach #11

10 Years. 

Passing 10 years of photography. From different styles, formats and now in a place where I am truly the happiest with my work. A much more personal approach. What I am doing now, is the direction I intend to stick with and keep pressing on. It may develop a little more, with different formats (of film), my obsession (passion) originally started from an early age. Architectural drawing mostly and I'm not really sure why. Perhaps that's just the way my brain is wired. An appreciation for the lines, the forms, shapes. And now as I photograph them, the light and how it interacts with the structure. 

Framing, composition, colour but I just love architectural photography on black and white. Maybe it's because that classic monotone look, makes you focus more directly on the light, lines, texture, shades.

My most recent works from the Brisbane Open House Weekend.

2016. What this space.

Technique & Approach #10

Pushing film.

Recently I traveled to Europe (you may have heard) and there were a few situations where I pushed my film. By that I mean, instead of setting my camera to the speed (or ISO / ASA setting) of for example 800, I pushed it to 1600. Let me explain, ISO or film speed is the level of sensitivity or rating a film has. Works in a similar fashion to digital, except it's electronic with digital and chemical with film.

Cinestill 800t, is a perfect match for night time photography with lots of artificial, tungsten or fluorescent lighting. 800t is actually white balanced to tungsten light, whereas most other films are balanced to sun light.

Pushing the film from 800 to 1600 allowed me to shoot at a higher shutter speed, minimising (not completely) camera shake and producing blurry photos. The processing time of the film has to be adjusted to suit how many stops the film has been pushed. For example 100 speed film might get pushed from 100 to 800, which is 3 stops of exposure. 100, then 200 (1st), 400 (2nd) and then finally 800 being the 3rd stop. A stop is essentially an adjustment of exposure. Again, working in a similar fashion to digital.

*Please note that learning about the basics of ISO, shutter speed, aperture would give you a better understanding of the different stop instances.

Casino De Monte Carlo, Cinestill 800t, Canon A1. Aug 2015

Technique & Approach #9

For me I find, since I switched to film I've become much more patient with my picture taking. Be it in part due to the overall cost of film + developing and scanning or a greater appreciation for each moment taken. 

The process of selecting a camera, lens, film, time of day / night (not always possible when traveling with a restricted time frame). This case, was just a 28mm lens, a roll of bw. 

The image, happened to be the right time of day, with the sun in the perfect position, providing the best light reflecting off of the buildings surface. A sort of glow I suppose. The perfect blend of white to black with all the grey in between. My obsession with light, architecture evidently clear. Modern Dutch Architecture.