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...but now I just take pictures.
Mostly with my cell phone.
I've created this site just to see what my "visual Language" is.
Every photographer has his/her own visual language. It's what they say with their photography. It's also how they say it. They choose the color pallet, the angle of view, the depth of field, the composition, the quality of light.
This is mine. I've excluded captions so that anyone viewing it can judge the photographs on their visual merit alone. Please leave your comments, criticisms, or musings.
I used to use all sorts of film cameras. I've photographed with 35mm, and 6x6 medium format cameras. I've used disposable cameras, and 8x10 inch view cameras. I've used Instamatic cameras and Polaroid cameras. I've even used pinhole cameras made out of empty oatmeal boxes.
But none of them have been as much fun as my LG VX8350 cell phone, and my Kodak ZD810 SLR.
I'd love a new Nikon D80 since I already have lenses that would fit it, but that just isn't in the budget.
So off I go, happily shooting with my phone.
Please try to guess which shots were done with the cell phone, and which ones were done with the Kodak digital camera.
Leave your guesses in the comment section after each photograph. Try to do it by just looking at the photograph on the blog.
Try not to check them in a photo editing program, or count pixels. Just guess from the visuals which images are from the phone, and which images are done with the camera.
I'll let you know if you're right or wrong.
None of the photographs have been manipulated or cropped in any way. So, scroll through them, critique them, enjoy them, and please pass the link on to others who are interested in photography.
It will help me a lot.
Thanks.
Marc Skinner
I've created this site just to see what my "visual Language" is.
Every photographer has his/her own visual language. It's what they say with their photography. It's also how they say it. They choose the color pallet, the angle of view, the depth of field, the composition, the quality of light.
This is mine. I've excluded captions so that anyone viewing it can judge the photographs on their visual merit alone. Please leave your comments, criticisms, or musings.
I used to use all sorts of film cameras. I've photographed with 35mm, and 6x6 medium format cameras. I've used disposable cameras, and 8x10 inch view cameras. I've used Instamatic cameras and Polaroid cameras. I've even used pinhole cameras made out of empty oatmeal boxes.
But none of them have been as much fun as my LG VX8350 cell phone, and my Kodak ZD810 SLR.
I'd love a new Nikon D80 since I already have lenses that would fit it, but that just isn't in the budget.
So off I go, happily shooting with my phone.
Please try to guess which shots were done with the cell phone, and which ones were done with the Kodak digital camera.
Leave your guesses in the comment section after each photograph. Try to do it by just looking at the photograph on the blog.
Try not to check them in a photo editing program, or count pixels. Just guess from the visuals which images are from the phone, and which images are done with the camera.
I'll let you know if you're right or wrong.
None of the photographs have been manipulated or cropped in any way. So, scroll through them, critique them, enjoy them, and please pass the link on to others who are interested in photography.
It will help me a lot.
Thanks.
Marc Skinner
UPDATE:
I finally got a Nikon D90. None of these photos are taken with that camera.
All photographs copyright 2008, Marc Skinner.
3 comments:
MS,
I feel the weight and claustrophobic closing in of NYC in this pic. The hovering, oppressing traffic light and the buildings on a non-descript Mott street with a sky with no color is telling in a number of ways, but it mostly says "Let me breathe! Let me out!" to me. Uncomfortable shot to look at for me. I've been there.
Oh, this one, I'd say the camphone. Something about the way the smaller CCD handles light and shadow and the way it parallaxes the edges a bit.
Yes, it is the camphone. Okay, I'll grant you the technical aspects of the shot can give it away. But I think you might be staring at them too hard. Is there anyway to tell by the composition?
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