Post from November, 2009

Nov 13

Color Styles

Friday, 13. November 2009 16:01

Many of you know, I’m a tad colorblind. It has been an issue from time to time, especially in the raw processing department.

ƒ/5.6 at 1/200 sec ISO 320

When editing the photos of a engagement shoot, I was doing my normal saturation look cause I’m nervous about changing it up. However, it was looking too plain and redundant. So I desaturated, and raised my vibrancy.

I need to remind myself to not be afraid to try new things, especially in color, if I know what I’m doing or not.

Original Color Style

New Color Style

Category:Uncategorized | Comment (0) | Author: Jake Rutherford

Nov 07

Reality in Reflections

Saturday, 7. November 2009 15:11

Why was it reflection photographs that interrupted my dry spell?

Intriguing that the subjects that fascinate me in the reflections are the same subjects that I am so bored with outside of the reflection.

ƒ/14 at 1/50 sec ISO 200

Could it be that I am looking for a way to flip my world perspective upside down? Attempting to reverse it? To see something along my photographic path that wasn’t visible when I passed it, as if the tranquil pool of water held the past for a singular moment after it flowed through the crossroads on the present?

It’s an abstract thought. An abstract scene.

A representation of what we artist do within the great representation formally called photography.

It’s an abstract world that can be discrete from the one that is familiar. In this dimension I wouldn’t have a laundry list of shortcomings, sins or shrouds on my character. This world is in harmony; sky and land merged into one frame.

It’s something simple. Innate. Basic.

Running around seeking small puddles in these huge landscapes. Seeking myself, the person that I could be in alternate realities. These miniature pockets of reality existing within our larger realities.

ƒ/3.5 at 1/100 sec ISO 100

ƒ/5 at 1/15 ISO 200

Category:Photography Philosophy | Comments (1) | Author: Jake Rutherford

Nov 04

Visualizing

Wednesday, 4. November 2009 11:12

The defining moment my photography was in the hot, humid East Texas countryside. I was shooting stills on a reenactment for the Sam Houston Documentary. This moment was defining because of visualization.

ƒ/5 at 1/80 sec ISO 200

A shot came into my mind, actually a collection idea. I was inspired by this face above. I saw an entire collection of intimate face portraits, some framed edgy – some plain, like the one above. But the concept was intriguing. Usually we western societies avoid invading personal space, staring at length directly at someone, etc. But there is an intimacy to these actions, a way of transcending silence and conversation to find character. This intimacy is the framing of the collection. A collection of intriguing, interesting characters.

ƒ/5 at 1/30 sec ISO 200

I visualized this shot, the first time that I had actually visualized and photographed. I thought about it, perceived it, acted. These shots have flaws. I regret that they doesn’t have more environmental context; black powder rifles firing behind his shoulder, movement or the like. However, I believe the image conveys the intimacy.

As a growing photographer, I am constantly trying to visualize images. I find this art to be advancing my eye and engaging my awareness.

Category:East Texas, Faces, Photography Philosophy, Projects, Texan Natives, Texas | Comment (0) | Author: Jake Rutherford

Nov 01

Texan Natives Project

Sunday, 1. November 2009 16:35

Posting some images from my last outing with Blackwolf and friends at a fair gig. They were part of a reenactment for one of the evening shows. I had a hard time getting myself into the fair unannounced so I was limited in how close I could get. Reminds me the need of a good telephoto lens.

These images are adding to the project I’m doing on Texan Natives.

ƒ4.5 at 1/200 sec ISO 1000

ƒ/5.6 at 1/250 sec ISO 1250

ƒ/5 at 1/200 sec ISO 1000

Category:Projects, Texan Natives, Texas | Comment (0) | Author: Jake Rutherford