SPACE
This series of images was produced around an interpretation of the concept of space. This is Dejen, a very accomplished jazz saxophonist, and we discussed the use of space in music which led to this production style. "Miles Davis, Randy Weston, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, and Gary Peacock all cite (Ahmad) Jamal as a major influence in use of rhythm and space as well as his innovative use of multi-tonal melodic lines and his unique extended 'vamps'." Wikipedia The use of temporal space, as in fewer notes can create more feeling, is one way to interpret space in ...
Final shots from Santa Monica Pier
This set of images is of Larry Dallas Poling, a street performer on Santa Monica pier. I photographed him at the end of the day, right before sunset. I really loved his sound and guitar work, but after a few minutes he told me to beat it...that I was hurting his tips. :) . . . . . . . Here is a youtube video of him performing on Santa Monica Pier: . In all three images I used a speedlight with ring flash and used some creative editing techniques to get the images where I wanted them...in the first and third images I used my fixed ...
Santa Monica Pier HDR
Hi Gang, I ventured down to Santa Monica pier on the last evening of my visit to Los Angeles hoping to photograph the ferris wheel, but was not happy with the lights on the wheel nor the amount of activity. It was Monday evening, cool and slow at the pier. I decided to move on and practice some HDR shots. These are definitely in the more extreme range for what I would typically produce, but thought it worked well with the subject matter. I'm including a screen shoot of the settings I used in Photomatix as a starting point and in all ...
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This series of images was produced around an interpretation of the concept of space. This is Dejen, a very accomplished jazz saxophonist, and we discussed the use of space in music which led to this production style. “Miles Davis, Randy Weston, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, and Gary Peacock all cite (Ahmad) Jamal as a major influence in use... [Read more of this review]
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