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 Outside my usual practice

Using Fewer Notes

 I took this challenge to mean something along the lines of minimalism, where the idea is simple, the story direct, there aren't "extra notes. " A recent "Daily Photo Tips" blog listed 4 common tips

1.  Negative Space 

2. A single strong focal point

3.  Black & White

4. Textures & Contrast (so the minimalist image doesn't become boring) 

That last tip in particular intrigued me, so here's my response:

Outing to Mariachi

 

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The orginal of this image was made with a Minolta Alpha 9 using Acros II B&W film. One vresion was scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 5000 and the other with a Sony a99ii using a Minolta 100mm macro lens attached to a Valoi Digitizer. Both were processed in Lightroom and Photoshop in a similar but not exactly the same manner.

manner.

Word/Phrase : "Use fewer notes"

 

Camera Kit Projects.

A few years ago a group that Rick and I were in created a project/adventure around photographs made using a DYI plastic twin lens 35mm film camera kit we each purchased from National Geographic. It was a lot of fun but the kit then only cost around $10. It may have been a closeout sale though. I ran across the images made with my camera this am and at first thought it might be a fun thing for this group to do except now the kit is about $40 and you would not likely use it after completing the project. Nevertheless, I have attached an image of the kit and some shots made with my camera.

For Comment: Lighting by Lume Cube

 

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