PhotoIndica Blog » Fuji NPC 160 http://www.photoindica.com/blog Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:53:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Seeing what others miss and making it your own http://www.photoindica.com/blog/2010/01/03/seeing-what-others-miss-and-making-it-your-own/ http://www.photoindica.com/blog/2010/01/03/seeing-what-others-miss-and-making-it-your-own/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:26:05 +0000 PK http://www.photoindica.com/blog/?p=675 Somewhere, IndianaI was telling someone over lunch that photography changed the way I look at the world. Before I purchased my first camera, I would go around my business, never took in my surroundings, and almost always never interacted with locals. That changed after I started photographing, I started noticing and appreciating my surroundings more and [...]]]> Somewhere, Indiana

I was telling someone over lunch that photography changed the way I look at the world. Before I purchased my first camera, I would go around my business, never took in my surroundings, and almost always never interacted with locals. That changed after I started photographing, I started noticing and appreciating my surroundings more and more. When I look at a building I wonder what was the architect thinking when he drew the plans. When I look at an old and decaying tree stump I try to look for the beauty in its rotting structure. That was the case when I took the photo above. I was coming back from a weekend trip to Lake Patoka about which I blogged last year and instead of barreling down the interstate I decided to take one of the side roads. This road was not paved at all. It was gravel and the going was a bit rough. As I kept driving down this path I noticed this meadow to my left and how beautiful it looked as the sun was rising. I pulled to the side of the road, set up my camera, and got to work before the sun got too high and the light too harsh. The camera I used was a Hasselblad 500C/M with a 60mm Distagon Lens + Polarizer and the film used was Fuji NPC160 Color Print Film. I am sure many have driven down that gravel road before, but I don’t think anyone ever stopped where I did and took a photograph to preserve that moment in time and space. This photo has given me ideas for other projects that I plan to pursue this year.

Somewhere, Indiana

Your landscapes are around you. You don’t have to travel to some exotic locale or National Park – look around you, keep your camera handy, and more importantly keep your eyes open.

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]]> http://www.photoindica.com/blog/2010/01/03/seeing-what-others-miss-and-making-it-your-own/feed/ 0 Photo No. 1 of 10: IMA Gardens (Back to the Hassy) http://www.photoindica.com/blog/2009/10/30/photo-no-1-of-10-ima-gardens-back-to-the-hassy/ http://www.photoindica.com/blog/2009/10/30/photo-no-1-of-10-ima-gardens-back-to-the-hassy/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:18:58 +0000 PK http://www.photoindica.com/blog/?p=334 Scan-091029-0007-EditView Full Size Here: Flickr After a long hiatus I took my trusted Hasselblad 500C/M camera out with a 60mm Distagon lens for a spin. After playing around with B&W film I decided to use color for a change. The choice was appropriate given that it was Fall and leaves were turning colors everywhere. I [...]]]> Scan-091029-0007-Edit
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After a long hiatus I took my trusted Hasselblad 500C/M camera out with a 60mm Distagon lens for a spin. After playing around with B&W film I decided to use color for a change. The choice was appropriate given that it was Fall and leaves were turning colors everywhere. I usually end up going to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is right in my backyard, every time I get a shutter itch. It rained overnight and the ground was soggy and there were other photographers shooting Fall portraits of their clients. For a rather gloomy day many of them weren’t using a flash or off-camera lighting for some reason – may be digital cameras have gotten better at high ISOs. For the above photograph I used the “Hyperfocal” distance technique. You can read about it here. In the past I used to focus at infinity and use the smallest possible (Highest Aperture Number) aperture opening thinking that it was all I need for good landscapes. I was so wrong. My earlier landscapes usually ended up with blurry foreground. You can see that the above photo does not suffer from that problem. It is sharp foreground to background and I couldn’t be happier. I also rated the Fuji NPC 160 film at ISO 100 instead of ISO160 to increase saturation and capture shadow detail. I will post rest of the photos from the series over the next few days.

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