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Christmas Calendar – 11/24
Tag: black and white
Christmas Calendar – 1/24
Magic Fog
Sometimes you see the landscape, sometimes you don’t. Last week, on my tour round the lake, I had something in between. The thick fog disappeared for a moment in the area around the trees.
Happy days. Reinhold
First portrait shoot: Virginia
Negative Space
Floating Hair
Classic Look
Trying to Hide
My (our) first portrait shoot ever. This time our story was “HAIR”. What an experience. We had so much fun during our first session. And we had no ideal conditions. Outdoor, in bright sunlight… using the Fuji X100F in ACROS mode. But at the end of our session we had 20 images for a new portfolio. We have already planned another project in 3 weeks. This time the theme will be “WIND”. Autumn in North Germany is the ideal spot for that theme. Looking forward to that. Bye for now and happy days. Reinhold
Berlin Blues
Berlin Blues 1
Berlin Blues 2
Berlin Blues 3
Berlin Blues 4
Location: Berlin Potsdamer Platz captured with Fuji X100F / Acros
Sharing some insights
Original
Lightroom CC
Photoshop CC
The making of Bridge in Amsterdam
I processed the underlying image in Lightroom CC
Converted it into black and white
Used dodge and burn to create more contrast
Afterwards edited it in Photoshop CC
Used the oil paint filter once
And … after leaving my playground…
Happy days!
Renhold
Bridge in Amsterdam
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
– Pablo Picasso
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it”
– Ansel Adams
Wouldn’t it be awesome if one could paint an image like this?
I captured the underlying image in Amsterdam and stumbled upon it today while I was cleaning up my files. Always nice to go back to these older images and to play around with them.
Happy days.
Reinhold
Reaching the sky
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
Jimi Hendrix
Tempodrom: founded by Irene Moessinger, it opened in 1980 next to the Berlin Wall on the west side of Potsdamer Platz, housed in a large circus tent. After several changes of location it is now housed in a permanent building in the Kreuzberg neighborhood.
Urban Mountains
That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Steve Jobs
Forest Light
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King Jr
Today I feel a little bit homesick… I miss my lake, my woodlands, my moors and my seas. There is only one way to cure that. I will pack my gear and hit the streets of Berlin. Happy days! Reinhold
Streets of Berlin
It’s not what you see but what you make others see. – Degas
Here is what I see…
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” – Leo Tolstoy
Streets of Berlin.
Shadow People
#1
#2
#3
#4
When the sun sets in Berlin shadow people are all over the place. Yesterday evening I walked to the Potsdamer Platz (#1 and 2) and then to the Brandenburger Tor (#3 and 4). Chasing the shadows was a lot of fun. I sat in the last sunlight with a glass of wine afterwards. These shadow people exists for a short moment only and then the disappear in the dark.
Thank you for stopping by. Happy days. Reinhold
Fineart Berlin
As ususal I couldn’t resist to do some Photoshop manipulations to my recent Berlin images. You know this feeling? You see a composition, you know how you want it to look. But there are disturbing objects in the frame, there are missing objects in the frame. Now this is the time when I start working with my MAC, my Wacom tablet and Lightroom and Photoshop. And to be true. It is not always the result which creates the fun factor. It is the process creating an image the way I see it in my imagination.
If you missed my previous post and like to see a collection of my Berlin images in a short video please follow this link.
Thanks for stopping by and happy days. Reinhold
Details, textures and high tonality – ACROS
Fuji Acros is a low-sensitivity black-and-white negative film with super fine grain structure and high tonality.
It’s long been a favorite amongst die-hard black-and-white photographers, and its scheduled demise (end 2018) will surely be felt heavily in the community.
But there is good news:
My new Fuji X100F offers the film simulation Acros.
If you shoot the X100F in JPG mode you can select Acros as black and white film simulation and use the stunning in camera development feature.
If you are not sure… you can choose RAW + JPG as well. But I have stopped this after my first try. It feels like wearing trousers with a belt and suspenders.
I don’t want to bore you to death with technical details.
Hopefully you like my images and the look of Acros too.
Acros #1
Acros #3 – my wife searching for lights and shadows
Acros #4 – with permission of this friendly gentleman
Acros #5
Acros #6
Acros #7
Acros #2
Berlin
Berlin. Urban landscapes. Architecture. Street. Portrait.
Next week I am on my way to Berlin.
I will live in the city centre for the first days and I am planning to stay near the center for the following time.
I am looking forward to a hopefully very creative and productive time in Berlin.
Happy days. Reinhold
RSP Berlin
RSP Berlin
RSP Berlin
Berlin 4
