Huatulco

Huatulco

Series of 4 VC/RC Prints from 120mm Negatives

Santa Cruz Huatulco and Bahía San Agustín, Pochutla District, Oaxaca, Mex

Solarization

Solarizarization No. 0

Solarizarization No. 1

Solarizarization No. 2

Solarization is a process in which a photo that is evenly split between whites and dark tones is exposed in developed normally, but then exposed to light, fixed for a split second, then developed again. Most of the solarization occurs in the whites. Many effects can be achieved by changing the amount of developer left on the photo when you expose it for a second time, dry photos and wet ones will look different. All of these prints are the same negative, exposed for the same amount of time.

Traditional darkroom prints. All from film I took Oaxaca. I plan to do more "experimental" things with my Oaxaca film later on. They are also badly scanned.

Woman roasting Tasajo on a grill at the tianguis at Tlacolula de Matamoros. (Kodak 100 TMAX) Print: 18 seconds, f22\












Trees in Benito Juárez Lachatao, Oaxaca. (Ilford fp4 Plus, 125 ISO) Print: 94 seconds, f45












The Zócalo in Tlacolula de Matamoros. (Kodak 100 TMAX) Print: Print: 24 secnds, f22

Holga Perspective shot

Pretty much the only successful thing I got out of the holga. It came out rounded because I didn't move, but simply spun the camera. The effect of the arch looking very big was because i was right under it.
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

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Digital Photograph
Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
North Sutton, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Digital Photograph
Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Digital Photograph
Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
New London, New Hampshire

New Hampshire in the Autumn. All images taken with a 50mm digital Macro lens.

Polarizing

Using a Polarizer:

Especially at high altitudes (>3000 Meters) and in sunny places, which is most of the places i travel, i have found that a polarizer often helps to make pictures more vibrant, and increase contrast while reducing glare.

Benito Juárez Lachatao, Oaxaca, México
Though the polarized image is a bit dark (it can be lightened), it is a million times better than the non polarized image (right), which lack any detail int eh sky, and has dull colour.













Valle Nacional River at San José Chiltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Left, no polarization, right Polarizing lens made the images darker, yet reduced glare, and added detail to the water and sky.












Apu Salkantáy, Cordillera Vilcanota, Cusco, Perú (this is from a Plane from Lima to Cusco).












Laguna de Huacarpay, Pikillacta, Cusco, Perú

Fog

These are photos from Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, México:
The 1st two pictures were OK. The foreground is too dark. The 3rd picture (the mist had moved) is ridiculously bland and flat. In the 4th, i used a polarizer, which simply made the picture way too dark. The most succesful approach was the yellow filter in the last picture, which added depth (yet also made the picture yellow!). Finally, the yellow filtered pictures, convereted to B&W came out, but they were not as good i i had hoped them to be.


Though the pictures i recently took in New Hampshire in the mist were successful, earlier attempts at capturing the mysterious effect of mist haven't been as successful, or have not been as good at capturing the mist. However, during the summer, in México, i found that a yellow filter helps to add contrast and dimension to the mist (provided the photos are converted to B&W).


And here is San Isidro LLano Grande, Oaxaca, México:
on another misty daym i took these, in the first one i used the automatic reading, and fro the second i took the automatic light meter reading, then stopping down one.

Fog

Pictures from New Hampshire
Photographing the fog over the lake was very interesting because the mist, which moves very fast, plays with the light, refracting it in different ways. When coupled with varying exposure times, apertures, and framing decisions, the rapidly moving mist creates radically different pictures taken within minute of each other.