KenElevenShadows Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Playing or recording music, after a while, if we're fortunate, we find our "voice", where when we play, we cannot help but play something infused with our personality. It sounds like us. And so it is with photography or other forms of art also. With photography, I typically photographed during trips, doing travel photography. This was exotic looking. I went to India, Peru, Ghana, Himalayas, Morocco, Ecuador, Chile, Burma, Thailand, and on and on. I loved doing travel photography, and still do. But it wasn't until I got into night photography in which something really woke up in me, that I completely resonated with everything - the aesthetic, the process, the experience of being out in the desert at night exploring, the quiet, the deliberate nature of setting up the camera on a tripod and framing the photo in the dark, illuminating the subject with a flashlight while the camera's shutter remained open, the capturing of long passages of time with a single image...EVERYTHING. I thought, "Yes. This is ME. This is what I do." And I just...got it. And it was easy for me to infuse my personality into it. Have you find this with your photography? What is your "voice"? Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Thankfully this is NOT a photography contest... ... that said, well, I was NEVER able to take a good picture with a "point and shoot" camera, and I had several different ones... zero. It was until I got an iPhone 4 with its "HDR" capability of double exposition and that HUGE screen, that I was able to take decent pictures. At least, pictures I actually liked. And with built-in editing, I could enhance ((saturate)) the colors, so they looked "better" to my partially colorblinded eyes. These pictures are from a trip to Colombia, Puerto Rico and Venezuela when I just got the iPhone 4, in 2010. http://guslozada.com/totem.png http://guslozada.com/ForumPics/gus03-new.jpg http://guslozada.com/ForumPics/IMG_1938.JPG.jpg http://guslozada.com/ForumPics/IMG_1857.JPG.jpg Quote Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Would you say that you have found your photographic "voice"? Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 It just so happens that I stumbled across this. This is sort of like when you consider purchasing another car, and then suddenly you see then everywhere. How to Find Your Photographic Style - Petapixel article Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Would you say that you have found your photographic "voice"? YES HDR. Saturated color. It's my visual AutoTune. But I finally started enjoying photography ever since. * I am NOT buying a PRO camera like, never. I travel with so much audio stuff I can't afford to also carry a camera with accessories. iPhone photographer. That's me. Quote Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 That is a hard one. As far as genre's go, there isn't too much I don't shoot - except night photography. I do a lot of portrait work, but I love chasing sunsets and doing landscapes. I love taking photos of birds and other wildlife too. In the end, I don't have one voice in photography. Jockey Hollow Drive by Mike Martin, on Flickr Golden Gate Sunrise by Mike Martin, on Flickr Great Horned Owl by Mike Martin, on Flickr Quote -Mike Martin Casio Mike Martin Photography Instagram Facebook The Big Picture Photography Forum on Music Player Network The opinions I post here are my own and do not represent the company I work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Some gorgeous photos in this thread... serious inspiration for me, thanks. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 Cool!! That's what it's all about. One of the things I love about photography is how much more appreciative it makes me feel about the world around me. I notice a lot more interesting, beautiful, and cool things around me than I ever did before. Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I notice a lot more interesting, beautiful, and cool things around me than I ever did before. Me too. One hazard Id this is Im always looking for hawks, owls and other large birds. Ive become a distracted driver as a result. Quote -Mike Martin Casio Mike Martin Photography Instagram Facebook The Big Picture Photography Forum on Music Player Network The opinions I post here are my own and do not represent the company I work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieP_MechE Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 That is a hard one. As far as genre's go, there isn't too much I don't shoot - except night photography. I do a lot of portrait work, but I love chasing sunsets and doing landscapes. I love taking photos of birds and other wildlife too. In the end, I don't have one voice in photography.When I think of a Mike Martin image, I think of a portrait (human or animal) or a landscape. Also, at least from my point of view, you have a very consistent editing style, it has a certain warmth to it. For me, I found my voice a couple years ago. When I started out in 2012 after getting my first DSLR, I was shooting all sorts of things, but over the years I gradually became more and more drawn to photographing industrial buildings and ruins. Nemacolin #14 by Rich Pantaleo, on Flickr Weirton Steel #16H by Rich Pantaleo, on Flickr Carrie Furnaces #21 by Rich Pantaleo, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 One hazard Id this is Im always looking for hawks, owls and other large birds. Ive become a distracted driver as a result. We're seeing more bald eagles here in SE Pennsylvania but I haven't had the opportunity of a decent photo yet. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 That would be distracting. Hard to drive and look at birds simultaneously. Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 The local camera shop offers lens rentals at decent prices. I saw some really long focal lengths on their website... gonna give it a try. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 That's the best thing to do when trying something out. I may do that at some point with macro lens. Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Suddenly overcome with GAS. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 It happens. I guess it happens no matter what you do. Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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