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I took this picture, ironically, in the parking lot next to Clonmacnoise in Ireland; most of the other negatives on this picture's roll of film were of ancient Irish ruins, and yet, this car looked worse preserved than the Viking-sacked cloister. As is often the case in Ireland, the weather was overcast when I took this, and therefore the extraction of crisp whites and blacks was difficult, even with a high filter (also, the scanner added the sepian tone).Tinny
Above is a picture I took of a swan next to the Grand Canal in Dublin, Ireland last year and printed recently in the darkroom. I often find pictures of birds generic, and was disinclined to actually print the bird pictures I had taken along the canal. When I did print this one, however, everyone I showed it to had to take a second look; they had to ask me what it was before seeing it was a picture of a swan. Their confusion about this photograph made me realize that even banal subject matters can be captured in a different light, literally, in order to make something unique. This, I believe, is an inspiring challenge to any artist.
Tinny
I took this picture, ironically, in the parking lot next to Clonmacnoise in Ireland; most of the other negatives on this picture's roll of film were of ancient Irish ruins, and yet, this car looked worse preserved than the Viking-sacked cloister. As is often the case in Ireland, the weather was overcast when I took this, and therefore the extraction of crisp whites and blacks was difficult, even with a high filter (also, the scanner added the sepian tone).
Above is a picture I took of a swan next to the Grand Canal in Dublin, Ireland last year and printed recently in the darkroom. I often find pictures of birds generic, and was disinclined to actually print the bird pictures I had taken along the canal. When I did print this one, however, everyone I showed it to had to take a second look; they had to ask me what it was before seeing it was a picture of a swan. Their confusion about this photograph made me realize that even banal subject matters can be captured in a different light, literally, in order to make something unique. This, I believe, is an inspiring challenge to any artist.
