5D & Silver Efex
This week I’ve been on a business trip in Ray Country visiting Microsoft. Looks like I might be coming back here again a couple times later this year. Got out today to do some capturing of images and liked the tones in this little still-life. Post more after I return tomorrow. I really like the Pacific Northwest.
This image above deserves some explanation. I have about a dozen of these images in my collection, from restaurants all over the UA. Every time I see this setup (table, sugars, creams, condiments) I want to shoot it. Don’t know, but I do. Today, as I was doing the b&w conversion in Silver Efex, I may have stumbled on some of the why. There is a nice little operetta of tones in the image. Partially, at least, I think it’s the balance of tones that attracts me.
Maybe I should just embrace this little quirk and do a book with these images. Then, perhaps, I could move on.
I think you have to work on the Why before you start on the book. It is probably more weird than a fascination of the tonality, although the image is rich on tones. It has the potential to become a best-seller.
I love the idea of a series of these shots. All so close and yet so different. All the years of travel around the country on the bike the first thing I notice is what is on the table at restaurants, the basics and then that touch that makes it belong to the place.
You’re hanging out in my neck of the woods… let me know next time you’re in town, maybe we can meet for coffee or a photo trip or something
I think it’s a good idea so add it to the list and work on it. (I need to listen to that advice!) But, I agree, the simple things right in front of us are so often missed and people like us help the world see them.