Searching For The Light

Hi Folks,

One of the things I am learning in my quest to be a photographer is the importance of light.
Light is one of those things that goes to your minds eye. It points out the subject.
In the first photo I took a street photograph of a lady. No idea who the lady is but I love the scene because it is back lit and the light shining through the outline of her golden hair.

Just Love The Hair

She has a strange expression to be sure but like I said I wanted to catch the light which really made her hair shine.
She did not mind that I took her photo and she told me later that she thought she had seen a friend and was squinting she was a bit short sighted.

The second photo I was in Fremantle and I came across this nice golden light on St Patricks Basilica. I liked the golden soft light and I liked the golden arches as well.

The Golden Arches

I framed with the arches mainly in the viewfinder and exposed to get the correct colour of the late afternoon glow. I did do a series on St Patricks Basilica in a previous blog post but this is mainly about the light.
I am finding that I tend to underexpose an image slightly so that I can mainly accentuate the light.

My third photo is a stairway in Kings Park in Perth. I was down the bottom of the path and I came across this sight.

Where Do The Stairs Lead?

There is nothing special about the image as such but you find your eye going to the brightest part of the photo and you cant help but go up the stairs.
Unfortunately there was nobody coming down or going up which would have been more interesting as the person or dog even would have been illuminated.
I am always searching for the light in order to have really interesting photos.
Thank you for passing by and these are My Photographic Observation's .

Vedran

Street Life

Hi Folks,

Welcome to My Photographic Observations where I post a few photos and say a little about them.
My theme for this week is Street photography. I have converted all images to black and white just to change everything up a bit.
Street Photography is rather hard because you never know what type of reactions you are going to get. It is a lot of fun and I enjoy it and am still learning as I go along.
All the photos were taken in Split Croatia while I was there earlier this year.

The first photo is self explanatory in that he was checking out some books to buy on the Split Riva. Split Riva is an area right next to the ocean and has plenty of coffee shops about.

Sale Sale Sale

You can see the ocean in the background so I thought somebody doing with that nice ocean view.
The second photo was to my left as I was walking. A man sitting on a bench and this lady who seemed to be giving her point of view quite stringently.

And another thing

He seemed to be uncomfortable and then all of a sudden he seemed to relax with that ahh so moment. She was always hunched over but I thought it was great.
The third photo was just a shot of passers by. I looked at the photo subsequently and have thought is it or isn't it. I just feel she has a slight resemblance to Cameron Diaz but more than likely not her.

Cameron maybe?

The resemblance is close but who's to know as I did not ask for an autograph lol.

The fourth photo is of these two Asian gentlemen sitting and doing a bit of reading. I just wanted to show some of the people/tourists that come to Split.

You read Ill think

Split is a place that is very cheap although as anything it depends where you go.
Why black and white you might ask? The answer is sometimes colour tends to confuse things a bit where as black and white there is only shades of black and white so to me gives a photo more impact. I have not mastered it yet but as I said before I am still learning.

These are My Photographic Observations and I thank you for taking the time to read and observe.

Vedran

Sunsets

Hi Folks,

Welcome to My Photographic Observations.
Today I have two photos of sunsets that I took earlier this year. Not in any exotic location but a little down the road close to the beach where I am situated. The second was on an Island.
Sunsets are always nice to take but what I enjoyed about this photo was the weeds and plants that were silouetted against the bright orange of the sun going down.
I was going to expose for the plants by adding a little flash and although it was nice this shot seemed to work. I used apature priority and under exposed to increase the saturation of the orange and yellow of the sunset.
Interesting is that the subject matter could be boring but taken like this I think it seems to give it a bit of a wow factor.

Weedy Sunset

It gives me a surreal kind of feeling and I think makes for a warm interesting photo. This shot was taken in February this year.

The second photo is also a sunset. Hey we all like sunsets right?
This time I used a tree for framing so the person could look at the line that leads to the sun. The line being the glow of the reflection that is below the tree. I also underexposed and I shot in appature priority again.

Tree Frame Sunset

The tree also makes a nice contrast against the colours of the horizon.
This photo was taken in Supetar on the Island of Brac in Croatia.

These are My Photographic Observations. I hope you enjoy.

Vedran

St Patricks Basilica

Hi Folks,

Sometimes when you walk around your house there are things you have that you see but you don't take notice. Here is the same for me, in the sense that this place has always been here but never bothered to look at the architecture much.
It is a lovely old building built around 1850.

Built 1850

A few years ago it went through a restoration and it is really quite stunning. Walking around one late afternoon just before sunset, I noticed the late afternoon sun on the top half of the Basilica.
It truly was lovely and I thought I must capture this.

Relaxed Angle

The light and the patterns really are appealing and have a look of their own. The arches and the circles and everything is just marvellous. It was hard trying to get the angles that I needed because I wold have been with a stiff neck if in front as it was just to tall.

The Arches And The Light

I was partially successful and have a nice arch in the photo. I said earlier in the post that you don't always notice and I am so glad that I have taken up photography because it really makes you observe what is around you.

St Patricks Basilica Fremantle

The final photo is an overview of the whole Basilica. It was this scene that caught my eye in the first place. I plan of taking photos inside one day for a seperate blog post but for now,
These are My Photographic Observations for now...

Vedran

Graffiti Or Art

Hi Folks,

In Fremantle which is in Western Australia there is an old place that was built to store wool many years ago. On one side of this massive building there had been renovations done and on the other side it is still old.
The building will not fall down because of it's solid build. The sad thing is there is plenty of graffiti and I have three items of graffiti to show.
I have previously said graffiti if done properly can be tasteful or interesting.

The first example I like the blue of the Mermaid and all round it shows some skill.

Wandering Tentacles

The Octopus with its Tentacles all over the place and you get the impression that the Mermaid is not happy.

The next example is two females and I just like the artwork. It is very well done and against the old brickwork is quite effective. I put a little bit of extra vibrance in tho post processing to give it a bit of punch.

Nice Contrast

I think the gypsy lady looks quite interesting and then the classy demure lady next to her with a smiley face.

The last photo is what this old building looked like originally although in graffiti form.

Old Wool Building

I think overall these couple of examples are quite colourful and interesting. It begs the question is this graffiti or art? Would I take credit for the photographs? Well yeah I took them altho it is somebodies art/graffiti I still took the photos because they are part of My Photographic Observations for this week.



Vedran

Observing Contrast

Hi Folks,

Is it not funny that when you walk or drive around anywhere that there is always something that might catch your eye. A lot of the times this seems to happen to me. I think anything that has a little bit of contrast tends to stand out.
My first example here is something that is not unusual I mean to say it is a grapevine growing with a white wall behind it.

Interesting Contrast

We have a classic case of to opposing colours being the white of the wall and the darker green and mild yellow of the grapevine. So subsequently you tend to notice.

The second example is not as stand outish as the first but it is more texture related. I just happened to see this rusted piece of iron and thought the texture here would be a nice interesting image.

Nice Texture

I mean to say that roughness and the colour really does something which just draws me in all the time.
There is not a whole lot of contrast there but the fact that it looks rough gives it a nice feel.

This next photo was the same piece of metal but I noticed a pastel purplish kind of leaf sitting there.
The contrast was not strong but very subtle. It is enough of a contrast to make you notice.

Patel Purple?

I mean to say if we look around hard enough there is always something interesting and different.

My last example is contrast on steroids meaning the colours were nice but I thought I would make it a bit more arty although the pattern itself looks nice.

Contrast On Steroids

I would say this last photo to be my favourite because of the textured blue background and the two leaves that are soft in colour but stand out against the rough.

These are My Photographic Observations and I hope the examples were an interesting subject matter.

Vedran

56 Cadillac...

Hi Folks,

It has been a while since my last post in October. I have sorted through thousands of photos and I am now starting to edit. I hope to be blogging about twice a week but will see.

My Photographic Observation for today is an old 1956 Cadillac that I happened to see in Fremantle one afternoon. It was beautifully restored as you see and it was also white.

Headlight View

I wanted to shoot this car a little bit different so my first shot was basically a teasing view.
I call it a teasing view because you don't get to see much of the car but you get the idea of the basic shape. I kind of like the way cars were styled back in the old days.

The second Shot I have opened up a bit more to give a bit more of a teasing view.

More Revealed

The nice body contours really give this car a feeling of " I want to go for a ride" and boy did this catch my eye. In Fremantle there always seem to be a classic car of some sort and this just caught my eye.

The third photo is the whole side on view and not the teaser anymore.

The 56 Cadillac

Yes definitely something. It was blazing hot the day I took the photos, around 35deg Celsius. Not great conditions to shoot but I am learning not to let a chance go by.

The fourth photo I thought of a rear side view would be nice just to get a different point of view.

Side View

I think it is amazing that a lot of these classic cars are around and to see them is truly a pleasure. Of course they don't have the luxury of the new cars of today but you cant have everything right.

The fifth and final pic is the rear of the car.

Elvis 56

I am assuming that the owner was an Elvis Fan and I think the 56 Cadillac is what he had bought at the time. Not that this is Elvis's car.

This was My Photographic Observation for today.
Hope to be here again very shortly.

Vedran