Yashmat United: A Quick Look Back at Spring

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

A Quick Look Back at Spring

I've recently been working my images using Adobe Lightroom. I had heard people talking about how good a program it was and how fast it was to edit your pictures in it. I scoffed at them mostly because I shoot film. Why do I need a program that cheats for me? Now that I'm using it, I don't see an end in the foreseeable future. These are all pictures that were shot in Black and White film, scanned in at least at 1200dpi. Most of you casual readers have seen many of these, but I did throw in a couple of new ones, like the picture of my cat and the garden from Stone Brewery.

I have a set that I shot at Old Town Garden Grove last week that'll go up on Friday and I have two sets from Venice Beach that will go up next week.

You can check the Garden Grove pictures out a little early Here.

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deleted7205728 94p · 667 weeks ago

The shot before the train cars has me confused. Is it a river with rushing water or did you zoom in real close to a tiny creek run off? Hard to tell for me :p

Also I really like the bar shot much more with out the darkened corners. It makes the shot feel a bit claustrophobic for my tastes. Looking forward to your next set.
My recent post Happy Birthiversary to us!!!

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hardkoretom 84p · 667 weeks ago

That one is the San Gabriel River that I took this January when I drove up to the top of Highway 39 in the LA National Forrest. It was pretty neat looking. People were picknicking on the side of the road next to the water.

Yeah, now that I look at it, that bar picture does look good without the dark corners. The darkened corners really help out alot when the sky is hazy bright, but tend to not work well indoors. I find it so weird how different photographers have different ways to make their pictures stick out. I saw a video on netflix about an old architectural photographer who swears pictures with the darkened corners are money. Trial and error in the end.

Thanks for your criticism, much appreciated :-)

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Will · 667 weeks ago

I remember seeing a few of those photos before when they were in color. For some reason, I actually prefer the black and white; it does something to them that makes them feel special... sanctified.

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hardkoretom 84p · 667 weeks ago

That's why film for the most part is special. You just can't get the same feel from digital. It just steals the emotion and charm from the subject and gives it real substance. Its a real look. and a real feel. o.0

Thanks for the comments will

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Chris B 113p · 666 weeks ago

Digital fucks up music too.
An old tube amp with analog speakers sounds way better than the best lossy codecs which is most of the digital copied music.

Going forwards is sometimes going backwards.

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hardkoretom 84p · 666 weeks ago

Yeah, i saw what happens to a loss-less music file when its converted to an mp3 and damn. They take out all of the extra parts that only your subconscious can hear. It sounds flatter than hell afterwards.

Those vacuum tubes, I've heard an actual side by side comparison every time I used to go see my favorite band Static-X. The lead singer used a solid state system for his guitar, and the lead guitarist used tube amps for his, and the tube amp was Way Louder!! There really should be 2 markets instead of one big one and one dwindling one.