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Photographer

markEdwardPhoto

Posts: 1398

Trumbull, Connecticut, US

Anyone doing something new and fresh in their photography? Their portfolio?

Lots of the same images here. Are you doing anything new?

Let's see.

M

P.S. I got a Drone and have been shooting both with and without models. Very interesting and very cool so far.

Oct 24 18 11:09 am Link

Photographer

Rays Fine Art

Posts: 7504

New York, New York, US

First I have to figure out how to do the old stuff right.

All IMHO as always, of course.

Oct 24 18 11:14 am Link

Photographer

Vector One Photography

Posts: 3722

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

Good question... I wish I had the answer. I have a combination of not being able to come up with new concepts for what I do combined with frustration with the inability to find suitable models.  I think it's time for me to pick an area of photography that I am not dependent on others.  I'm seriously thinking of going back to what I did in college. Just picking an area or place and shoot from different perspectives and angles.  I was thinking of shooting the new FBI field office. It is a glass and steel building with curves and geometric design. The only thing I have to worry about is the sharpshooter on the rooftop (politically incorrect to still call them snipers).

Oct 24 18 12:00 pm Link

Model

Alexandra Vincent

Posts: 308

Asheville, North Carolina, US

I finally figured out how to update Lightroom on my ancient workhorse of a laptop.

I can actually share LR files with other people now.

That feels pretty new and exciting.

Oct 24 18 12:17 pm Link

Clothing Designer

GRMACK

Posts: 5436

Bakersfield, California, US

Dug out my old Pentax Spotmeter V and made a new Zone System B&W scale for it based on what the Sekonic meter test told me about my Olympus OM-D E1 Mark II.  Plan is to try and shoot more B&W with it set that way and see if I can recall my old Zone System class stuff from college into the digital era.

https://www.mu-43.com/attachments/pentax-spotmeter-v-jpg.667954/

Oct 24 18 12:56 pm Link

Photographer

Black Z Eddie

Posts: 1903

San Jacinto, California, US

I normally don't shoot in studios + lighting equipment (LEDs, beauty dish, etc), but, wanted to mess around with something different than what I normally do.  Joined a workshop to see what kind of a mess I'll make. 

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1946/30600426237_fea824d176_n.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1964/44815750734_a965b0d64b_n.jpg

Also, I carry a speedlight me all the time but almost never use it.  I'm gonna try to use it more, especially, when the lighting is flat.

Oct 24 18 01:46 pm Link

Photographer

Jorge Kreimer

Posts: 3716

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Just doing the same old stuff, I'm afraid:

www.gershonkreimer.com

www.jorgekreimer.com

Oct 24 18 02:42 pm Link

Photographer

Sichenze Photography

Posts: 357

Powhatan, Virginia, US

I have been shooting at night
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1924/31636275158_b76391e84d_b.jpgJLW-2018DSC_1075.jpg by Tins Pics, on Flickr

Oct 24 18 05:21 pm Link

Photographer

Warren Leimbach

Posts: 3223

Tampa, Florida, US

New to me, anyway.  Venturing into online image sales.

Wish me luck.

Oct 24 18 05:27 pm Link

Photographer

Znude!

Posts: 3311

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US

I've started venturing into body scapes as opposed to traditional nudes. And I enjoy architectural photography so I'm incorporating some nude work into that just for fun, maybe a scene where a nude is just a very small fraction of the overall image. When I get bored with what I'm shooting I just shoot something else and change things up. I don't do photography for money so I can shoot whatever I like. One great thing about photography is there is always a new avenue to follow and always more to learn so it stimulates the mind. My work might not be worth a crap to anyone else but it makes me happy. And fortunately I'm my biggest fan.

Oct 24 18 05:33 pm Link

Photographer

AgX

Posts: 2851

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Rays Fine Art wrote:
First I have to figure out how to do the old stuff right.

This.

Oct 24 18 06:42 pm Link

Photographer

TEB-Art Photo

Posts: 605

Carrboro, North Carolina, US

Sichenze Photography wrote:
I have been shooting at night
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1924/31636275158_b76391e84d_b.jpgJLW-2018DSC_1075.jpg by Tins Pics, on Flickr

Gorgeous. How did you light it? Speedlight or LED's with batteries?

Oct 24 18 08:11 pm Link

Photographer

Motordrive Photography

Posts: 7083

Lodi, California, US

I'm making some 50/50 photograph and illustration. Start with a kind of mundane photo,
a simple stillife works well, like a pop can for instance. Tweak in PS, then bring that file
into Illustrator and make vectors of the whole image and set them to 50% opacity, size
the output to the exact measurement of the subject and make a print.

Oct 24 18 08:35 pm Link

Photographer

James William

Posts: 137

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I am self publishing a book

Oct 24 18 09:19 pm Link

Photographer

alantan-fotography

Posts: 126

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I think all genres and edits are covered that not much of differences you see since now photoshop and cameras.

Oct 25 18 12:36 am Link

Photographer

goofus

Posts: 808

Santa Barbara, California, US

my 'new stuff' is all 'old stuff'

I am always looking to magazines, movies and sources 40, 50, 100 700  years old for inspiration.. then doing something contemporary with it

starting to investigate new film/processes too

Oct 25 18 08:32 am Link

Photographer

Ultimate Dream

Posts: 860

London, England, United Kingdom

I was only able to do studio photography as i could not afford profoto lights to use out door or over power the sun with (no PCB in the UK). But thanks to Godox i have been able to buy lots of lights that i can use on location and also allow me turn my livingroom into a studio also.
Been really creating some crazy stuff of recent

http://www.akpe.co.uk/photographs

Oct 25 18 09:38 am Link

Photographer

Graham Glover

Posts: 1440

Oakton, Virginia, US

New and different...

I just finished a project with a model/actor Mary Adams in NYC.  We created a story through photos only.  I scripted it, photographed it, post processed it.  She brought the character to life, made suggestions on pre and post production, and was a great partner on the project!  For products, there were photos for Mary, the video linked below, and a small magazine I had printed.  It's probably simple stuff for others, but it was great fun and a lot of work.

I also took a one week vacation from photography, starting last Saturday and ending last night.  Thank goodness it's over.  Now I can get back to what I love to do!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6jyw5 … gs=pl%2Cwn

Oct 27 18 03:26 pm Link

Photographer

SAVONT

Posts: 6

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

My port is not the same old stuff

Oct 27 18 07:48 pm Link

Clothing Designer

GRMACK

Posts: 5436

Bakersfield, California, US

Photographing diabetic birds at the feeder is new to me.  Never had a use for the cheap ($80) 500mm f/8 manual lens until now.  Now I want a better one!

https://cdn.mu-43.com/attachments/hummingbird-02-jpg.690865/

https://cdn.mu-43.com/attachments/hummingbird-03-jpg.690866/

Oct 28 18 12:54 pm Link

Photographer

IMAGINERIES

Posts: 2048

New York, New York, US

What ever you try to achieve, it has be done but not exactly, Photography makes it somewhat more difficult.
But different does not make it better...Modern technology makes it easier but not necessarily more creative
unless you are involved with advance post production......
Your hand writing is different from any other one even you describe the same scene as the other people next to you.

Oct 28 18 01:18 pm Link

Photographer

J Andrescavage Photo

Posts: 3339

San Francisco, California, US

I've been putting B&W darkroom paper into my 8x10 view camera and exposing portraits directly on to it.  Then I've been taking the paper negatives into the darkroom and making enlargements from them.  The exposures take around 30 seconds, and the darkroom prints take several minutes of exposure, but the process reveals a pretty distinct look and as far as I know no one else is doing this particular thing. 

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/777/21601144914_0a1179032d_z.jpgEva at the House by Jason, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/31153600706_ef32bc4ba0_z.jpgAriel by Jason, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1921/30699170097_645954cdc8_z.jpgThe Englishman by Jason, on Flickr

Oct 30 18 04:00 pm Link

Photographer

TEB-Art Photo

Posts: 605

Carrboro, North Carolina, US

J Andrescavage Photo wrote:
I've been putting B&W darkroom paper into my 8x10 view camera and exposing portraits directly on to it.  Then I've been taking the paper negatives into the darkroom and making enlargements from them.  The exposures take around 30 seconds, and the darkroom prints take several minutes of exposure, but the process reveals a pretty distinct look and as far as I know no one else is doing this particular thing.

The images remind me of Rembrandt's paintings; the skin so much brighter than the rest of the figure.

Oct 30 18 06:19 pm Link

Photographer

J Andrescavage Photo

Posts: 3339

San Francisco, California, US

TEB-Art Photo wrote:

The images remind me of Rembrandt's paintings; the skin so much brighter than the rest of the figure.

Darkroom paper isn't panchromatic like regular film is, so some colors react differently than expected.  Once I got used to that, I started shooting around locations I knew would naturally add contrast to the scene. 
Also- lots and lots and lots of work in the darkroom.

Oct 30 18 06:34 pm Link

Photographer

Managing Light

Posts: 2678

Salem, Virginia, US

J Andrescavage Photo wrote:
I've been putting B&W darkroom paper into my 8x10 view camera and exposing portraits directly on to it.  Then I've been taking the paper negatives into the darkroom and making enlargements from them.  The exposures take around 30 seconds, and the darkroom prints take several minutes of exposure, but the process reveals a pretty distinct look and as far as I know no one else is doing this particular thing.

VERY nice work.

Nov 02 18 11:58 am Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Rays Fine Art wrote:
First I have to figure out how to do the old stuff right.

All IMHO as always, of course.

I have the same problem.

Looking through "Icons of Fashion Photography". I am seeing stuff that that would work today if you updated the fashions.

Does doing the old stuff but with better technology count as different?

With an old friend, whenever I start to whine (never have cheese around when I do that, dammit.) about everything I am thinking of doing has been done by others and likely better, his response is simply "But it has not been done by you. You just have to do it better than the other guys today."

Nov 02 18 01:28 pm Link

Photographer

Herman Surkis

Posts: 10856

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

GRMACK wrote:
Dug out my old Pentax Spotmeter V and made a new Zone System B&W scale for it based on what the Sekonic meter test told me about my Olympus OM-D E1 Mark II.  Plan is to try and shoot more B&W with it set that way and see if I can recall my old Zone System class stuff from college into the digital era.

https://www.mu-43.com/attachments/pentax-spotmeter-v-jpg.667954/

Still have mine.

Nov 02 18 01:29 pm Link

Photographer

Studio NSFW

Posts: 749

Pacifica, California, US

Well, this weekend is holiday portraits for pet owners with a female Santa covered in tattoos.

So, same old, same old...

Nov 02 18 01:36 pm Link

Photographer

Carle Photo

Posts: 475

New Orleans, Louisiana, US

I had a studio that was 25x18 for a decade, & never shot outdoors/on location. I used a 50MM lens for 90% of my work.
Now my new studio is 12x14 & I am doing outdoor/on location shoots. I'm now using a 100MM lens,

These changes are giving my work a whole new look.
Most of my new work is on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/carlephotography/

Nov 03 18 09:12 am Link

Photographer

Decay of Memory

Posts: 682

Asheville, North Carolina, US

Abusing slides, then scanning the results and working with them.

Nov 03 18 09:45 am Link

Photographer

robotimpurity

Posts: 3

Tucson, Arizona, US

This past year I rounded out my lens collection and mostly just shoot with prime lenses now, as opposed to a 24-105mm lens that was a bit of a crutch.  Beyond that, I've done fewer shoots with models, but have been just trying to improve my technical skills in general with my gear so that as I get back into working with models, I'll be better at it than before.  So probably nothing "new", but hopefully better quality results

Nov 03 18 01:46 pm Link

Photographer

Todd Meredith

Posts: 728

Fayetteville, North Carolina, US

J Andrescavage Photo wrote:
I've been putting B&W darkroom paper into my 8x10 view camera and exposing portraits directly on to it.  Then I've been taking the paper negatives into the darkroom and making enlargements from them.  The exposures take around 30 seconds, and the darkroom prints take several minutes of exposure, but the process reveals a pretty distinct look and as far as I know no one else is doing this particular thing. 

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/777/21601144914_0a1179032d_z.jpgEva at the House by Jason, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/31153600706_ef32bc4ba0_z.jpgAriel by Jason, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1921/30699170097_645954cdc8_z.jpgThe Englishman by Jason, on Flickr

Your work is indeed unique and has a very vintage feel to it.  As noted by another member, there is an old masters quality to the images.  Keep thinking outside the box and creating the great works!

Nov 03 18 04:15 pm Link

Photographer

Todd Meredith

Posts: 728

Fayetteville, North Carolina, US

With the wedding "season" over, it's the time of year that allows time to be creative.  I've been enthralled with film noir-style images for some time and have been studying clips from the movies of that area a lot lately.  I believe the colder months will be spent recreating that feeling in images with a wonderful new model who is also enthused about working in that genre. 

As a member mentioned, it's also a great time of the year to step back and refocus.  Getting gear serviced and returning back to basics can definitely help break bad habits and improve quality.  It's also a time to try new techniques, new equipment and new methods of creating dynamic works, with or without others.  I'm not one for workshops or meet ups but I can see how it would be a good time to jump into one or two and possibly learn someone else's way of doing things.

Wishing everyone all the best.

Nov 03 18 04:22 pm Link

Photographer

Phil_I

Posts: 109

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nov 03 18 08:01 pm Link

Photographer

Marcio Faustino

Posts: 2811

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

I have being doing so many different "new" things on the past 5 years that (Since I moved to Germany and could not find volunteer models and photographers anymore), that now I want just keep doing portraits once in a while to rest a bit.

Nov 04 18 08:58 am Link

Photographer

Chris David Photography

Posts: 561

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I do underwater and UV/near UV shoots and also mix the techniques together.
Technically and physically challenging but I like challenging myself.

Nov 05 18 04:07 am Link

Photographer

PhillipM

Posts: 8049

Nashville, Tennessee, US

J Andrescavage Photo wrote:
I've been putting B&W darkroom paper into my 8x10 view camera and exposing portraits directly on to it.  Then I've been taking the paper negatives into the darkroom and making enlargements from them.  The exposures take around 30 seconds, and the darkroom prints take several minutes of exposure, but the process reveals a pretty distinct look and as far as I know no one else is doing this particular thing. 

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/777/21601144914_0a1179032d_z.jpgEva at the House by Jason, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/31153600706_ef32bc4ba0_z.jpgAriel by Jason, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1921/30699170097_645954cdc8_z.jpgThe Englishman by Jason, on Flickr

I wanna be like you when I grow up.

Nov 05 18 04:02 pm Link

Photographer

Garry k

Posts: 30123

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

No - I have gone back to my roots

shooting agency models off the books

but I am finding them on IG now ( so that is something new and different for me )

Nov 05 18 04:25 pm Link

Photographer

J Andrescavage Photo

Posts: 3339

San Francisco, California, US

Managing Light wrote:
VERY nice work.

Todd Meredith wrote:
Your work is indeed unique and has a very vintage feel to it.  As noted by another member, there is an old masters quality to the images.  Keep thinking outside the box and creating the great works!

PhillipM wrote:
I wanna be like you when I grow up.

Hah, thanks guys.  I'm glad the project seems to be hitting the mark. 
If anyone is interested, a local filmmaker did a short on me and the work:
https://vimeo.com/246381824

Nov 06 18 06:44 pm Link

Photographer

Wayne Stevenson

Posts: 178

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

J Andrescavage Photo wrote:

Darkroom paper isn't panchromatic like regular film is, so some colors react differently than expected.  Once I got used to that, I started shooting around locations I knew would naturally add contrast to the scene. 
Also- lots and lots and lots of work in the darkroom.

Lovely work.

Paper negatives are nothing new but yes, the orthochromatic tonality, and the contrast are definitely unique to work with. Most people I know who have experimented, did so more for the thirfty cost-savings.  Using contrast filters with variable contrast papers can give you some added fun.

Alternatively, you can try reverse processing the paper and forgo enlargements. I have a good process worked out:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/1011045@N … 870149194/

Nov 06 18 08:03 pm Link