Over the next week or so I’m going to post some photographs that are quite unlike the stuff I typically post here.
It is probably accurate to say that the majority of my photographs are landscape-orientated – even many of the urban photographs are essentially “urban landscapes.” In addition, while I do post-process my photographs in Photoshop, the goal is usually to modify the photo so that it more accurately captures the emotional quality of the original scene.
Last week I spent a few days in Seattle, one of my favorite places to photograph. For some reason, I wasn’t drawn to the usual “landscape-ish” subjects, and I decided to play around with a “street photography” approach. (Today’s photo is an example.) I put a wide-angle lens on the 5D and wandered around one of the busiest parts of Seattle, the Pike Street Market, photographing the flow of people through the area. In addition, I spent an hour or more photographing the Gas Works Park.
For reason I have already forgotten, when I started working with the images of the Gas Works I decided to experiment with some decidedly non-natural modifications to the images. Intrigued, I applied the same approach to some of the Pike Place Market images – though not to the one posted today. The resulting “imaginary landscapes” and related photos will appear here this coming week.
I’m not sure where this is heading just yet – it could turn out to be a short-term experiment, simply a way of learning a new technique or two, or a new thread in my photography.
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