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<p>I can take a well-framed, well-composed, well-exposed, and sharp image of just about anything. If you have a good eye, you can probably do the same thing with your phone. We are wash in images, and I frankly find a lot of photography boring. Even some of my own.</p>
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<p>I am more and more interested in pushing the boundaries of photography. I did this maybe 35 years ago with a friend-model from work in the federal government in Canada. I shot Réjean in low light with film, when you couldn't know exactly what was going to happen. This is "reciprocity failure": the reciprocal relationship of shutter speed and aperture breaks down in either very bright or very low light. Usually, if you decrease shutter speed, you get more light, but then you need to keep the aperture (the hole the light goes through) small, so you don't get too much light. Alternatively, if you make the aperture large, you need a short shutter speed, even in fairly low light. I can't remember what my settings were, but the results of the failure of this relationship in low light to be predictable were very pleasing. I think I only have a print of this image now, and it's on the wall of my office / stained glass studio. She is facing away from me under a bare light, with one bare arm angled over her head, and the other going straight up, with one red-nailed index finger extended. The light fall-off around her is abrupt, and the film grain (like digital noise) becomes quickly more obvious. I loved the shot. The gesture was simple, but expressive.</p>
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<p>Since then I have pursued images that break with the norm I describe in my first sentence: I know the rules, but I want to break them and see what I get. Yes, many are interesting (or uninteresting) failures, but I find many exhilarating. I have moved beyond simple photography to do <a href="https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/fine-art-prints/shop/landscape/contagion/">digital art</a> using two or more photographs, some of which you can see on my site. I am interested in the ground between these alternatives, that is, using special lenses, and special lighting situations, with some post-processing, to create impressionistic images. Sometimes they are low-contrast, and minimal in detail.</p>
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<p>We have <a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-turner/">examples of impressionism</a> in landscape painting with William Turner. Here's one painting we saw recently in a museum in Paris in July.</p>
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<p>Shooting the same thing over and over drives one to be restless and creative. This is true whether I shoot a model repeatedly, like my friend Sheldon, or the beach in South Carolina. </p>
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<p>I have been to Surfside Beath many times, and brought all of my lenses this time, including the "funky" ones. Here are a few examples of what I am talking about from our recent stay.</p>
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<p>If you would be interested in a print, I'd be happy to provide one at a very reasonable cost. Enjoy!</p>
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