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Acupuncture

kweide — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:11:19 +0000

Just have an eye on your subject and watch what she is doing. Even in the preparation time before or just after a shooting sequence.

In this case she was rearranging the needle again. You know already that needle which often fall down to ground and became a main actor in the shooting scene. Here she is trying to fix it again before she gave up and tranformed the accessory part into a main actor ! And agoin no tricks in here. Just the Olympus E-M5, Summilux 25, f1.4, ISO200, 1/100 second and no flash was used… and i made a decision to convert it into b&w to get the even more dramatic touch focussed on her hand and the needle itself.

Eyes

kweide — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:13:29 +0000

Eyes from a special series i made, called “The other side”. Enjoy

Olympus E-5 + E-P3, various focal lengths and shutter speeds. Made from several layers, blended to get the needed look.

The way into death

kweide — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:19:23 +0000

I can hear the audience shouting with greedy demand for blood. I can see them , Gladiators, walking down this ways, not knowing whether they survive or not … Minutes ago they were still friends, but now enemies. Who will start the kill ? Who will feed the arenas sand first with his blood ?? Who is the first to kill and to be killed ? Is there real honor while dying in the sand, hearing the taunting laughter from the audience ??

And only minutes later they are friends again. Trying to heal each others wounds. Full of sorrow. What have they done ?? What was done to them ??

Such thoughts running thru the mind when visiting ancient ruins full of history. Try to visualize them. Look to your picture and think! How to express this mood ?? Remove all visible modern things like cables, lights, etc., convert to b&w. Increase contrast and sharpness. Best to do with layers so you can control the effects much easier. Add a dramatic vignette. And that´s it.

Base picture was done with: Olympus E-3, Zuiko 12-60 SWD, 18 mm focal length, f4.5, 1/60 second, no flash, no tripod. And i knew from the moment i took this picture that i have to work on it !