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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 8/1/2007
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Albert, you good man. Thank you for taking the time to explain this in depth for me. I have not tried much in the way of different techniques. After seeing these images of yours, it inspires me to try some. If I ever get to Holland, I will let you know. That won't be in the near future, though. Who knows what will happen in the more distant future?
Mary
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Albert Jacobs
{K:9527} 7/30/2007
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Hi dear Mary,
Remember that there are no naive questions. Every question someone asks is excellent and brings a chance to learn and to understand.
I have no secrets, so one can ask me always everything (s)he wants. I will always try to explain what I did as good as possible (I know some English, but there is a limit if it becomes very technical)
My explanation was also a bit of a joke. By "my professional lightunit MaqLite", that I used here I mean that I simply used a strong handtorch made by the company MaqLite.
The colortemperature of any torch brings this yellow/gold light. The exact result depends on the combination of aperture and shuttertime you chose on the camera.
Also the after processing with photoshop influences the final colors.
What I did here with photoshop was: a bit more saturation, clear up the light and add some contrast.
These ingredients changed the white upper half of the white printpaper into blue.
I know it seems difficult when talking about it here, but in reality it is quite easy, once you are used of working with the effect a torchlight can bring in combination with photoshop.
I used it many times to create a warm atmosphere, so I can predict more or less what will happen under certain circumstances.
Hope the explanation helped a bit to understand what I did and please don't hesitate to ask about everything you would like to know, my dear friend.
I am glad to share it with you and every fellow photographer on UF or elsewhere.
I added a picture of my "professional" torch to give you an idea of how it looks like.
Should you ever be near Holland I will explain more stuff about photography to you and maybe we can also do some shooting together.
Warm greetz,
Albert Jacobs
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 7/30/2007
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Albert, thank you so much for the explanation. I do not know much yet about using different techniques, so was quite intersted in reading about your process to get this shot. MAy I ask what may seem like a naive quesrtion? If you used the white print paper, how did you then change the upper part of the background to blue? Thanks, MAry
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Albert Jacobs
{K:9527} 7/27/2007
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Hi dear Mary,
I hope your doing fine. Thanks for your kind comment. It was an experiment to find "magic light" with my professional lightunit, the MacLite.
Because I already know the dandelion well I used it for atmosphere and I added a dead insect I found (kind of nightbutterfly).
I knew already that the wings of these beautiful creatures reflect the light in many ways, depending on angle and intensity.
So I tried to create a nice atmosphere in which it is not obvious that the insect is dead. I put it all carefully arranged on a piece of white printpaper and started shooting.
It's remarkable how colors change when you change the angle and/or intensity, either by torch or camera. I regard this shot of one of the best of this serie.
Warm greetz,
Albert Jacobs
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Albert Jacobs
{K:9527} 7/27/2007
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Hi Mohamed,
Thnaks for your enthusiast reaction. It was a little experiment with dandelion and dead insect I found. The experiment was one about lightfall and colouring.
Friendly greetz,
Albert Jacobs
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Albert Jacobs
{K:9527} 7/27/2007
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Hi dear Maurizio,
Thanks for your comment. In this shot I used my "talents" of handling my professional lightunit, the MacLite.
Friendly greetz,
Albert Jacobs
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 7/27/2007
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Beautiful closeup. The golden tint gies it a magical feel.
MAry
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Mohamed Badawy
{K:11828} 7/26/2007
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JUST EXCELLENT & GREAT WORK 7+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ .
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Maurizio Massetti
{K:30463} 7/26/2007
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Fantastic details and colors here!
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