How to be happy when there’s nothing really to be happy about (playing w/ camera

[Monsterlover]

Hi, thanks for the comment which is actually pretty deeply meaningful, to me.

I post photos on ADVrider forum’s photography thread also.
When I posted this photo,

Mill Valley-Sausalito Path by T K, on Flickr

One guy commented like this.
“<SNIP>
(The photo) looks like bad WB. The sunlit areas don't look sunny at all. I'd warm it up a bit and boost the saturation.

What were the WB settings for those? “

He didn’t read my description, or rather, ignored.
(Also, I DIDN'T ask an advice how to "correct" photo.}

“That photo (Mill Valley-Sausalito Path) was taken at around 4PM.( You probably missed that part?)
The sunlight at that time isn't "warmer hue" at all. It is still blue-ish white light. Not like warmer, orange-ish light in the morning or near sunset.
And, this particular area (Mill Valley, CA) is surrounded by hills and fogs, it's almost always "cool or cold".
At the time this photo was taken, it was chilly (despite the fact that we're in the middle of August and this is in sunny California )
So, the photo looks "cold", "isolated" "inhuman" on purpose.
I didn't want this photo to have "nice and warm" feeling.

He insisted, saying
“From my digital perspective, looking for accuracy:
(That Mill Valley-Sausalito path photo)  feels like real life would have been warmer.” (Despite that fact that I stated it WASN'T WARM AT ALL.)

After reading this post, I just decided to ignore this guy.
Digital sensor does NOT accurately reproduce what our eyes see.
NEVER.
Him chasing the “perfection” is one thing. (And it’s totally fine.)
But, commenting “BAD” on someone’s work, just because it doesn’t match with his preference is, well, I don’t know what to say.
It is like commenting on Pablo Picasso or Salvador Dali’s picture,
“That picture’s perspective is BAD, this picture’s figure proportion is off, it should be this way.”

Some people have very poor vocabulary. (So they tend to call everything that doesn’t please them as “bad”.)
Some people know how much they know, so they start preaching / criticizing others, but they don’t know how much stuff out there that they don’t know…

Lol. I think that guy's an idiot. I don't know anything about photography and I enjoyed that photo. Looking at it before I even read any of your description I could describe it as cold. Waning as if life has moved on. I like it.

Keyboard warriors gotta keyboard.

[Stella]

The advrider guy can go pound sand.

I'm another who thoroughly enjoys looking through the photos and appreciate you sharing with us! 

[S21FOLGORE]

The advrider guy can go pound sand.

I'm another who thoroughly enjoys looking through the photos and appreciate you sharing with us!  

Thanks for the comment, and sorry for the slow response.
(too many things happening around here right now. I'll show the photos after this post. But, first...)

Pro Sushi Chef’s quick lunch / Pork Kimuchi Udon
[Creative use of “Interval timer shooting”]

So, how do you photograph yourself, while cooking, alone, and in a sort of hurry?
And you want to capture the “action”, not just the final product.

Self timer wouldn’t work, for obvious reason.
Shooting video and capture the screenshot?

When I shoot photos of myself, I actually don’t use self timer that often.
Instead, I do “interval timer shooting”.
Works a whole lot better than self timer (for what I do, anyway).

I tired to take photos while I was quickly making my lunch before leaving for work.
Shot on Fuji X100V mounted on Gorilla Pod, set interval timer for shooting every 16 sec.

1_ingredients copy by T K, on Flickr

2_Garlic by T K, on Flickr

3_Pork Kimuchi Garlic by T K, on Flickr

4_Halfway by T K, on Flickr

5_Cleaning up by T K, on Flickr

6_Done by T K, on Flickr

7_Final product by T K, on Flickr

Shown in chronological order.
All images are straight out of camera JPEG files.
(The purpose of this photo shoot is to have fun with camera, documentation of my life, so they are fine.
I can work on RAW files later, if I want.)

[Monsterlover]

That's a serious lunch 

[S21FOLGORE]

That's a serious lunch 

And, the next time I get to eat something is after coming back home, at around 10 -10:30PM.
I have to eat a lot before heading to work  .

[S21FOLGORE]

I’m a certified black sheep. Everyone and their grand mother and her cat says,
“You need wide angle lens for street photography.”

And I don’t like using wide angle lenses, unless the “story” calls for it.

So I went outside today, with vintage Canon FD50mm f1.4 (on Metabones Speed booster) + Fuji XH2.
(I also brought GoPro Hero10, for some behind the scene videos, so that I can make YouTube video later, if I decided to do so.)

I left at around 4:30PM. I decided to just walk around with camera. NOT driving too somewhere with camera.

All images are straight out from the camera. None of them are edited.

Rumble Fish_1 by T K, on Flickr

Rumble Fish_2 by T K, on Flickr

These black and white images were (somewhat) inspired by the opening scene of the1983 film, Rumble Fish. (Francis Ford Coppola film).
High contrast black and white image, time-lapse, and the music, … for some reason, this movie’s opening AND the ending scene are sticking into my mind, since the 80s,





Do you remember 1991 film “Harley Davidson and the Marlboro man” ?
Particularly, the scene Don Johnson and Micky Rourke sitting on the road sign over the freeway, looking down LA traffic at night, and repairing the boots with duct tape,...
(Surprisingly, you can watch the entire movie for free, on YouTube now.)


Someone left a shoe up there…

Harley &Marlboro_1 by T K, on Flickr

Harley&Marlboro_2 by T K, on Flickr

There three, I couldn’t decide which one was best, so I posted all three.
 
Airplane_3 by T K, on Flickr

Airplane_2 by T K, on Flickr

Airplane_1 by T K, on Flickr

Somebody cut a hole on the fence…
Hole on the fence by T K, on Flickr

Sunday evening 101 South bound traffic in Marin…
101 sunset by T K, on Flickr

101Sunset2 by T K, on Flickr

I can’t go any further (legally)…
the end_1 by T K, on Flickr

the end_2 by T K, on Flickr

…turn around, took one more shot before walking back to home…
the end of the night by T K, on Flickr

[S21FOLGORE]

A new sketchbook for a new year!

New sketch book XT4 by T K, on Flickr

Now, the image above is shot with Fuji XT4, with vintage Asahi Super Takumar (PENTAX) 50mmf1.4, with comlite speed booster.
Typically, I like this kind of color, lighting, atmosphere. (Eg, “No country for old man (2007, Coen brothers film)
I like vintage PENTAX lenses, a lot, (Back in the early 80s, that’s what I had) for still photos.
However, for shooing videos, I prefer Canon FD lenses.
(Reason one is focus ring orientation. (FDs’ orientation feels more natural, to me).
Reason two is focus breathing. Yes, FD does it, too. (After all, they are still photo lenses.) But, it’s a lot more manageable.
Reason three, is that vintage PENTAX has more character. Therefore, when mixed with the footage shot by other cameras / lenses in the video editing, you can instantly tell the camera / lens was switched.)

Same lighting, different camera / lens.
Fuji X100V Straight Out Of the Camera

SOOC X100V new sketch book by T K, on Flickr

My old sketchbook was filled. Those are the last few pages that I just filled recently.

New sketch book_2XT4 by T K, on Flickr

New sketch book_3XT4 by T K, on Flickr

New sketch book_4XT4 by T K, on Flickr

Oh, and “THOUGHBUILT’ utility knife is also picked up recently.
It comes with an extra magazine.
It’s not a gravity drop. You can play John Wick while cutting down the cardboard boxes.