Cloudy, with a chance of bankruptcy…OK, I know, such a kind of cheap joke I should avoid. I should – but I couldn’t resist! 😉It was a lovely afternoon/evening. After the light shower – and before heavy rain. And I also got several glances of beautiful sun rays….
Author Archive: Patrik Banas
project 52 | week 20 – in the kitchen (aka really BIG fork)
It is 8 meters high. And it is stuck right in the Geneva lake. It is a navigational point of nearby food museum – Alimentarium. I’ve always wanted to take a shot, but I wanted to avoid touristic chliché (as the one at the bottom 🙂I had an idea for a while – obviously, now when we are finalizing new PPSOP.cz Flash course, it involves flash. Actually two of them. I’ve waited for the nice dusk sky color and aimed both my flashes (set at full power with red gel) at the fork. It took me a while to manage a proper direction and get the best reflection, as fork was about 15 meters away from me – but it was definitely a reward after two hours on a cold Friday evening. You gotta admit, that fork is definitely hard to miss now! This is how the regular shot would look like prior the dusk – nice silhouette possibilities, but still not so dominant part of the picture as I wanted. And – when you are in Vevey, you can’t miss such a composition! I have few similar shots in our library too, no worries… Holding Eiffel with two hands. Been there, done that!
greece without processing (again, FLW filter makes miracles)
I’m spending weekend in Athens (21.5°C on 1st of December!That’s kind of winter I can live with! ;).As I do not have my comp, I wanted to share only two pictures, where NO post processing has been applied at all.First one is again a prove of Bryan’s well shared tip – FLW filter makes miracles with the sky, when shooting after the dusk (see my previous example here). 05 dec – picture updated, sensor speck removed. photograph is still untouched And as I am finalizing our new PPSOP.cz Flash course – I am obviously playing a lot with flashes recently. In my view – a beauty of combining ambient and flash light source offers just vast opportunities! In the background – famous Acropolis (under heavy construction). Highlighted tree in front lit with radio controlled, off the camera located flash NIKON SB-900 with amber gel.Again – no processing has been applied – this is a straight out of the camera shot. View at Acropolis from the nearby hill.
xmas (and lights) are all around us
How about yourself? Do you feel Xmas coming? Yeeah, Xmas are really all around us. Few days ago I’ve stopped by in one of the shopping mall and a simple escalator ride quickly made me pulling out my camera and tripod. Decorated glass side of the escalator has been decorated with a myriad of small Christmas lights (see at the very bottom). And with a 2 or 3 second long exposure I’ve got a fantastic time machine ride into a shopping paradise! So next almost an hour I’ve spent riding up and down all three floors and waiting for a bit more colorful jackets. You wouldn’t believe, but 98% of people wear black or very dark coats, jackets and jumpers! C’mon!! Live life in colors! 😉 I love playing with a shutter speed!
charlie
A small tribute to my favorite comedian. I have grown up with his silent movies… It was always a treat to enjoy weekend’s afternoon with him. Do you guys, who grown up in CZ and SK remember “Komik a jeho svet“? It is Charlie Chaplin’s statue located in Vevey, Switzerland. Shot very late evening at the dusk. Front red color created with flash and red gel, Yellow hair color is actually street lamp behindNikon D7000 @ f/9 and 15sec, ISO 320. Flash at 1/1 full power, with red gel, located at about 2m away.PS: And here’s the shot without the help of flash. Pretty dramatic difference, huh?
macro is so cool!
It is amazing what you can find, when you’ll get close enough.
project 52 | week 38 – last moments of the summer
What an incredible weather for a weekend at the end of October with 22°C. And definitely the last moments of the summer, as following week we got 2°C and first snow. Hope my trees and light will heat you up a bit!
project 52 | week 39 – in a motion
What to do while waiting for your menu in the restaurant? Keep your shutter opened for a little bit longer and follow the wave. And you will get a beautiful motion. I love to play with opened shutter speed… 1/2 second, ISO 100, f/8 And you must admit that the motion one looks much cooler than a regular shot below. This shot was even featured in our PPSOP.cz Fototip. Enjoy!
love at lake’s shore (fall is all around us)
Like all my fellow photographer friends, I couldn’t resisted to go out and shoot ALL THE COLORS of this beautiful fall. Obviously, my chosen spot was romantic enough to attract those teenagers, deeply looking into each other eyes for a long time. They were so involved in their agenda, they didn’t notice myself aiming at them with my tele-zoom at all. Anyway, thank you for being patience models, and if you by any chance recognize yourself, let me know! Would love to give you a credit! 😉PS: Nice example how to bring a scale into a picture, right?
broken car
Reflection reflection reflection. A loooooot of reflection! And zero Photoshoping. All you need is a car – and a reflective material o course. In my case, all that was available at my location found last weekend. That building is soooo nice and so easy to take pictures in it…