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Posts from the ‘Saint Hippolyte-du-Fort’ category

France 1998: Swan

A black and white image of a swan taking off from the water with its wings partially spread.
A black and white photograph of a swan gracefully flapping its wings on the surface of a serene water body, creating ripples around it.
A swan taking flight from the water, captured in black and white, creating a dramatic contrast with rippling water and leaves.
France, Saint-Hippolytus-du-Fort – August 1998

LAPC #417 is ‘Memories’. In a way freezing images of moments in time is creating and storing a memory. In the analogue time of film the notion of shooting a great set of photos was the first step in a process. The next step was printing it in the darkroom. That was manual labor. And some photos are just not easy to bring out. A big step towards the digital time of now. Software now is amazing, and allows me to create what I could not achieve with my not adequate dark room skills.

So this is a memory of a moment I did not feel too well being harshly told off by a French garage owner to piss off and not bother him trying to shoot photos at his workshop. As part of a course assignment in a workshop.

I walked to the bridge and this swan came down, landing in the river. Majestic. A gift.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.


Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

France 1998: Fountain Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort

A black and white image of a fountain spraying water upwards against a blurred background.
Close-up view of rippling water in a dark setting, reflecting light and surrounded by leaves, captured in black and white.
A monochrome photo of a fountain with water streaming upwards, creating splashes and ripples on the surface of the pool below.
France, Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort – July 1998

A night at the town square of Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort. The fountain in the light of the streetlights.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.


Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

France 1998: Pétanque St. Hippolyte du Fort

Two young men playing a game in a dimly lit park at night, one preparing to throw while the other watches.
A black and white photograph of a park scene at dusk, featuring four people playing a game, possibly pétanque. One person stands near a building while three others are positioned in the background, engaged in the game. The ground is scattered with leaves, and trees are visible surrounding the area.
Black and white nighttime street scene featuring parked cars, streetlights, and trees lining a sidewalk. Two figures are seen walking in the foreground.
France, Saint-Hippolyte- du-Fort – August 1998

A night at the town square of Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort. On the edge a game of pétanque is in play.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.


Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Intentional Creative Movement – Bicycle

France, Saint-Hippolyte_du_Fort – August 1997

This week’s Lens Artitsts Photo Challenge (#321) is Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). These photos are from a workshop in 1997 in France, where we had to create movement with a low shutter speed while following the subject. Basically a fun excercise but done on film. So the result literally came to light after developing the film. The excitement and anxiety about the possible results were out of scale! Patience.

These film archives are the source of my B4 retouch series.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.


Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using  Snapseed andMarksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

On display

France, St. Hippolyte-du-Fort – August 1998

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. These photos were part of an assignment of a photo class in France in 1998.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.


Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed andMarksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Pétanque

This weekly theme is ‘friend’.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

 

France, St. Hippolyte du Fort – July 1997

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using  Snapseed andMarksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Pool

This weekly theme is ‘friend’.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

France, St. Hippolyte du Fort – July 1997

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using  Snapseed andMarksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Friend: Amis

This weekly theme is ‘friend’.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

 

France, St. Hippolyte du Fort – July 1997

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using  Snapseed andMarksta. Click the picture for a bigger version