analog kansas
JCCC Chair
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 7 November 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.
Overland Park, Kansas
Rolleiflex
Tmax 100
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
How does that work? comfort wise. Amazing how all these rectangles are sat there as if deliberately arranged just waiting for your good eye to come along and take note :)
7 Nov 2008 5:14am
@lisa v: thanks lisa, but i didn't sit - was just wandering, looking for the bathroom...:)
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
The concept is the chair and wall, wonderfully captured in this shot - and worthy of a place in a glossy mag..!
7 Nov 2008 5:14am
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
nearest i can tell...you put it to it's highest and best use. best...jerry
7 Nov 2008 6:01am
rhys from United Kingdom
No arguing, simplicity and reduction rules. Cool (in the minimal sense (well, in the other sense too!)).
7 Nov 2008 6:37am
Reiner from Brensbach, Germany
A classic motif, which is in its simplicity hardly to beat. Well seen and executed, Grant. I like it very much.
7 Nov 2008 8:24am
Stovepipe from Ames, Iowa, United States
Don't know why but the electrical plates on the wall make this kinda pleasantly goofy to me - they inject a little humor. Maybe I'm just sleep deprived.
7 Nov 2008 11:18am
Alejandro Caballero from Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Como les das fuerzas a fotos tan sencillas con tu estilo de desaturacion, me encantan...saludos.
7 Nov 2008 11:36am
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
Lovely minimalist concept, like the shades of white and grey and the repeating rectangles!
7 Nov 2008 2:02pm
daina from New York, United States
Straight forward yet so subtle. So without emotion yet with a sense of humor (love the legs on the chair) somewhat like "Mondrian" yet with many twists and variations in size and shape and lovely empty space. Love it...
7 Nov 2008 3:10pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
excellent image - I like the way you framed it and the lighting
7 Nov 2008 6:22pm
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
oh wow!! what is this? you have struck a faaabulous balance (as always) with nothing more than a wall, an oddly beautiful chair and some plush carpet! wonderful 'asymmetry' here -- in terms of this random jumble of found objects -- and the electrical outlet plugs play an integral and yet enigmatic role in this composition with the wall divisions working as possible visual supports!! i LOVE that you keep pushing your boundaries of what you are posting -- keep up the faaabulous work mate! bravo!!
7 Nov 2008 6:45pm
@dj.tigersprout: thanks so much and again dj
kerfendal from Paris, France
very stripped, a feeling of solitude, picture of a big purity
7 Nov 2008 8:31pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Beautiful and minimalist...both your image and the chair itself!
7 Nov 2008 10:23pm
@bluechameleon: i wanted to steal this chair!
Kurt from San Francisco, United States
A rare interior, yes? Love the starkness, the simplicity. Reminds me of Eggleston. Really well done!
8 Nov 2008 1:48am
@Kurt: thanks very much kurt. it is rare for me - not by design, but i usually have asa 100 film loaded, and don't like flashes.
Mindy from United States
Love the geometry and time-warp. Though I wonder if I might have cropped much of the top off.
8 Nov 2008 1:49am
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
I think this is my first time seeing sort of an abstract and minimal shot from you!!! I love the Jetson's chair, and the squares on the wall.
8 Nov 2008 5:43am
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Yes! Super work. As simple as can be and as a result so powerful.
9 Nov 2008 12:21pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
It makes a great shot, but I have to wonder about the decorating sense on display here. I also don't like to use the flash, though I find myself using it a little more these days than I used to --but mostly outdoors in bright light conditions. I'd never use a flash on a shot like thie one.
10 Nov 2008 11:26pm
@Twelvebit: i wondered about this chair - it seemed out of place, and in a place where no one was likely to sit.
i'd be really interested in seeing a bright light/flash shot. if you have one posted here, could you tell me the date of it?
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
This is the most recent example. The backlighting here was very hard and I couldn't get a reasonable exposure on the moth without completely blowing out everything close to a highlight. I hope the use of flash here is not obvious because I don't like the flash to be obvious unless it is on one of those rare occasions where it is so intended. Here's another one from further back where the use of flash is, unfortunately, more obvious. This was shot around 1 PM or 2 PM, and it was otherwise impossible to get a balanced image.
11 Nov 2008 5:23pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
The first link got screwed up somehow. Find the correct image here.
11 Nov 2008 5:24pm
@Twelvebit: thanks for taking the time to get me those links. seeing those shots, it's obvious how the flash helped, but i never would have guessed, looking at the images, that you used one. that was really helpful. i appreciate it.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
We don't get to take as many photos as professionals do, so we don't have the same benefit of experience. Digital photography has really helped me in this regard, as nearly every time I have decided to use a flash like in these examples, it has been after looking at the image on my LCD display, along with the histogram.
Some of the old film considerations are simply irrelevant. For instance, I've been considering a 2X teleconverter as a cheap way to extend my 70-300mm zoom lens. They all carry a warning that your metering might not work under certain conditions. Doesn't matter that much though, since all you have to do is set whichever is more important to the image you want, aperture or shutter speed, take shots of what you want to photograph, and turn the dial on the other setting up or down until you get a good histogram. You can quickly repeat this procedure as the lighting changes.
Of course, sometimes you don't have the luxury of repeating a shot, and for those occasions, you're out of luck if you're not ready.
12 Nov 2008 3:07pm
@Twelvebit: i sometimes wonder how much equipment subtly influences what kind of photos get taken. right now my two main cameras are a fuji gs645 -a medium format rangefinder, and a rolleiflex. i notice i'm much less likely to shoot straight on with the rollei, and i think it's just because of the frustration of trying to line things up when the movement is reversed.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Oh yeah, and as regards the flash, as I said, I don't like the flash look, and don't want the image to be overwhelmed by the flash. When I do use the flash, even at night, I usually compensate the flash by -2 stops (sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on the situation). And at night I generally won't shoot in pure flash mode --I use one of the "slow" modes (rear or front curtain sync) so I get some natural exposure in the background (and I use it off camera whenever possible, and with diffusion of some kind).
12 Nov 2008 3:13pm
taffer from British Indian Ocean Territory
what a wonderful image in its (apparent) simplicity !
interesting comments also about how the equipment influences what we shoot and how, and viceversa. there couldn't certainly exist airbrush art without an airbrush...
13 Nov 2008 10:09pm
angie from United States
nicely done. it works because you kept it clean and simple.
13 Nov 2008 10:53pm
Dave Leiker from United States
You really do have a gift for this. As I travel I see, along the side of the road and in cities, things that remind of your work. I've tried to photograph them myself the way I think you might, but it always falls short, where your images are always - somehow - full of presence and character. That bugs me, but it's also kind of cool.
17 Apr 2009 4:53pm
@Dave Leiker: thanks very much dave. that's quite a compliment - especially since i find your photos consistently excellent.
