BackdoorArts
Senior Member
(seems there's no place to put general "People" or "Street" photos, so I guess I'll put this here)
Easton Farmer's Market celebrated its 262nd birthday today. That's right, it's the longest continuously running outdoor market in the country - at least that's what they'll tell you. I love going there every Saturday morning, both to shoot photos and to buy some local products (great local grown mushrooms, artisan breads & cheeses, organic produce and meat raised and butchered the way it's supposed to be). Thankfully the FDA hasn't managed to shut all of that down, so I'll take advantage while I can.
There were more people than usual today, so I found myself with a lot more photos that I liked. I'd originally planned on going black and white, but after doing my first, a rather structured portrait of an old marine, I liked what I had, but I started playing with blend modes and thought the look of the structured B&W used with a Luminosity blend mode against the original color gave it a cool feel. I'd saved the Silver Efex Pro recipe, so all of these were done the same way, with minor variations in the application of color filtering in the B&W conversion and dodging and burning post-blend.
And please, ignore the EXIF data. I could have sworn I'd taken it out of Manual Mode, which I had set for shooting birds last night, but apparently not, so everything is Auto-ISO with 1/1000s with me simply altering the aperture occasionally. Not enough sleep last night, so despite the Turkish Coffee I had when I got there I didn't notice until I got into the car. I like the way they look, and think that the added noise adds to the feel. You?
Easton Farmer's Market celebrated its 262nd birthday today. That's right, it's the longest continuously running outdoor market in the country - at least that's what they'll tell you. I love going there every Saturday morning, both to shoot photos and to buy some local products (great local grown mushrooms, artisan breads & cheeses, organic produce and meat raised and butchered the way it's supposed to be). Thankfully the FDA hasn't managed to shut all of that down, so I'll take advantage while I can.
There were more people than usual today, so I found myself with a lot more photos that I liked. I'd originally planned on going black and white, but after doing my first, a rather structured portrait of an old marine, I liked what I had, but I started playing with blend modes and thought the look of the structured B&W used with a Luminosity blend mode against the original color gave it a cool feel. I'd saved the Silver Efex Pro recipe, so all of these were done the same way, with minor variations in the application of color filtering in the B&W conversion and dodging and burning post-blend.
And please, ignore the EXIF data. I could have sworn I'd taken it out of Manual Mode, which I had set for shooting birds last night, but apparently not, so everything is Auto-ISO with 1/1000s with me simply altering the aperture occasionally. Not enough sleep last night, so despite the Turkish Coffee I had when I got there I didn't notice until I got into the car. I like the way they look, and think that the added noise adds to the feel. You?