I completely understand the impetus to let go or to let it fly in the face of precision. A friend just published a book of Holga images that comes from a similar headspace. Yours are moody and ethereal. It prompts me explore motion blur and softness again. You are a tremendous writer, Jeff. There's eloquence and heart in your words.
I don't do it very often, but ICM is one of my favorite things to do. If I go to a location with the intention, I'm rarely disappointed, but surprised instead that I don't do it more often. It feeds my hungry abstract soul.
Beautiful images, Jeff! Your post comes at an opportune time for me as I struggle with finding focus with my new 400mm lens. Maybe that soft focus or a bit of motion blur is okay given the story the image tells? I think, I really like the overall image but hate that it’s not tack sharp. Maybe it’s okay. But beyond photo technique your comments are ripe for our times and life in general. I always love hearing what you have to say! Thanks for your posts.
Soft and blurred in the making, powerful in their impact. I love these images. You departed from your known path and, to my eyes, captured how becoming ephemeral feels, the feeling of dissolving, of becoming light. Like spiritual shapeshifters, they ask me to see what’s in front of me differently, with the ever hopeful lift that may create.
I love the way you describe your feelings with the images and how each supports the other. I am sure I have said that before. This time it is about reality and experimentation for me. What is our reality at any particularlar moment? Using the camera it is possible to change the reality at will and in an instant. It is that freedom which is dependent only on oneself that makes photography so special.
Thanks, Gerry! I love this: "using the camera, it is possible to change the reality at will and in an instant." - it's so true! I've always been fascinated by the way that photography allows us to manipulate the world's truths.
There's a Monet-type beauty to these photographs. As we're bombarded daily by how our freedoms and safety-net are being dismantled, it's good to be able to step back a bit from our problems and fears.
Thanks, Dan - a goal of these posts is to provide some goodness and beauty in the world - hope it's working at least a little to provide some counterbalance to the current state of affairs.
I completely understand the impetus to let go or to let it fly in the face of precision. A friend just published a book of Holga images that comes from a similar headspace. Yours are moody and ethereal. It prompts me explore motion blur and softness again. You are a tremendous writer, Jeff. There's eloquence and heart in your words.
Steve - thanks... you're most kind!
I love the colors in that second to last shot!
Thanks, Rachel!
Hi Jeff,
“Make your photograph about something, not of something.
Make it tell a story”.
Jeff Curto
Say no more!
Don Dillon
Thanks, Don... we've gotta keep on keeping on, right?
Beautiful images. Inspiring words. Trying new things feeds my creative life. So nice to see you letting go a bit and finding it rewarding.
As the champion of "trying new stuff", you would know this!
I don't do it very often, but ICM is one of my favorite things to do. If I go to a location with the intention, I'm rarely disappointed, but surprised instead that I don't do it more often. It feeds my hungry abstract soul.
Beautiful images, Jeff! Your post comes at an opportune time for me as I struggle with finding focus with my new 400mm lens. Maybe that soft focus or a bit of motion blur is okay given the story the image tells? I think, I really like the overall image but hate that it’s not tack sharp. Maybe it’s okay. But beyond photo technique your comments are ripe for our times and life in general. I always love hearing what you have to say! Thanks for your posts.
Thanks, Greg! Go with the flow!
Phenomenal. Thank you for your generosity in sharing this with us. The images are breathtaking.
You are so kind! Thank you!
Great images, Jeff. I'm going to try this.
Soft and blurred in the making, powerful in their impact. I love these images. You departed from your known path and, to my eyes, captured how becoming ephemeral feels, the feeling of dissolving, of becoming light. Like spiritual shapeshifters, they ask me to see what’s in front of me differently, with the ever hopeful lift that may create.
Thank you! It was quite a leap for me, but there were so many lessons to be learned...
I love the way you describe your feelings with the images and how each supports the other. I am sure I have said that before. This time it is about reality and experimentation for me. What is our reality at any particularlar moment? Using the camera it is possible to change the reality at will and in an instant. It is that freedom which is dependent only on oneself that makes photography so special.
Thanks, Gerry! I love this: "using the camera, it is possible to change the reality at will and in an instant." - it's so true! I've always been fascinated by the way that photography allows us to manipulate the world's truths.
There's a Monet-type beauty to these photographs. As we're bombarded daily by how our freedoms and safety-net are being dismantled, it's good to be able to step back a bit from our problems and fears.
Thanks, Dan - a goal of these posts is to provide some goodness and beauty in the world - hope it's working at least a little to provide some counterbalance to the current state of affairs.