29.7.2020, Sony Alpha 6400, f/13, 1/100, ISO 100, 16mm
I have a folder in my computer that's full of photos that are some day meant to be used somewhere. In fact, mostly here, since I rarely use my photos for anything else than posting it to social media. Hive, Instagram, Twitter and lately also Mastodon.
The photos in the folder are loosely categorized. There's couple of folders that are named by the years the photos were taken and then there's of course flower folder and several other things that I often tend to photograph like architecture, birds, reflections and so on. There's also folders that are named by the place I've visited like arboretum or a city.
Basically tough, that's where my photos go to die.
To be forgotten, unfortunately.
Photos of benches, boats, signs, stairs... You name it, I have it and never showed those to anyone.
But I think now is a perfect time to do some grave digging since, although I so much would want to write yet another old film camera photos post, I dare not because it seems that lately I've been a bit more active in the film community than others who also have joined it so now the feed just looks like I'm the only one posting there. I better wait and do something else for a while.
Ergo, let the folder digging begin and instead of letting my photos get buried by virtual dust layers inside my computer, I'm giving the photos a chance to be one of the millions trillions billions photos that already are in the internet. Better hide in plain site than in dusty and dark hard drive corners.
29.7.2020, Sony Alpha 6400, f/6.3, 1/100, ISO 100, 16mm
A big boat in Kotka harbor adjacent the maritime museum of Finland. Kotka means also a bird. An eagle. But in this case it's a place. A city in Finland.
29.7.2020, Sony Alpha 6400, f/8, 1/100, ISO 100, 16mm
It may be that I have posted few photos of my trip to Kotka but can't be bothered to dig my Hive archive. At least these photos I have not posted before. A have a system. You know. A perfect system. And if it's not perfect, then we do not talk about it. My perfect system says that I have not posted these photos before and that's that.
29.7.2020, Sony Alpha 6400, f/11, 1/100, ISO 100, 16mm
Truly a big boat. At least from this perspective.
27.5.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 100, 55mm
We need a smaller boat.
27.5.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 100, 55mm
I think I may have used extension rings, one or two, I can't remember.
27.5.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/22, 1/25, ISO 100, 55mm
A fine boat which I saved from drifting away and lifted it out from the water to the pier.
22.8.2015, Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, f/6.3, 1/400, ISO 100, -0.3 step, 43mm
B like in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarchitecture. Beeeee like in smartphone. Bartphone. Sbartphone.
6.5.2016, Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, f/6.3, 1/400, ISO 100, -0.7 step, 34mm
Not that special photo of a bench but look at that bush! It looks like it wants to go somewhere. Somewhere else than where it is.
7.5.2016, Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, f/3.1, 1/500, ISO 100, 4mm
This is what happens to things forgotten. I think the photos in my hard drive eventually end up being like this couch. Moldy and torn. Not yet tough and as you can see, I'm in the process storing the photos to the internet abyss.
7.5.2016, Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, f/3.1, 1/320, ISO 100, 4mm
The best camera is the one you have with you.
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Trip to London. There's like bunch of things to see and experience and I have tons and tons of photos of... birds. Ducks, swans, pigeons. But I think they are special since the birds clearly are Londoners. They walked like, not like an Egyptian but like a Londoner.
30.7.2016, Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, f/5.8, 1/400, ISO 100, -0.3 step, 24mm
Not the green cube but the birds.
10.2.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/8, 1/160, ISO 800, +0.3 step, 76mm
Wintery bench.
10.2.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/9, 1/160, ISO 800, +0.3 step, 23mm
Wintery red.
5.10.2019, Canon EOS 550D, f/10, 1/80, ISO 100, 33mm
B like barchitecture. If there was a bar then this would be true. But perhaps there's one round the corner. People who know their way around Jyväskylä would know this. If there's no bar around the corner, then this could be fartchitecture. See the one farting with the Nordic walking sticks as the other one turns their head away and trying not to breathe?
5.10.2019, Canon EOS 550D, f/8, 1/125, ISO 100, 39mm
This also could be farchitecture as is far far far (not that far so minus one far) away.
Carchitecture if there was a meeting of cars in front of the building on the walk way as there so many times is in cities as the road is not enough for the poor cars and their owners.
The it would also be darnchitecture.
Hmm, let's save some ideas for future posts.
11.10.2016, Canon EOS 550D, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 6400, +0.3 step, 51mm
I'VE GOT BALLS! Small balls but they look big so worth shouting for. I believe again I've used extension ring or two.
30.4.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/5.6, 1/100, ISO 100, 55mm
Balloon! Art! An art balloon!
28.9.2014, Canon EOS 550D, f/7.1, 1/125, ISO 100, 18mm
Fish eye lens.
Farchitecture.
11.8.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/6.3, 1/250, ISO 100, 169mm
Back to basics and back to Beeeees. A balcony!
11.8.2018, Canon EOS 550D, f/6.3, 1/160, ISO 100, 184mm
This almost was my first photo and hence the tittle photo and I hate it that the other half or lobe or perhaps just few loudly shouting bully cells in my brain forced me to use the tilted huge ship as the first photo but as life is such that those who shout the loudest or are bigger get on top and overcome, this cute and fine and excellent balcony shall remain the last photo and therefore perhaps the good mood giver as you go on with your day. And imagine that there are bees in and on the flowers so that my post is a perfect B post.
Go forth my friend, B like a cute balcony with elegant shadows, don't B a bully big boat in bright light!
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I was going to say that I couldn't do an architecture category because I would confuse it with "building". But now I see it's actually barchitecture and that totally makes more sense. 🤣
Hard drives are definitely where photos go to die. Film images seem to die slower though, as it takes a process to develop and scan them. It's hard to give up on them after doing so much work.
If I ever do another dug from the archives post, I think every category that starts with a vowel will fit to the current letter I've picked. ...except perhaps another vowel... hmm... my perfect logical deduction seems to have a vowel sized hole in it.
Aaanyway, architecture just seems so much professional than building category.
And there are fewer film photos than digital images so it's not such a chore to pick the ones that make it to be published. It's really easy to decide if there's at least one publishable photo in 8 or even 36 frame roll than a short trip to take the garbage out and accidentally take the digital camera with you and end up wit 8584 photos. And then there's the terrible hassle with the post processing if you ever manage to choose anything. "Do I want this sparrow shadow to be more bluish or should I go black and white and oo that abstract pigeon poo reflection in the window is totally worth a two hour post processing session!"
I hardly post process. I don't see the point. If I can't get it right in camera, why am I taking photos at all? Unless it's for artistic purposes (or something I absolutely can't get in camera) I tend to use the raw image.
That's what I've decided to do too, especially after I got my Sony. I do take raw images but also jpg and often the jpg image is so good that I just decide to use that. Perhaps just a little levels tuning and that's that. Raw image fine tuning if I have to dig out details but that's it nowadays. The goal is to learn to be good enough photographer so that time is saved as you don't have to post process that much.
Yes! A little tweaking of levels to bring out details is one thing, but I almost feel like some photographers overdo the post processing just so they feel like "artists". I have made my fair share of highly manipulated images, I don't consider them photography, I consider them digital art. Maybe I'm just being a semantic snob?
Exactly. Manipulating images and building a whole new world is a completely different thing which I do love but that truly isn't photography anymore. And I do appreciate good photography which is talent, effort and years of training. I don't think over tweaked or over saturated, every little detail enhanced photos are good photography. And that's not being a snob.
That's a solid collection! The tiny boat and old armchair are my favourite for now:)
And Balloon - an Art Balloon!
Thanks!
The armchair surely was a good catch. I almost walked by and didn't think of it that much.
And this hut/shed/house or whatever that is behind it, do you see this?
What on earth is that for?
To steer the house when traveling with it? :D
That would be good use of it! But I would prefer to have the wheel inside and do
manoeuvres from the safe nice steering room:)
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