Black is the new black
Sunday August 8th, 2010, 14:24
This summer was my second one in Aamulehti. For some reason I’ve been working as a press photographer AND as a layout artist (or whatever they are called). Anyways, like always, I didn’t use flash at all, took most of the photos with either 50mm prime or 70-200mm zoom and post processed the images so they would have a lot of contrast. It’s easy nowadays, as the raw image files give you so much control over the exposure and colors. Here’s some of the shots I’ve taken between may and today. All photos are property of Aamulehti.
1st image: Firefighters at the scene of a building fire in Lempäälä. There was a storm (again) and lightnings started quite a lot of fires. 2nd image: Matti Järvelä, a long-time driver for the city of Tampere. 3rd one: A calf enjoying a hot summer day.
When I saw the first photo on Aamulehti I was very impressed by the light and athmosphere. However, I’m a little distracted by the small black corner on the left. I think it should have been cropped out.
Thanks. It’s always nice to hear comments from other photographers as well (and not just Jarkko & Konsta). You’re right with the corner. It’s distracting, and I can’t really explain it otherwise than admitting the fact that I almost never crop my pictures. I’ll come to that later as I’m already working on a post concerning cropping and framing the shot. Thanks for the comment!
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P.S. Miksiköhän mekin kirjoitetaan kaikki englanniks? :D Hmm.. pitääpä miettiä onko se tarpeen.
Niin, suomeksi olisi helpompi, vaikka kielitaitoa onkin. Luulen sitä paitsi kaikella kunnioituksella, että kansainvälinen yleisönne jää suppeaksi.
I can’t figure out why you don’t crop your pictures! :-D You have to explain me that well!
I’ll try :-) In the next post. I’ll write it asap.