About Time... a New Look & Style for my GD Photography Blog.
We added a few new features to the blog to make reading and finding things more easier, the new look with the swoosh represents my color RED and movement in my images. We have also added a new button for the GD Photo Workshops where I am going to update the latest info on our current Workshops. Of course there is a link to my GD PhotoWorkshop site for more information, this is where we feature some of the participants work after the event.
© Gunther Deichmann - movement in the Thar Desert
India, April 09
Travel Photography: Do your research prior your departure it can help you later. The colorful Sari from India
The colorful Sari from
Rajasthan India...
a little History and its Origin.
It
is very important that you do your research well in
advance prior you departure to any destination, don’t
relay on your travel companion or your Travel Agency.
They can help but knowing it yourself can be a
tremendous help in understanding the Culture, Tradition
and the do’s and don’ts for any new Country you might
plan to visit.
©
Gunther Deichmann - Jodhpur Market, Rajasthan India,
April ‘09
Did you ever wonder where the Indian
Sari had its birth or origin? Interesting reading and
useful information if you should travel to Incredible
India. Google has made our life fairly easy these days,
you can find just about anything, so do spend some time
and do your research well, you will not regret it
later. The images from today’s post have been taken in
Jodhpur also known as the
“Blue City”
©
Gunther Deichmann - Jodhpur Market, Rajasthan India,
April ‘09
The word 'sari' evolved from the
Prakrit word 'sattika' as mentioned in earliest Jain
Buddhist literature.
The history of Indian clothing trace the sari back to
the Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished during
2800-1800 BCE around the western part of the Indian
Subcontinent.The earliest known depiction of the saree
in the Indian subcontinent is the statue of an Indus
valley priest wearing a drape.
More at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sari
The Indian Saree (a.k.a. Sari, Seere, Sadi) boasts of
oldest existence in the sartorial world. It is more
than 5000 years old! It is mentioned in Vedas, the
oldest existing (surviving) literature (3000 B.C.)
Patterns of dress change throughout the world now and
then but, the Sari has survived because it is the main
wear of rural India. 75% of the population (now a
billion as per official estimate) wear versatile sari.
We can certainly call this cloth versatile because it
could be worn as shorts, trousers, flowing gown-like or
convenient skirt-wise--all without a single stitch!
More info at: http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/attire/saree/sari_story.htm
More
Images from Rajasthan at:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/page2/page2.html
GD
Photography:The art of Fine Art Printing, reproducing your Digital Photos in high quality.
“7000 images later, a
Journey Through
Rajasthan, India… Aperture 2 &
beyond…”
The Fine Art Prints!
Fine Art Photo Prints from
Rajasthan, India at the recent
Photo Exhibit at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila during the
Event
- A Taste of India
-
I prepared the selected digital
images in Aperture 2 using my calibrated Apple Cinema
screens getting them ready for delivery on my portable
hard drive. Additional adjustments where not necessary,
they reproduced absolutely perfect just like the
original from the screen.
Further more OneWorkshop guarantees the archival
quality prints, they are certified for their fade
resistance.
A big enlargement
graces the wall at the PMC, Photo Exhibit at the Power
Mac Center in Greenbelt 3, Makati, Philippines some of
the images from Rajasthan will be on display from June
until the end of July. During this time we have also
some Seminars, Workshops & Consultancy on Aperture
2, for more details check with the
Power Mac
Center.
For questions
and special requests, you can call
729-7087 or
88,
or email us at training@powermaccenter.com
http://www.powermaccenter.com/training.php
More Photos on
display at the Power Mac Center in Greenbelt 3, if you
in the area check out also the Multi Media presentation
on the Apple TV set-up.
My advise:
Do not
perform major color adjustments on your Laptop, instead
work on a good quality & calibrated screen for you
final output. You never look back or regret if you
invest in a high quality Monitor or Screen they are
vital for accurate color renditions and fine-tuning.
Thanks again to
Ross Capilli & Rick for an excellent
Job.
See below some
information on the archival printmaking
services:
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Giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not
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Photography... a sad day! My Tribute to Kodachrome Film...one of best films ever produced. Kodak Retires KODACHROME Film!
A
Tribute... & my sincere
thanks to one
of the best films ever, Kodachrome...
an era has finally come to an
end.
© Gunther
Deichmann - Cattle Muster near Tenant Creek Northern
Territory Australia, Tennant Creek, a small township of
about 3500 people located 500 kilometres north of Alice
Springs. Shot on Kodachrome
25 ASA in 1983 using a X700 Minolta.
No Digital, Camera
and Gadget talk today...
A
sad day
for photography! Kodak has now finally announced the
discontinuation of its Kodachrome Film, what has long
been expected became a reality yesterday.
It was my film of choice for many, many years, as a
matter of fact most of my award winning images had been
taken with Kodachrome 25. Among the well-known
professional photographers who used KODACHROME Film was
Ernst Haas, Peter Turner, Eric Meola and Steve McCurry
but the list goes on, they all used and loved it. As
part of a tribute to KODACHROME Film, Kodak will donate
the last rolls of the film to George Eastman House
International Museum of Photography and Film in
Rochester, which houses the world’s largest collection
of cameras and related artifacts. McCurry will shoot
one of those last rolls and the images will be donated
to Eastman House.
© Gunther
Deichmann - APSARA Dancer at the Royal Performance Hall
in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, I had been assigned by Animan
Magazine from Switzerland to cover the Mekong River.
The assignment took some three month to complete and I
shot over 300 Rolls of Kodachrome Film, using
Kodachrome 25 Pro to Kodachrome 200 Pro. (Nikon FM 2)
The image above became a double page spread from a
total of 26 pages on my story on the Mekong River in
1992.
See excerpts from
Kodak’s press release below.
PRESS
RELEASE
Kodak Retires KODACHROME Film; Celebrates Life of
Oldest Film Icon in its Portfolio
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--Eastman Kodak Company announced today
that it will retire KODACHROME Color Film this year,
concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
Sales of KODACHROME Film, which became the world’s
first commercially successful color film in 1935, have
declined dramatically in recent years as photographers
turned to newer KODAK Films or to the digital imaging
technologies that Kodak pioneered. Today, KODACHROME
Film represents just a fraction of one percent of
Kodak’s total sales of still-picture films.
“KODACHROME Film is an iconic product and a testament
to Kodak’s long and continuing leadership in imaging
technology,” said Mary Jane Hellyar, President of
Kodak’s Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group.
"It was certainly a difficult decision to retire it,
given its rich history. However, the majority of
today's photographers have voiced their preference to
capture images with newer technology – both film and
digital. Kodak remains committed to providing the
highest-performing products – both film and digital –
to meet those needs."
While Kodak now derives about 70% of its revenues from
commercial and consumer digital businesses, it is the
global leader in the film business. Kodak has continued
to bring innovative new film products to market,
including seven new professional still films and
several new VISION2 and VISION3 motion picture films in
the past three years. These new still film products are
among those that have become the dominant choice for
those professional and advanced amateur photographers
who use KODAK Films...for the complete Press release go
to: http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_
display/news/e3i707a10734b4b7a6237915ad940a9443a
Twitter plug-in & Aperture 2…useful in Travel Photography, or is it just another gimmick?
Tweet...Tweet...
& Aperture
2
I
had the Twitter
plug-in for Aperture 2 for quiet sometime but only
recently during some Twitter exchanges I thought to
have a closer look at it.
The
world is twitting like crazy now…some very good stuff
but there is also some real rubbish out there, I guess
that applies to just about everything with today’s
technology.
But lets not get to hyped up about it, what is good and
bad; filtering is the keyword read what you like and
ignore the other stuff, at least we have a choice.
Now to the Twitter Plug-in for Aperture 2, is it useful
or just a waste of time?
Easy to install and easy to use…but when and how?
For example; you traveling and get this great image a
real scoop, you easily upload this image and have it on
Twitter in no time direct from within your Aperture 2
Project and let the world know.
This maybe great for News Type related events, e.g.
Iran right now, but you still have to have a connection
no matter which way you turn and twist.
You can also use the Twitter
plug-in to share images with your friends & family,
keep them informed, letting them know where you are and
this can be fun.
However you do need to have your original file in your
Library or have access to your external Hard drive if
you have stored your images as reference files
otherwise you cant send them via Twitter. You can’t
Export your image using the Previews, of course you can
work around this, but then why use Aperture in the
first place if this is the software you’re using while
on the road.
In short the Twitter Plug-in could come in very handy
but using it everyday I don’t think so. You can also
use it to direct traffic to your Blog or website e.g.
announcing New Images or a new Gallery on your
PhotoShelter site etc.,
Try it out and install it, definitely fun to use and
you never know when you have this scoop of a photo you
like to share with the rest of the world on Twitter.
GD
Photography, Aperture 2 & GarageBand equals a nice Keynote presentation plus a lot more.
QT file approx. 7MB,
best viewed using a
Broadband/DSL connection
Leading
up to the Power Mac Center Event... 7000 images later,
Aperture 2 & beyond I have produced a Presentation
in Keynote using GarageBand for the soundtrack.
I converted the Keynote presentation into a small Quick
Time file to give you a small Preview on the Net, join
us at the Power Mac Center for more on Aperture 2 &
beyond. Watch the high resolution Keynote presentation
& all the other things you can do on a Mac using
your images from Aperture 2.
GD
Also
on YouTube NOW in higher resolution,
click here or the
Logo.
Photography & Aperture 2 Training/ Free Seminars & WORKSHOPS at the Power Mac Center, the things you can do after the shoot.
A Journey Through
Rajasthan India...
how to cope with 7000 images after
the shoot, plus the integration on the
Mac.
Poster
production using Pages from iWork ’09
creating a pdf file for final
printing.
June & July ’09 Aperture 2,
a
Power Mac
Center special,
Images
from India on display through out the Store plus get
the chance to win a limited edition Book (available in
August ’09) with the images from Rajasthan, India...
entirely produced using Aperture 2 plus a lot more.
Photography
& Aperture 2 Training/ Free Seminars &
WORKSHOPS at the Power Mac Center incorporating Keynote
& Pages from iWork 09 ...plus a little GarageBand
using the iPhone as a Recorder.
The
Seminars: An introduction to Aperture 2 the
workflow after the shoot and the things you can do with
your selected images using iLife ’09 GarageBand and
iWork ’09 working with Pages and Keynote plus a lot
more. How to use Aperture when traveling, things to
watch out for.
Total integration
using the Mac.
The
Workshops: Travel Photography and Aperture
2, tips and tricks while on the road plus the
integration on the Mac using Pages and Keynote from
iWork ’09 the possibilities after the shoot. Tips when
you’re on the road using your Mac and Aperture 2.
How to record traditional music when you’re miles from
nowhere by just using your iPhone and mixing sound
tracks later in GarageBand for your slide shows and
Keynote presentations.
Consultation on
Aperture 2: Trouble shooting, performance
improvement, ideal set-up & storage solutions,
choice of Hard Drives, how to back up your images and
any other Questions you might have to make your
workflow easy using Aperture 2 after the shoot.
For questions and
special requests, you can call 729-7087 or
88,
or email us at training@powermaccenter.com
http://www.powermaccenter.com/training.php
June 19 - 6:00PM to 7:00PM (seminar)
June 27 - 3:00PM to 5:00PM (workshop)
July 10 - 6:00PM to 7:00PM (seminar)
July 18 - 3:00PM to 5:00PM (workshop)
FREE
Consultation on Aperture @ PowerMac GB3 Store
July 4 , 25 and 31
please check with the Power Mac Center for the
Time.
Take Control...coincident? When your pictures don’t turn out the way you want (underwater or on land), it’s tempting to blame your camera
Thanks Tony for sharing this with us.Take Control.
A coincident? Or our minds think alike? What ever it is, a story worthwhile reading
It just occurred to me that the dinosaur exhibit I went to recently provides a convenient backdrop for making a photographic point…specifically, that if you want to take nice pictures, you should really learn how to control exposure manually.
For the sake of illustration, let’s compare a couple of images. First, here’s a photo of the trio of Mapusauruses on display (with a veggiesaurus of some sort in the background), taken with a Sony DSC-W300 compact digital camera set on P mode (automatic everything): read the complete article @ http://www.tonywublog.com/
Photography: The Battle between Camera Models…Canon v. Nikon plus Sony, Pentax, Olympus and so many others. Aren’t we forgetting something?
From a Pro point of view I really don’t give a damn…I use a Nikon, I got used to it, if I loose it tomorrow I get another Nikon, because I am used to it!
I firmly believe all professional models out there (more being released almost every month) are more than enough for creating great images, well at least for me.
The continuous battle between Canon v. Nikon gets a bit too much these days… its actually annoying, have we all forgotten that it is us who creates the ultimate image?
© Gunther
Deichmann - Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Rainbow
over the Olgas west of Ayers Rock in the Northern
Territory, Australia using a X700 Minolta and
Kodachrome 25 ASA. NO
Photoshop!
Many years ago I
was shooting with X700 Minoltas, I pushed them to the
limit in the Outback of Australia under extreme
conditions, shot pages after pages for Stern Magazine,
GEO published my Images including for their calendars
and I shot the cover of Time. Then I traveled for over
eight month shooting the National Parks of Australia
for a Coffee Table Book, the list goes on and on. All
of that with my trusted X700 Minoltas, my work horses
during the Film days.
You might asked why I don’t use Minolta anymore, very
simple they stopped producing Pro cameras and the
company as such is no longer, otherwise I be still
using them now.
That was the time and I went over to Nikon, but I could
have easily gone to others, like Canon, Pentax or
Olympus.
There are some great photographers
out there who use neither Nikon or Canon, the problem
in today’s Photography is very simple…we go and look at
the web, checking reports etc. get too involved with
lines, numbers and what gadgets are build in. (not to
mention Photoshop, see one of my earlier blogs)
Instead we should be focusing on the real issue…
Our
Vision.
Understanding photography, learning the basics and not
relying on Auto settings that should be our Goal.
Education is the magic word again, to many long debates
on Cameras, how many pixels, how many FX buttons the
list goes on and on.
Today’s Pro Cameras are very good, but you have to
learn how to use them and read the manual, once you
understand the basics concentrate on your subjects.
Think before pressing the shutter and stop worrying
about the next and latest Model, you can always get
that one later.
Learn how to use your
Camera, believe me if I get my old Minolta X700 out I
still produce some nice images
tomorrow.
GD
News: Two Interesting stories...Delete, Delete & Undelete from the New York Times plus Dinosaurs from Tony Wu
The first one:
Delete! Delete!
Delete! (Undelete)
An amazing story how a
Photo-Journalist recovered his images, brought to my
attention by Robin Grabherr.
http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/delete-delete-delete-undelete/?scp=1&sq=delete%20camera&st=cse
The second one:
A Dinosaurs afternoon
with Tony Wu...Tony made me green with envy, he had the
opportunity in Japan to Visit my “past” yes, you all
know I still love my fossils. As a good friend would
do... he send me some Images in the past few days...to
get me going...grrrrrrr, but thanks anyway Tony, much
appreciated. Below excerpts
from his Blog...
Walking with
Dinosaurs...
Dinosaur, It seems
like this was my week to see old stuff…expensive
fossils on Monday, and yesterday, a dinosaur exhibit at
the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo.
This will probably come as no surprise, but I was
obsessed with dinosaurs and other prehistoric life
forms when I was a kid. I devoured every dinosaur book
in every library and bookstore that I came across, and
I probably spent hundreds of hours digging through
gravel, mountain rocks, river beds, construction sites,
etc. for fossils. (I found a lot!)
© Tony Wu
-
Dinosaur Exhibit at
the National Museum
of Nature and Science Tokyo
I drew dinosaurs at
school (usually during reading and grammar classes),
and dreamed up all sorts of little projects to pursue
in lieu of doing homework. When I visited Washington
DC…straight to the dinosaur exhibit.
…so seeing the dino displays at the museum yesterday
brought back a flood of fond memories.
The were a number of dinosaurs on display. True to
form, I gravitated to the ones with big teeth and sharp
claws, giving only a casual glance to the duck-like,
pacifist “veggisaursuses”.
The one at the top of this post was the first to greet
visitors to the hall. It’s a Cryolophosaurus ellioti
(can you hear me saying “cooooooolllllllll” as I walked
in?).
...read more at Tony Wu’s Blog @
http://www.tonywublog.com/20090613/walking-with-dinosaurs.html
