Peter J. Crowley

Fine Art Photographer

Me and My Doors, Early Morning Waiting for FedEx Magic

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Time on one side on the other side what life’s passed this way before. Simple images stretching the imagination, light shade contrast changes. Ten minutes with this door once a home now an office, electric company elegant mystery. 

_DSC0193 Ss30 -Cnst 40 -Blu3 -Grn1Brick Elec Door 5-20-15May 29th coffee and this blog B+W Digital also shot on film, today Fed Ex delivers a small package of FILM yes. One Hundred Eighty little 1×1.5 inches of magic. A transfusion of sight, soul creation.

_DSC0188 ss30 Drkside80 Ltdoorw 80 _2Blu -1Grn -1R 5-20-15Six or so images of this entryway but in the end it is like all my images a self portrait. This day I had B+W Film in the camera this is digital I think I shot the image above with film and maybe this as well but the last roll was in the camera and I was being very selective.  

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Light Color B+W Digital What Does Meter See?

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_DSC0208 Ss30 LgtBud80 CnstBud+30NoFilt 5-21-15So on my almost daily walk to get cookies I come to my poppies, not mine really but a great subject when in bloom. I am shooting with my camera set to B+W with a RAW color file but it is Digital B+W I am focused on learning. I make a couple of exposures, but not liking the contrast my mind drifts to film.  Film I’d use a filter to pop the contrast.  This is without filter.

_DSC0213 Ss30 Cont+S+Ltg Buds Lgt50 Cnst+40 Red Filt 5-21-15I add a Red 25 filter meter and shoot. Image is way underexposed say 4 times or two stops. Check meter and am given the same reading. Open up two stops for the filter factor and get this image. Now I really wonder, it is my understanding that the digital sensor makes a mathematical calibration of light that is not seeing light as film does. Does the sensor not see the different colors? The affect of the filter is very similar to use with film the bright orange poppy is lightened while the green in background is darkened. Which is exactly what I wanted in this back light scene. Something to think about and experiment more with. Both images worked in PS but just to resize and burn dodge.                  enjoy pjc

Photographic Art Infrared Shewville Road Ledyard Ct

Digital B+W a Stroll in Tenino Wa.

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_DSC0119 S30 DRK 20 cnt +90 5-19-15May 19th a play day with Terry Liberty beautiful light in this old town and a great lunch at The Sandstone Cafe.

_DSC0125 S50 Drk20 Cnst+40 Spot Lt UpLf 5-19-15Terry looks for the next image while I abstract him in the window.

_DSC0142 S50 Drk20 Cnst+90 5-19-15Parallel Parking off the main st. Unseen visual adventures views in alleys and back streets life. Images made digitally film soon, pretty new to Digital B+W but beginning to get some I like but contrast is lacking till I take them into PS. Used to control contrast by film choice and filters now there is an app for that LOL.

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Photographic Art High Key Figure