While visiting my in-laws up north in Marinette Wisconsin I got to work on some personal work, relax, and experiment. One thing I was working on while up in the north woods was some abstract photography. Here is one of the shots I like…
More to come soon.
Bai was a ton of fun to work with. She was looking for something different, something a little rock star… Wanting something a little bit different, I thought I would play around with some heavy edits. Playing with light mixed with some post processing. This is way more than I usually do with a photograph, and it was more for fun than anything… The rest will probably be more photographic, and less post, but I thought I would share my experiment here.
Bai – Milwaukee WI Highschool Senior
Jake Rohde
Valo Photography
I am really excited about this weeks photo. I have been waiting to get an iPhone for a long time now, and finally the time was right: My current contract expired at my old carrier, the new iPhone 3Gs came out, and a bunch of other stuff all fell into place allowing me to finally get my hands on an iPhone. Anyways, one reason I am so excited to have the iPhone is for the camera… Yes that is right, I am actually excited about a camera phone. It is kind of like one of my favorite film cameras that is made out of plastic. It is lo-fi, lo-tech, lomo goodness. And in that simplicity comes, for me, fun and freedom. There are a lot of people using the iPhone camera to create art, and I plan on doing the same. One of my favorite iPhone artists, and amazing photographer, is Chase Jarvis. One great quote straight from the man himself is this: “The best camera is the one that is with you”. So very true. So, long story short, I will now almost always have a camera with me, and one that is web enabled at that, so I will be able to share with you my iPhone creations easier than 1.2.3. – well I might need a 4 in there as well, but pretty darn easy. I will be posting my images in three locations
1. Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/jake_rohde/sets/72157621319874834/
2. Twit-Pic / Twitter – http://twitpic.com/photos/jakedavidrohde and http://twitter.com/jakedavidrohde
3. Facebook – add me here if you want to: http://www.facebook.com/jakedavidrohde
I have a plan as well, but I can’t share that with you right now, maybe once the details are worked out, I will let you know. It is just a fun project, and by this post, you can probably guess what the project revolves around…
So with all of that said, here is this weeks photo. Straight from my new iPhone:
“Morning Reflections”
Milwaukee, WI
Jake Rohde
Valo Photography
iPhone photo art
“Power Lines Sunset”
From the series “Atmosphere”
Milwaukee, WI
I have decided that each week I will pick my favorite photo from the week and post it along with a brief description of the photo. I once tried a photo blog where I would post a photo per day, but in the end it seemed as though I was posting for the sake of posting, and not posting work I liked at all. After thinking about it a bit more, I think I can handle posting one photo per week that I really like. This week the photo comes from a series I am currently obsessing over which I like to call “Atmosphere”. I commented a little bit on this series in a past posting about experimentation, and I think it is still in it’s infancy. But I really do like the images I am making in this series. I have always been one to lean towards an image that says something, or an image that pops, more so than a technically perfect image. I think some of my favorite images are not technically “correct” at all, and for that matter they are not always compositionally “correct” either. To me a good image is more than a compositionally “correct”, sharp, grainless, noiseless pictures. To me a good image is something you feel when you look at it. I guess maybe that is what I am trying to do with this series of photographs. Escape the technical and concentrate on a feeling.
So I hope you enjoy this image of the week, and I hope you will continue to enjoy the images I post here.
As always I would love to hear what you think.
Yesterday Simon and I went out to catch some evening light. We wondered around North Ave for a while to photograph some people and urban scenes. As I was walking around I was thinking a lot about experimentation. I just recently picked up a new lens, an 85mm prime, which is a focal length that I haven’t used all that often, especially for walking around town. So my intent yesterday was to just experiment with the new focal length in ways that I normally wouldn’t. Initially I brought it along to possibly shoot some portraits, but then the more I thought about experimentation, the more I tried to take photographs that had nothing to do with people… I really believe that experimentation is so very important in any artistic medium. Without experimentation an art form would never evolve. So I made yesterdays walk around about experimentation. When I returned home, most of what I was experimenting with, was completely worthless, but some of the photos were worth keeping. Which brings me to another topic. Failure. With experimentation, one must never be afraid of failure. A lot of experimentation ends up in failure. I have learned to not be afraid of failure. We can learn a lot in our failures. Without a thousand failures we would never land on that one thing that works.
Simon’s experience last night was a little different. He concentrated on a more human aspect and experience. You can read about that here.
So what are your thoughts on experimentation, failure and the interconnection, or lack there of, of the human experience?
Simon Experiments with some street video using the new 5D MkII. Exciting possibilities.
Below is a series of photographs I have started to make. These were a result of an experiment. This experiment is still in it’s infancy, but I am really liking the results so far. Right now I am calling these “Atmosphere”.
