Last image from this combination for now.
I called this image simply "Balloons" because it is the centre of attention. If you look carefully everything else in the image isn't quite sharp because of the slow shutter speed (1/40th sec). Only the balloons are relatively sharp. Well, there is a slight blur to them but it's ok for me at this size for Internet viewing.
I remember when I was a child the only balloons I could get hold of were one colour only, either blue or red or green etc. I find these balloons in the image pretty cool actually.
I was just pondering on the fact that most of my images are now displayed on the web. Not many are printed, I just don't have the room to hang them all, or even just the best of the bunch. From what I have read on the Internet, this is how the majority of images end up these days. There are so many images being made at present it would be impossible to print the majority of them or even a small proportion.
A lot of people still like to see a printed photograph which is the only way to really assess an image. It gives one something more than just looking at these images on a screen which is rather cold in my opinion. Holding a print in your hands or seeing it hanging on a wall is really something special; it is to me anyway. I have a number of images hanging on my walls at home and these do get replaced from time to time, but not on a weekly basis.
What I tend to do is make books from my favourite images. I'm now on number 7 and I do tend to be selective as to what comes into these books. True, these are only A4 in size which is something like 30 x 20 cms (12 x 8 inch approximately) in size, but I do get them out from time to time. I never used to do that when I was shooting film. They just ended being in a drawer and tended to be forgotten. I also do a book after every holiday, some tend to be quite large and others not. It's important for these holiday books to contain much more information about what we did and where we were, more documentary in style. It's great fun doing these and a lot of people have asked to see them. It gives them an indication of what's available in the region. It is also a different type of photography to my normal way of shooting.
How do you people of there display your images, web or books or prints? I'd love to hear from those who tend to display their images in prints. Do you frame the images yourselves or get it done professionally?
I remember when I was a child the only balloons I could get hold of were one colour only, either blue or red or green etc. I find these balloons in the image pretty cool actually.
I was just pondering on the fact that most of my images are now displayed on the web. Not many are printed, I just don't have the room to hang them all, or even just the best of the bunch. From what I have read on the Internet, this is how the majority of images end up these days. There are so many images being made at present it would be impossible to print the majority of them or even a small proportion.
A lot of people still like to see a printed photograph which is the only way to really assess an image. It gives one something more than just looking at these images on a screen which is rather cold in my opinion. Holding a print in your hands or seeing it hanging on a wall is really something special; it is to me anyway. I have a number of images hanging on my walls at home and these do get replaced from time to time, but not on a weekly basis.
What I tend to do is make books from my favourite images. I'm now on number 7 and I do tend to be selective as to what comes into these books. True, these are only A4 in size which is something like 30 x 20 cms (12 x 8 inch approximately) in size, but I do get them out from time to time. I never used to do that when I was shooting film. They just ended being in a drawer and tended to be forgotten. I also do a book after every holiday, some tend to be quite large and others not. It's important for these holiday books to contain much more information about what we did and where we were, more documentary in style. It's great fun doing these and a lot of people have asked to see them. It gives them an indication of what's available in the region. It is also a different type of photography to my normal way of shooting.
How do you people of there display your images, web or books or prints? I'd love to hear from those who tend to display their images in prints. Do you frame the images yourselves or get it done professionally?
