Frank Eugene (19 September 1865 – 16 December 1936) was an American-born photographer who was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and one of the first university-level professors of photography in the world.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Sunset Vistas
Once we finished up with the timelapse shoot, I had the 6D back for some landscapes. The sun was setting and really brought out all the details in the hills and mountains. We made a short walk into the fields, where I took these images that follow.
I will probably go back here for another shoot this weekend, and I hope to get the last bits of footage I need for my longer timelapse video, which I hope will be out by the end of next week, but I'm not promising anything yet.
For the upcoming posts I have a great summer recipe which will be up either tomorrow or Sunday, and then a new Photo-Series premieres in the beginning of June. So stay tuned, and have a great weekend ahead.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
La Belle et la Bête by Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949).
Shooting Out in the Fields, Come Join Us!
If you ever wanted to see what it looks like when I'm out on one of my shoots, then this is the post for you. I usually don't have time to shoot behind the scenes images, but since I was out to shoot more timelapse photography, I knew I had some downtime, while the camera was snapping away.
That's why I brought my old 350D with me, and my cousin Azra and I made some behind the scenes shots, as well as some landscape images.
And as I said earlier, we were out to shoot more landscapes, since the comments were so positive on the recent timelapse photography I did on my 600th post. You can expect a longer video with the new material in the upcoming days.
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We arrived on these fields, just as the sun was starting to set. I knew I wanted to make at least three timelapse shots that day, so we came a bit early to set everything up.
The Canon 6D has a neat wifi function built in, and you can connect your mobile device to it, and control the camera through an app. That way we made a shot every 3 seconds for 15 minutes for 3 scenes.
Azra made this picture, positioning the camera to look through her sunglasses.
In timelapse there is a lot of waiting. You spend a lot of time setting everything up, but once the shooting starts you wait and wait...
I love the clouds we were getting on that day. Especially this one, hovering above the mountain Velez. The big puffy cloud was moving at a great speed, which I'm sure will turn out great in the timelapse video.
As we departed with the landscapes for the day, I made this landscape. The sun was setting behind me, and gave some great colors to the surroundings. Our journey is not done yet. We will return multiple times here to get various angels and views (and maybe even nighttime shots!) .
I hope you enjoyed spending some time with us in the fields shooting away. I love going on mini trips to these types of locations, where you can really let go and feast the eyes on the beauty of nature.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
A Hot Day in the Old Town of Mostar
Even though the calender summer is a bit down the road, the temperatures here in Mostar, have certainly been acting like it's June 21st already. I had my friends Berina and Adi visiting me this past weekend, and we went exploring the Old town of Mostar in the heat.
We started around 11:00 o'clock and it was already burning outside. Still, a lot of tourists were roaming the streets. You have seen some parts of the old town of Mostar before on this blog, but in this post I will also be showing new sights. Come along with us...
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A view of the renovated "Old Bridge". The original bridge was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 to replace an older wooden suspension bridge of dubious stability. Construction began in 1557 and took nine years.
The Koski Mehmed Paša Mosque, built in 1617 is open to visitors. Visitors may enter the mosque and take photos free of charge. The minaret is also open to the public and is accessible from inside the mosque. We visited the premises later on and made some images there as well.
Mostar is know for a diving festival, that is held each year in mid June. Now, as I was gazing down from the Old bridge, I saw a canoeist peddling along the river.
Little is known of the building of the bridge, and all that has been preserved in writing are memories and legends and the name of the builder, Mimar Hayruddin. Charged under pain of death to construct a bridge of such unprecedented dimensions, the architect reportedly prepared for his own funeral on the day the scaffolding was finally removed from the completed structure. Upon its completion it was the widest man-made arch in the world.
The next two shots were taken on the premises of the Koski Mehmed Paša Mosque. The most attractive part of the mosque complex is the small courtyard outside with its fountain taps and garden area.
Thanks for visiting. I hope you enjoyed the new sights from the Old Town of Mostar.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Passing Time [600th Post]
It is here. The 600th post is reached and even though the 500th wasn't too long ago (it was half a year back), so much has happened in the meantime. For this special post, I wanted to do something that I have never done before: timelapse photography.
Having been recently inspired by some timelapse photography that Adrian did on his blog, he put me in the right direction and linked me to some timelapse tutorials. (Thanks Adrian!) So I really had to try it out.
It's also a fitting photography theme for this type of post. What timelapse photography means is that you shoot lots of images, sequentially, of one scene, and later on you put them together to create movement and show the passing time.
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I shot these images on the hills above Mostar, where I recently made the "Above the City" Series. I drove back up there and stood in freezing weather (some rain was falling as well), in order to get the images. I knew that these dramatic clouds would be perfect for a timelapse shoot.
I shot the sequence over the course of half an hour, and took almost 500 RAW images. It was then edited in Adobe's Camera Raw and Photoshop CC, and then moved to Adobe After Effects CS6 for effects and pans, and then to Adobe Premiere CS6 to edit and export the video.
Without further delay, here is the finished video. I advise you to watch it in Full HD and Full Screen, so that you can see all the details. Enjoy!
Thank you all for sticking around with me. I am so grateful for all your visits and support, and the community that has formed here.
Let me know in the comments if you liked this video, and if you would like to see this again sometime (I thought about doing a longer video as well).
Other blog milestone posts are:
Friday, May 23, 2014
The Restaurant by the Water in Blagaj
I have shown you Blagaj in an earlier photo series. I showed you the various places in the old town and also a glimpse of the restaurants that are located along the river Buna. You can view those images by clicking here. Last Monday we went back again, for a nice afternoon lunch, and I wanted to show some stills from one of the little restaurants located alongside of it.
Stay tuned because my next post is the 600th on this blog, and I have something really great to show you. I really hope you will like it. It will be up on Sunday!
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I tried some long exposure on the first and last images, since it was late in the afternoon and this part of Blagaj is in shades. I think it worked out nicely on the waterfalls.
The river Buna flows right through the restaurant. It's very refreshing and relaxing to sit here.
Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you in the 600th post!
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Maude Adams c. 1890
Maude Ewing Kiskadden (November 1, 1872 – July 17, 1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, was an American actress who achieved her greatest success as the character Peter Pan, first playing the role in the 1905 Broadway production of Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Adams's personality appealed to a large audience and helped her become the most successful and highest-paid performer of her day, with a yearly income of more than one million dollars during her peak.
Three Countryside Panoramas
With the situation in my country still not diminishing, I haven't been out much, shooting new things. I did however shoot some new material for my upcoming 600th post, and I can promise you it's going to be unique and something you haven't seen on this blog before.
Before then I want to share with you three new panoramas I made recently during my visit to the countryside. I hope you will enjoy them.
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Thank you for stopping by and for all your well wishes in regards to the current floods in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia.
Monday, May 19, 2014
The Floods in Bosnia
Some of you have already seen the news about the floods in Bosnia, and I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and well wishes. Here in the south, were I live, everything is fine, but the north of the country is suffering and people are losing everything as I type this down.
Earth erosion took down a lot of houses and remote villages are completely cut off. But it has also spread to major cities located along the main rivers in northern Bosnia. The floods have now spread to Croatia, as well as Serbia, where the biggest hits are yet to come.
All of the images in this post are not by me, and have been collected from various news sources.
All of the images in this post are not by me, and have been collected from various news sources.
There are also sanitary problems that have sprung, because the main water supplies for all of the places that are hit by this have been contaminated.
Earth erosion is still active, and the uneven terrain is taking down houses. People are loosing everything they have within minutes. There have also been many dead people, found, either in the remains of destructed houses as well as in the floods.
It's hard to go on and write happy posts here, when there is so much pain around me right now, but since this blog is also a vehicle for communication with the outside world, I wanted to put it to good use.
The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina is right there where help is needed, and people around here (myself included) have been donating food and clothes. Money can also be donated directly to the Red Cross, and all the funds go directly into helping the people there. Right now, they need sanitary supplies, work related equipment and
Please keep the people affected by this, in your thoughts and prayers.
Thank you.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Cherry Season and Garden Work
As I am writing this, the north of my country has been hit by massive floods. People are loosing everything they have, and It's hard to keep on writing, when you know that people are suffering. My mom and I went to the Red cross yesterday and gave some food and clothes that were delivered to the people in need. And, even though the situation seems to stabilize right now, the people that are left with nothing will have a hard time moving on.
Here in the south life goes on as usual. People are mobilizing to help the north of the country, and lots of food and clothes is being collected as we speak. I will make another drive later on to give some blankets and more clothes.
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Otherwise, cherry season is in full swing here, and plum red cherries are to be seen everywhere. You can buy them in these little blue containers, that contrast quite well with the red.
Some gardening is also on it's way. We bought these cute little yellow flowers called "Slippers" (I don't know their proper name). We planted them later on.
Mom got some basil, which was also planted in a small pot.
My flowers, which I planted a couple of weeks back are starting to grow and bloom, and look quite nicely in the flower bed. I planted white and purple ones.
Beni is up to his usual thing, wondering about and making sure the everything is in order in his terrain.
So that's life now. I hope the situation in regards to the floods will start to quiet down. We have never been hit my a weather phenomenon like this before. Thank you all for stopping by, and wherever you are stay safe.