Some
thoughts!
Images, independently in any media you use, are communications. Somehow you want to
transfer a feeling to people, tell something. It can be ugly, beautiful, Magnificent,
sensual, there exist no limitations. The important is that the picture communicates.
The first time I visited the Alps I became indeed overwhelmed by this extraordinary
nature. I took loads of images on the peaks without any bigger thought’s or planning.
After film development and the first contact prints I realized that the prints was not of
any higher class. How can peaks over 3000 meters become so small? I will not state that I
had succeeded with the transfer of what I saw and felt. Hopefully I learned something
about it. Without correct light and reasonable composition it won't help if the mountains
are 3000 meter or higher.
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After many shortcomings and some new experiences, I realised that, if you can't
translate the full colour three dimension world to a greyscale in two dimension before you
exposure the film, it isn't easy to reach a good result.
I use the Zonesystem, in first hand in a pedagogical manner, to communicate With myself
and to express my feelings for the motif to data of exposure and Development.
I make photos in colour too but the B/W pleases me more. The B/W material hasn't any
limitations concerning the contrast of the motif and offers a lot of possibilities to
influence the result in the darkroom. Since I started to use large format camera, the type
of motif becomes fairly limited. Light and form becomes ever so important components. The
different tunes of grey shall harmonize or be contrasted depending on what to tell. To
achieve this you need a great deal of knowledge about the material and the process.
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