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Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Well I'm back from my trip to the French Alps.....we had a great time with stops in Annecy on the way there and Paris on the way back. As you can imagine, I took plenty of photos!
The problem for a change is where to begin :-)
This photo is one of my favourites from the trip even though it's perhaps not the best image quality as it was handheld using a telephoto lens at night (Nikon 70-300vr) although thanks to the inbuilt vibration reduction it turned out sharp enough even at this slow shutter speed.
It's a photo from the fantastic ski resort of Courchevel high up in the French Alps at an altitude of 1,850 meters and shows one of the resort workers heading off home through the snow after a long day at work.......this scene seemed completely extraordinary to me but I guess for him it was just the end of another long day at the office.
Like what you see here and are interested in photographic composition?.....the blog section of my website now has a complete set of 5 articles covering my personal approach to the subject: Ian Bramham Photography - Blog
For purchasing high quality archival prints of any of these photos you can send me an email by clicking here or by going to my website Ian Bramham - Fine Art Photography where prices are listed in the gallery sections under each individual photo.
@Andrea Auf dem Brinke: Thanks Andrea.....it's great to see that you are back posting photos again!
@GJC: Thanks GJC!.....it's great to have a wide choice of photos from which to choose for a change!
@Stefan: Thanks very much Stefan!
@Fran González: Thanks very much Fran!
@Lorraine: Thanks very much Lorraine.....I took about 1,000 photos while I was away so it's great to have such a wide choice of photos to choose from when selecting which one to post. I also got some really nice shots in Annecy and in Paris (well I like them :-) as well as here in Courchevel.
@MadScientist: Thanks very much....yes a long day by the look of it and it was such a surreal sight. I had been taking some photos of the streetlight and snow in this photo when this guy dressed in a business suit and normal shoes suddenly appeared in my viewfinder!
@Henry: Thanks Henry....life as art, I like the idea :-)
One of the reasons that I love night photography so much is that the lighting can be very dramatic like a scene in a theatrical play. I also love being out alone with my camera in the peace and silence of the night.....it can be a very special time for photography.
@omid: Thanks very much Omid!
@Garibaldi: Thanks Garibaldi.....I'm really pleased that you think it has some artistic merit!
@marc: Thanks very much Marc!
@IanSmith: Hi Ian....it's always such a pleasure to hear from you. Thanks so much for the support!
(Have you ever considered setting up a photoblog yourself or are you going to continue posting photos to the DPR Fujitalk forum?.....I don't check there as frequently as I should anymore and I don't want to miss any!)
@blackivory: Thanks very much!
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael.....the artificial lighting outside at nightime can be very dramatic and theatrical at times which is partly why I love taking photos after dark so much!
@Nataly: Thanks very much Nataly!.....although good image quality is something that I always strive for, it comes a distant second to the importance of subject, lighting and composition of a photo for me.
@Saeed: Thanks very much Saeed!
@JLT: Thanks JLT!
@danthro: Thanks Danthro....this was a lucky shot as I didn't spot the man in the business suit until he wandered into frame on a photo I was taking of this streetlight in the snow.
NIKON D40
1/30 second
F/4.8
ISO 1600
142 mm (35mm equiv.)
