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| Grouse Butt - Bob Singleton |
A couple of weeks ago Bob and I went out taking photographs
at the same time. We were not out
together but we were in the same geographical area with a similar sort of
subject in mind, snow.
Bob chose to go to the summit of Pendle and take some shots
there. I was at Newchurch which is not
more than a couple of miles away from Bob.
Bear in mind that we did not know both of us were out an in the same
area.
I don’t think we actually class ourselves as any particular
type of photographer, we just enjoy photography but that being said we both
favour a documentary approach.
It is interesting to look at both our photographs from that
session. They are both documentary
photographs. There has not been any
Photoshopping. Mine had its final levels
and sharpening done in Photoshop but that’s it.
I suspect that Bob’s is straight out of Lightroom.
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| Winter Whites - Lee Johnson |
The interesting point is our approaches to a similar subject
at the same time. Bob has exposed his
photograph to show the conditions as they were.
It was a bit grey, flat and not particularly nice.
I was looking for something that would make a nice
monochrome image. I wanted some strong
blacks, shades of grey and then some almost paper white. I knew that my cameras meter would underexpose
the image so I dialled in about 2 stops of exposure compensation. The result is what I wanted to achieve.
Both photographs have a lot in common. They are in the same geographical location;
have a similar subject matter (stone, landscapes and weather conditions. They both look very cold!); and
are documentary in nature. I like Bob’s
image as much as I like mine but the interesting thing is that we have the same
approach and still come out with something quite different.
