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Nothing if not persistent: bloody-minded broad beans
2009.04.09
Scene of the crime. My kitchen, like many in old Greek houses, is best described as "1950s design, 1340s ergonomics". Oh, and I'm not responsible for the tiling.
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The usual suspects. Plotter paper is wide enough for product shots and the like but comes in white only.
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Plying the tools of the trade. The lens on the SLR is a tilt-shift (sorry, Yellodog), which explains why it's manky.
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Chiaruscuro: in art, art history, photography and bean arrangement, begin with the dark ones and work up. The image above and the next two are RAW files straight out of the camera
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Part of the process: take a load of crap shots - like the one above - and find the right one.
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Blown out highlights, crap midtones, dire need of sharpening, etc. Compare with the processed image below, although I went OTT with the purple and reds.
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This is the first of the reworked files from the RAW shots above and specifically the previous one. All the processed RAW files were messed about in Adobe Lightroom 2. Notice the enormous differences between the RAW and the cooked images, to paraphrase Lévi-Strauss.
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I was aiming at colours and texture and my brain filled up before I got to thinking about composition.
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The global recession and financial meltdown are starting to seep into even my niche activity and, confirmed workaholic that I am, I face the prospect of unscheduled days off with dread.
Instead of waiting for the 44th US president to save the world single-handedly whilst his wife exercises her constitutional right to bare arms (I just love that pun), I thought I’d have another go at the initial objective of the Spaghetti junction post.
I am nothing if not persistent / bloody minded, especially when I have nothing better to do.
This time I merely followed the trail of wan and pasty-faced eco-shoppers to another, upmarket whole food store with nice wholesome prices. I don’t think my carbon footprint will be seen again at that rip-off merchant’s. (For a calm, reasoned analysis of organic produce, refer to paragraph 8 of this post).
And I’m not going to be outdone by a mung bean.
The above include some of the RAW files. These are files where the camera takes fewer decisions in the process from exposure to storage on a media card. This offers the advantage of using your creativity to correct lighting and exposure mistakes. Problems begin when you realise you don’t have any creativity.
Once again, I hadn’t thought this one through. For reason or reasons unknown, the only artistic projects I ever consider carefully enough to work towards a specific statement involve flowers, not people and even less beans. Perhaps it’s because I like flowers.
The final images are the 'finished' product, all reworked in Lightroom. Oddly enough, I didn't feel the need to crop any of them.
Anyway, some of my clients have rallied and sent me enough work to keep me busy. It's a great approach. Mess about with lentils until your clients cough up some work (a genuine eco-terrorist threat considering the effects of this subject). I can categorically state that my clients, at least, are full of beans.
Instead of waiting for the 44th US president to save the world single-handedly whilst his wife exercises her constitutional right to bare arms (I just love that pun), I thought I’d have another go at the initial objective of the Spaghetti junction post.
I am nothing if not persistent / bloody minded, especially when I have nothing better to do.
This time I merely followed the trail of wan and pasty-faced eco-shoppers to another, upmarket whole food store with nice wholesome prices. I don’t think my carbon footprint will be seen again at that rip-off merchant’s. (For a calm, reasoned analysis of organic produce, refer to paragraph 8 of this post).
And I’m not going to be outdone by a mung bean.
The above include some of the RAW files. These are files where the camera takes fewer decisions in the process from exposure to storage on a media card. This offers the advantage of using your creativity to correct lighting and exposure mistakes. Problems begin when you realise you don’t have any creativity.
Once again, I hadn’t thought this one through. For reason or reasons unknown, the only artistic projects I ever consider carefully enough to work towards a specific statement involve flowers, not people and even less beans. Perhaps it’s because I like flowers.
The final images are the 'finished' product, all reworked in Lightroom. Oddly enough, I didn't feel the need to crop any of them.
Anyway, some of my clients have rallied and sent me enough work to keep me busy. It's a great approach. Mess about with lentils until your clients cough up some work (a genuine eco-terrorist threat considering the effects of this subject). I can categorically state that my clients, at least, are full of beans.
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The most fun part afterwards was plunging my hands in all those dry pulses. There are still dry goods and spices stores in Athens reminiscent of what our grandparents knew and I have always had to resist the temptation to plunge my hands into sacks of beans for the tactile pleasure. Today, I didn't have to.
revenant · 2009-04-09: 13:11
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This was a wonderful, eductional and slightly entertaining post...thank you!
susjustjake · 2009-04-09: 13:28
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une belle cuisine photographique! la dernière serait parfaite sans le floue sur la gauche, mais j'attends le dessert pour choisir!
tomie · 2009-04-09: 18:13
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This post isn't worth a hill of beans. Sorry couldn't resist :)
Memphis · 2009-04-09: 19:33
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I may have a clean sink, but you've got some beautiful bean art. And as for plunging your hand into sacks of beans, you should check out the movie "Amelie" if you haven't already! Thanks for the encouragement on my "little" project!
OnaLark · 2009-04-09: 20:06
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I actually like #8. Perhaps if you added some corn.
????? · 2009-04-09: 21:27
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Nice beans,, hahaha,,,,, when are u going to cook?
jessicashan · 2009-04-10: 05:28
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I like the shinyness (if that's a word) of the processed ones best.
Jarvo · 2009-04-11: 07:24
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