Comments on: Cambodia: Land Mine Survivors http://www.gaia-photos.com/cambodia-land-mine-survivors/ Photojournalism for a globalised world! Thu, 17 May 2012 22:43:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jason Schorr http://www.gaia-photos.com/cambodia-land-mine-survivors/#comment-3433 Jason Schorr Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:58:54 +0000 http://www.gaia-photos.com/?p=2899#comment-3433 Paulo, Great story and great images. I'm a real big fan of high contrast images and some of these have given me ideas for photos that I'd like to take, tonal range wise anyway. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing youre knowledge! Cheers, Jason Paulo,

Great story and great images. I’m a real big fan of high contrast images and some of these have given me ideas for photos that I’d like to take, tonal range wise anyway. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing youre knowledge!

Cheers,
Jason

]]> By: Paulo Nunes dos Santos http://www.gaia-photos.com/cambodia-land-mine-survivors/#comment-3217 Paulo Nunes dos Santos Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:03:29 +0000 http://www.gaia-photos.com/?p=2899#comment-3217 Hi Morten, I agree with you on that. There's two reasons for this b&w. First, and probably the most fundamental, was the film i've used (ILFORD Delta 100). It gives a lot of contrast, specially when the natural light is very strong. Most of the images were taken at the 'wrong' time of the day, with a very direct sunlight and consequent sharp shadows. The second reason has to do with the fact that my laptop screen might have a calibration that tricked me when scanning the film. I've checked it recently in other PC and some images have in fact to much contrast. Anyway, i've got some feedback on this story, and most of the people seam to like the unusual contrast. I've used this same images in a multimedia piece published in a portuguese newspaper's website and the editors liked it as well. But for sure, I will be more careful when working scanned photos in the future. cheers, paulo Hi Morten,

I agree with you on that. There’s two reasons for this b&w. First, and probably the most fundamental, was the film i’ve used (ILFORD Delta 100). It gives a lot of contrast, specially when the natural light is very strong. Most of the images were taken at the ‘wrong’ time of the day, with a very direct sunlight and consequent sharp shadows.
The second reason has to do with the fact that my laptop screen might have a calibration that tricked me when scanning the film. I’ve checked it recently in other PC and some images have in fact to much contrast.

Anyway, i’ve got some feedback on this story, and most of the people seam to like the unusual contrast. I’ve used this same images in a multimedia piece published in a portuguese newspaper’s website and the editors liked it as well.

But for sure, I will be more careful when working scanned photos in the future.

cheers,
paulo

]]> By: Morten Svenningsen http://www.gaia-photos.com/cambodia-land-mine-survivors/#comment-3214 Morten Svenningsen Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:45:34 +0000 http://www.gaia-photos.com/?p=2899#comment-3214 Paulo, been meaning to ask you about your unconventional use of black and white. A lot of black, a lot of white. Non many gray tones in between... On some shots it really works out well. Especially the people shots. Other times, like the sign shot, I'd probably have gone for a lower contrast myself... Would love to hear what others are saying? Paulo, been meaning to ask you about your unconventional use of black and white. A lot of black, a lot of white. Non many gray tones in between… On some shots it really works out well. Especially the people shots. Other times, like the sign shot, I’d probably have gone for a lower contrast myself…

Would love to hear what others are saying?

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