Lucie DeBelkova
March 10, 2009 3:40 PM Subscribe
Lucie DeBelkova is a photographer. She has traveled to at least 76 countries, including Mongolia, Scotland and Iran. Here is one of her favorite photos. Here is another. And here is her flickr stream. Enjoy!
Nice...thanks for the post...
and, Keith, they own the photos, they have the right to do anything they want, on any site they choose to post it...
You want to sponge up their talent and ideas, why not contact them and ask for a lesson?
posted by HuronBob at 4:00 PM on March 10, 2009
and, Keith, they own the photos, they have the right to do anything they want, on any site they choose to post it...
You want to sponge up their talent and ideas, why not contact them and ask for a lesson?
posted by HuronBob at 4:00 PM on March 10, 2009
Keith, she talks a little bit about the equipment she uses in her flickr profile page.
Nice...thanks for the post...
You're welcome! Glad you liked it!
posted by jason's_planet at 4:07 PM on March 10, 2009
Nice...thanks for the post...
You're welcome! Glad you liked it!
posted by jason's_planet at 4:07 PM on March 10, 2009
As far as I can see, she mentions the camera and settings in the description.
What she doesn't mention is, and correct me if I'm wrong, the rather flagrant color correction in post. Most of these just don't look real. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the overdone colors combined with the weird black borders makes them look like they're trying really hard to be posters you buy out of a bin at Bed, Bath & Beyond, rather than photos of things that exist in this world.
posted by drjimmy11 at 4:12 PM on March 10, 2009 [3 favorites]
What she doesn't mention is, and correct me if I'm wrong, the rather flagrant color correction in post. Most of these just don't look real. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the overdone colors combined with the weird black borders makes them look like they're trying really hard to be posters you buy out of a bin at Bed, Bath & Beyond, rather than photos of things that exist in this world.
posted by drjimmy11 at 4:12 PM on March 10, 2009 [3 favorites]
Agreed on the intense post-processing she's pulling with these ( her "vibrance" slider must be tired of hanging at 100 all the time).
Some of the Scotland picks are terrible whored-up for apparent use of motivational posters. Ick.
posted by lattiboy at 4:27 PM on March 10, 2009 [1 favorite]
Some of the Scotland picks are terrible whored-up for apparent use of motivational posters. Ick.
posted by lattiboy at 4:27 PM on March 10, 2009 [1 favorite]
Ah, this stuff's alright. It's no crucifix in a bucket of pee, though. That was cool.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 4:32 PM on March 10, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by kuujjuarapik at 4:32 PM on March 10, 2009 [1 favorite]
Impressive stuff, thanks Jason!
drjimmy11 - I know what you mean. it's sad that BB&B and the like do make these sorts of photos seem cliche. I was browsing her other flickr pictures, and checked out this one, which includes the note: No filter was used on this shot and those warm deep colors are created by a sun that was just about to set down. She also mentions on her website: I always try to be a the right place at the right time, to capture those amazing colors that only last about 20 min twice a day. However I'm always thankful when I'm rewarded with some additional element that I didn't count on. Furthermore, None of my photos are HDR or blended images, they are taken from just one shot.
She seems to focus in the magical moments of dusk and dawn where everything seems super-saturated. I'd like to know how to capture those moments, as my photos often come out lacking in some color depth (usually reds).
posted by filthy light thief at 4:32 PM on March 10, 2009
drjimmy11 - I know what you mean. it's sad that BB&B and the like do make these sorts of photos seem cliche. I was browsing her other flickr pictures, and checked out this one, which includes the note: No filter was used on this shot and those warm deep colors are created by a sun that was just about to set down. She also mentions on her website: I always try to be a the right place at the right time, to capture those amazing colors that only last about 20 min twice a day. However I'm always thankful when I'm rewarded with some additional element that I didn't count on. Furthermore, None of my photos are HDR or blended images, they are taken from just one shot.
She seems to focus in the magical moments of dusk and dawn where everything seems super-saturated. I'd like to know how to capture those moments, as my photos often come out lacking in some color depth (usually reds).
posted by filthy light thief at 4:32 PM on March 10, 2009
Also, she uses time-elapse shots, so colors are more vivid and small motions are blurred. And you can see the difference some time makes, by comparing an earlier and later picture. If it's not sunset yet where you live, go outside and enjoy the colors. I think most of this can be done with a decent camera and a good understanding of light.
Or she could do some post-processing.
posted by filthy light thief at 4:43 PM on March 10, 2009
Or she could do some post-processing.
posted by filthy light thief at 4:43 PM on March 10, 2009
Nice photos, but nothing that remarkable. Just like millions of photos out there taken by privileged photographers of places that most of us will never go to, of people that most of us cannot relate to, and are overall irrelavant to most of our lives. Not that those things alone are bad, but I hate the lack of context that these type of pictures provide.
posted by sixcolors at 5:32 PM on March 10, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by sixcolors at 5:32 PM on March 10, 2009 [3 favorites]
You know who should feel free to screw off? etc
I don't mind the absence of exif info. It's the cheesy frames I can do without. I'll never understand why people do that to their pictures.
posted by Zambrano at 6:11 PM on March 10, 2009
I don't mind the absence of exif info. It's the cheesy frames I can do without. I'll never understand why people do that to their pictures.
posted by Zambrano at 6:11 PM on March 10, 2009
..and that "colorization" crap: ditto. These shots would look so great on their own. Less is more.
posted by Zambrano at 6:12 PM on March 10, 2009
posted by Zambrano at 6:12 PM on March 10, 2009
I've wondered about this before, actually. I know some Serious Hardcore Photographer types and they seem to almost all do the same thing: no EXIF data (or clearly wrong/broken data), but manually written explanation of settings in the description.
I just kinda figured they were using some kind of funky application for processing which inadvertently strips the EXIF data, so they record it and fill in the description/tags.
posted by nightchrome at 7:02 PM on March 10, 2009
I just kinda figured they were using some kind of funky application for processing which inadvertently strips the EXIF data, so they record it and fill in the description/tags.
posted by nightchrome at 7:02 PM on March 10, 2009
Some of the Scotland picks are terrible whored-up for apparent use of motivational posters. Ick.
You had that impression too? I was expecting to see white captions at the bottom... "Color correction: Not just for motivational posters anymore." All in all, nice photography though. THAR SHE BLOWS!
posted by Avelwood at 7:05 PM on March 10, 2009
You had that impression too? I was expecting to see white captions at the bottom... "Color correction: Not just for motivational posters anymore." All in all, nice photography though. THAR SHE BLOWS!
posted by Avelwood at 7:05 PM on March 10, 2009
I like 'em! I'm a sucker for pictures that look good enough to be in a calender. Until I get good enough to take pictures that could be in a calender, I'm going to continue to be impressed. Once I get good enough to take such pictures, maybe then I'll move on and only appreciate photos that are great art.
posted by diogenes at 7:06 PM on March 10, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by diogenes at 7:06 PM on March 10, 2009 [3 favorites]
This is the most-awful motivational poster photography in the universe.
posted by sayitwithpie at 8:12 PM on March 10, 2009
posted by sayitwithpie at 8:12 PM on March 10, 2009
Exceptional photography, love it. Thanks for the link. Clearly not to everybody's taste though!
posted by BobsterLobster at 10:51 PM on March 10, 2009
posted by BobsterLobster at 10:51 PM on March 10, 2009
Impressive stuff, thanks Jason! . . . All in all, nice photography though . . . I like 'em! I'm a sucker for pictures that look good enough to be in a calender . . . Exceptional photography, love it.
Thanks! I'm glad you guys liked them!
Clearly not to everybody's taste though!
Eh, don't sweat it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
posted by jason's_planet at 11:30 PM on March 10, 2009
Thanks! I'm glad you guys liked them!
Clearly not to everybody's taste though!
Eh, don't sweat it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
posted by jason's_planet at 11:30 PM on March 10, 2009
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Some phenomenal pics though.
posted by Keith Talent at 3:56 PM on March 10, 2009