Category Archives: Low-light photography

Photos from Belfast

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There’s not much to say about these photos. I experimented with some hdr water photos, some random night shots and street art. They were all shot in, or on the way to, Belfast.

Weird rainbow…
Long-exposure experiment.
This salmon seemed popular.
The Titanic building.
Pop-surrealism street art.
HDR water experiment.
HDR water experiment.

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The Titanic Afterparty

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A photo gallery from the Titanic International Tattoo Convention after-party that was held at Cabaret Supper Club in Belfast.

The day after the party, I went to Iceland to look for GunnarV…,
but he wasn’t there…

Once again thanks to Mr. Carson & his family for arranging the convention and thanks for inviting me to the after-party. Much obliged.

Check out my articles on “The History of Tattoo”, plus photos from other tattoo conventions here:
https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/tattoo/

My previous posts this convention:

 

Surprise, surprise! I got this message from the WordPress team today:

WordPress Anniversary - 5 Years
Let me also add, for those of you who don’t know, that I’ve had my tagline: «Encyclopedia Miscellaneous – ‘quality’ blogging since August 2011», since September 2011.

Both this after party and my WP anniversary is  definitely a rare event, nothing you’ll see every day.

Night Photography Guest Post

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Paula asked me to write a guest post on the subject of night photography. So, that’s what I did.

Head over to her blog to read the post: https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/guest-photo-challenge-night-photography-by-cardinal-guzman/

Playing with light.
Night Horses in The Azorean Islands
Playing with Photoshop
Winter night in Bjørvika
Night photo: shot around 3 am on a summer night in Ålesund.
Night photography by the river. Bangkok.

Thank you Paula!

The Changing Seasons: January 2016

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Welcome to this challenge that’s called «The Changing Seasons 2016». As most of you already know, there are two versions to choose from this year; the original (V1) which is purely photographic and the new version (V2) where you can allow yourself to be more artistic and post a painting, a recipe, a digital manipulation, or simply just one photo that you think represents the month. Anyone with a blog can join this challenge and it’ll run throughout 2016.

The bikes in Bjørvika

The bikes in Bjørvika

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Working with a model & a dog

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Had a couple of photos on print today: they were in a pet-related advertising paper that was published with the national, Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.

Facsimile: Ditt Kjæledyr
Facsimile: Ditt Kjæledyr

Last Sunday I met up with model Thea and her dog Kilo for a photo shoot downtown. Here’s the main photo:

Thea & Kilo

Thea & Kilo. Kilo is a mix between American Bulldog, Rottweiler, Staffordshire Bull Terrier and Sighthound.

To flash or not to flash?
I haven’t worked with dogs as models before, so this was the first time for me. Before leaving home I was afraid that a flash might scare the young dog – he’s only one year old – so I didn’t bring one. I could have needed a flash in the semi-poor lighting conditions downtown. I did bring a reflector though, but the artificial light wasn’t really strong enough to be reflected. Lesson learned? bring a flash next time.

Besides, Thea, the model and dog owner, assured me that Kilo wouldn’t be scared of the flash. Because of his young age Kilo was easily distracted and a flash would have helped to freeze the moment, eliminating blur.
I definitely learned a lot from this shoot.

Thea & Kilo

Thea & Kilo

Thanks Thea & Kilo!

Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons 12

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December is here and 2015 is soon coming to an end. As usual I’ll show you some photos from last month for «The Changing Seasons»-challenge.

Night photography: construction site.

Night photography: construction site.

 

 

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Bangkok’s Music Scene

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Bangkok has a great music scene. I took a look at some of what it has to offer and diversity is the keyword to describe it: Rock concerts, clubbing, street artist and an awesome, tiny blues bar – aptly called Blues Bar.

The photos in this gallery were all shot at the Blues Bar (it’s in Samsen Road, a short walking distance from the horrible tourist area Khaosan Road).

Enjoy these short clips with some of the music you can find in Bangkok:

My entry for https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/eye-spy/

 

 

Early Morning | Chianni Italia

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These photos were shot in, or near, Chianni, Italy. «Chianni is a commune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 60 kilometres southwest of Florence and about 35 kilometres southeast of Pisa. Its territory includes vast chestnut woods and cultivation of vine and olive trees.» (Wikipedia).
Two of these are night shots, the other five were shot in the early morning hours:

 

And from other news: I just realized that it’s already the 5th of October today and that I have to prepare photos for the next changing seasons challenge that’ll be online in two days… People often say that: “time flies when you’re having fun”, but time flies when you’re just doing mundane tasks like going to work etc. too.

Autumn Morning City Sunrise

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With a little bit of “I don’t care”-attitude and a slight tilting of your head, this photo is perfectly leveled.

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Tilted? I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about…

Another entry for Lucile’s photo rehab.

A Drunken Night in Krakow

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Drinking and photographing. Point& shoot camera. Krakow Night Life. I’ll let the pictures tell the story of this photographic journey through the night…

This is my entry for Paula’s Thursday Challenge, but several of my other blogging friends have also posted street portraits/street photography the last days, so I encourage you to visit their posts too:

Frank Znort Quartet

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This weekend a lovely couple from Prague came for a visit. On Sunday I took them to see Frank Znort Quartet play live at Blå.

Frank Znort Quartet live at Blå (this Sunday they played with a guest bass player).

Frank Znort Quartet live at Blå (this Sunday they played with a substitute bass player).

Every Sunday at around 16:00, they play an acoustic set outside the bar:

“Frank Znort Quartet (FZQ) is a jazz / punk big band from Oslo. They are known to have held a free concert every Sunday since they began playing in 1998.
They started with their Sunday concerts at St. Hallvard’s bistro in Gamlebyen (the Old City of Oslo), but eventually moved to Grønlandshagen. In the Mid-2000s, they played for a brief period at Café Con Bar. Since 2007 they have had their performances at Blå. FZQ has never been a quartet and currently has 18 permanent musicians and a growing number of guest artists.” – Wikipedia

Some photos from Sunday 31.05.2015 (keep in mind that I’m still in the process of figuring out my new camera):

Frank Znort Quartet live at Blå (this Sunday they played with a guest bass player).
Beer & piano
FZQ, live @ Blå
Frank Znort Quartet, live every Sunday. Entrance fee? Nothing.
Sef, the piano player.
Frank Znort Quartet

Some hours after the acoustic show, they continue the concert inside.

Here are some photos that were shot when they were still playing at Grønlandshagen back in 2006 (They were more punk and more fun back then, but it’s still nice to go to see them live once in a while).
I was lucky enough to be guest appearing on a song called Jimmy Jass, which is my re-written and Norwegian version of The Clash’ “Jimmy Jazz”. These were shot by my friend Simon:

Grønlandshagen, 2006
Jimmy Jass @ Grønlandshagen
FZQ: Jimmy Jass @ Grønlandshagen, 2006
Frank Znort Quartet, 2006
Znort City
Frank Znort Quartet with Jimmy Jass

 

Check out FZQ in these links (or check out some more of their material on YouTube, there are lots of clips):

A night photo from Terceira, Açores

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Nights – my favorite time of photographing. I love long exposures. Tonight I’m sharing this night photo for Paula’s Thursday Challenge.

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Night photo: Açores, Terceira, Portugal.

 

I shot this one (technically speaking it’s these four shots) in Terceira, Açores. Angra do Heroísmo, locally referred to as Angra, is a municipality and city on the island of Terceira, within the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores.

Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons 02

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A month has passed already! As many of you already know, I decided to have a photo project going throughout 2015 – a blogging event, a monthly photo challenge without too many rules and on the 7th each month, I promised to be posting a gallery containing 10-20 pictures from Oslo’s city center.

The rules were simple and I’m very glad that a lot of you decided to join the challenge. If you haven’t joined, but feel like joining, it’s not too late. The idea behind it is to get you to shoot often and continuously, to build up your portfolio, get some photographic experience and have fun. This way you’ll capture the changing seasons throughout the year. I could write more about this, but it’s easier if you check out the first post and read all about it there: https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/monthly-photo-challenge-the-changing-seasons-01/ Here’s my gallery with photos from downtown Oslo. These were all shot on the same snowy morning early in January. I’m looking forward to see your entries!

Rules:

  • Find a location near your home. Each month take somewhere between 5-20 photos and post them in a gallery in your blog (I’ll post mine on the 7th).
  • Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons (this makes it very easy for others to follow the challenge using the WordPress reader if your blog is running in the WordPress platform).
  • Don’t use photos from your archive. Only new shots.

Check out the participants blogs (those with full links have updated posts for this challenge):

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Feel free to use this widget in your blog if you like.

EDIT: I’m in the process of moving to another apartment, so I’ll be slow when it comes to replying to comments and visiting posts.   

Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons 01

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I decided to have a photo project going throughout 2015 – a blogging event, a monthly photo challenge. One time per month (on the 7th), I’ll be posting a gallery containing 10-20 pictures from Oslo’s city center.

I’d like you to join me on this project: Find a location near your home, take somewhere between 5-20 photos and post them in a gallery in your blog. Continue to do this every month. For my project I’ve chosen the general area “downtown Oslo”, but if you like to, you can choose a more specific area like a park or a building. It doesn’t even have to be a city. If you live on the countryside, there’s probably plenty of locations to choose from nearby: a field with some trees, a beach, a mountain, or just a simple dirt road? It can be whatever. Just keep the project going throughout the year. Try to shoot every month, so that in the end of the year, you’ll have a nice and diverse set of photos in your portfolio. The idea is to capture all the changes: the seasons, the weather, different times of the day, some night photography perhaps?
Also, the idea is to build your portfolio and train your eye. I shot the photos in my gallery in December and next month I’ll post a gallery with photos I’ll take this month (I haven’t shot them yet).

Rules:

  • Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
  • Each month (I suggest between the 07th-15th, but it’s up to you), post 5-20 photos in a gallery. (I’ll post mine on the 7th).
  • Don’t use photos from your archive. Only new shots.

Participants:

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Cirka Loka HalLokween 2014 Portraits Part 1

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Last weekend I was the photographer at Cirka Loka’s HalLOKween Party 2014. Here’s part 1 of the photo gallery from that night.

 

Great costumes at Cirka Loka’s HalloKween party.
Great costumes at Cirka Loka’s HalloKween party.

The light conditions were difficult to work with because they were constantly changing and the autofocus sometimes struggled with the darkness and the smoke. So, it was challenging conditions, but at the same time it was tons of fun and very educative. Big thanks to all the sporty people that let me take their portraits! Thanks for an awesome party with great people! All in all I’d say that the party was fantastic & epic!

 

WPC: Minimalist – Cirka Loka HalLokween

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The theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge this week is «Minimalist».

Last weekend I was the photographer at an event: «Cirka Loka HalLokween Party 2014». These two shots are from that event and the only ones that could fit under the category minimalist. It was a fun and interesting experience to be the photographer at such an event. The light conditions were difficult to work with because they were constantly changing and the autofocus sometimes struggled with the darkness and the smoke. So, it was challenging conditions, but at the same time it was tons of fun and very educative.

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IMG_2822During the weekend I’ll post some of the portraits that I took that night, so stay tuned for more!

I’ve also made some tickets for Cirka Loka’s events earlier. If you want to check them out, you’ll find them under this tag: https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/tag/cirka-loka/

Street Photo: Jerusalem 9912

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העיר העתיקה, ירושלים,

On this photo one person is obviously ascending, while the group of people in the background are descending. There’s some noise in this photo because I had to shoot at a high ISO in order to capture the scene in the poor light conditions. I didn’t want to remove too much of the noise in the post-processing, because then the image tends to be too soft and smooth.

Did you know that in Hebrew, when one is going to Jerusalem, they use the expression *to ascend to Jerusalem*? לעלות לירושלים
The expression עלייה – Aliyah, used when someone moves to Israel on a permanent basis, is also rooted in the same verb.

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