Silhouettes
| For good a week I have been trying some Adobe Lightroom and Nik Silver Efex Pro presets developed by Don Springer, aka Streetshooter, and Olivier Duong. These presets are designed to give your photographs a hard and gritty look. These photographs were done with one of the Silver Efex Pro presets with a bit less grain and some dodging and burning. | I intend to write more extensively about these presets in another blog post soon and try to give you some insight in some of my (ir)rational reasoning that I have in my photography, post processing, workflow, personal ethics and decisions that lead up to this. These decisions might have lead to things that work for me, but might not work for others or sound completely illogical based on common knowledge and proven technology. |
Through the frame
All photographs by Wouter Brandsma
Wouter Brandsma 
Goed bezig!!! ik ga hem uitzetten…… thks voor de ondersteuning!
2012/10/22 “Wouter Brandsma 荷蘭”
> ** > Wouter Brandsma posted: ” Silhouettes For good a week I > have been trying some Adobe Lightroom and Nik Silver Efex Pro presets > developed by Don Springer, aka Streetshooter, and Olivier Duong. These > pres”
You’re welcome sir 😀
Whatever tools you use, you use well Wouter. The exact mix is interesting to read about but the best part is seeing what you do with them. I’m quite sure you could make great images with any camera and any mix of digital (or film) tools.
Not the tools are the essence, but what you want to say with your photographs. For me that is the essence, Richard. The tools just helps me expressing myself more explicitly.
Loved these photographs, especially through the frame. Lots to enjoy and think about in each of these. Hope you and your family are doing well. All the best. -Amin
‘Through the frame’ is a wonderful shot – lots to see and think about. Hope you and family are doing well. All the best, Amin
Thank you so much Amin. I have been so busy lately and my family (especially my wife) needs all the support. Hope you do fine.
I personally like this more “subtle” approach.
I recognize that Robert, yet I see a purpose for the more gritty style too (although I prefer it a bit more sketchy though).
Good pictures, Wouter! I’m a big fan of Silver Efex Pro 2 – any info you can pass on will be most welcom! Adrian
I hope to do a blog post about these presets upcoming weekend, Adrian.
I love the second image Wouter. It’s almost like two eyes are looking at a story unfolding on the platform.
I had similar thoughts when I saw it all unfold in front of me.