Mpow Member Username: Mpow
Post Number: 232 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 11:48 pm: | |
http://reliques.online.fr/detr oit/detroit11.html somehow I don't remember seeing this site here, if it has already been posted sorry. Nice, older pictures of detroit, very fine and precise photography. |
Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom
Post Number: 557 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 11:55 pm: | |
Wow when was the UA theatre photo taken.. I have never seen it lit up like that.. is it really that exposed now? |
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100
Post Number: 207 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 12:05 am: | |
That UA photo looks like something out of a movie. Really good shot. And how old are these pics? That one house in Brush Park has been moved, that I know. |
Mpow Member Username: Mpow
Post Number: 233 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 12:10 am: | |
UA picture http://reliques.online.fr/detr oit/detroit12.html |
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle
Post Number: 24 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 1:09 am: | |
With a tripod and a super long exposure you'd be surprised how much light is actually in a room. |
Aiw
Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 6128 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 10:09 am: | |
The photos are from 2005/2006 I believe. The main site is here: http://reliques.online.fr/# Also the photographer has more work here: http://yvesmarchand.com/ |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 227 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 1:21 pm: | |
Jeez, looks like the UA Theatre is nowhere near salvagable (and this coming from me, someone with an architecture degree that wants to save every building in Detroit)... |
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 259 Registered: 04-2004
| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 1:39 pm: | |
I was in the UA recently, it's still very dark in there. Definitely not as bright as those photos. I think they used a minute of exposure time. (Message edited by wolverine on January 14, 2007) |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 232 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 2:13 pm: | |
So then there isn't holes in the walls and ceiling or at least not as big as that photo would lead one to believe? |
Kimmiann Member Username: Kimmiann
Post Number: 68 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 8:29 pm: | |
I thought the photos were very disturbing, yet beautiful, as they were obviously intended to be. Some of them seemed almost staged to elicit a gut reaction. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, I don't know, but kudos to the artist/photographer. |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 244 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 8:58 pm: | |
Could someone fill me in on where this buildings is at http://reliques.online.fr/detr oit/detroit06.html ? The name is very familiar but I don't recognize the interior shot. |
Toolbox Member Username: Toolbox
Post Number: 1020 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 9:59 pm: | |
quote:Charlottepaul Could someone fill me in on where this buildings is at http://reliques.online.fr/detr oit/detroit06.html ? The name is very familiar but I don't recognize the interior shot. Southwest corner of Woodward and Grand Circus Park. |
Walkerpub Member Username: Walkerpub
Post Number: 113 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 10:43 pm: | |
The Detroit photos are great but... I don't see any kudos to Lowell considering they hijacked this site's name for their purposes... and the interface sucks- user hostile |
1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 1252 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 11:06 am: | |
Thanks for the link to this site. I really like the pictures; alas, they are real places! |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3560 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 11:51 am: | |
This site has long been on my Detroit Links listings as Yves' "Les Fabuleuses Ruines de Detroit". Walkerpub, in fairness to the authors, they did contact me and obtained permission to use the name The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit [translated as "Les Fabuleuses Ruines de Detroit"] for an exhibition of his work in Paris last June. How does he get that amazing lighting? He [with his friend Roman] schlepp in large battery powered lights which combined with time exposure yields wonderful results. As an old Chinese art saying goes, 'The goal of all method is to appear to have no method.' |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 887 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 3:38 pm: | |
The Whitney Building doesn't look that bad. It will be a polished gem again someday. The owners are wise to keep it in such good shape. What a beautiful lobby! |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 4575 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 3:55 pm: | |
quote:How does he get that amazing lighting? He [with his friend Roman] schlepp in large battery powered lights which combined with time exposure yields wonderful results. As an old Chinese art saying goes, 'The goal of all method is to appear to have no method.' The technique is called "painting with light", I learned it way baaack when. Only used it a few times in my career as it is not the easiest thing to do. Extremely rare to even hear about it any more, although a few years ago I read of a very successful architectual photographer made his reputation with that technique. He photographed a Las Vegas Casino, lighting small areas at a time. |
Cman710 Member Username: Cman710
Post Number: 221 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 3:59 pm: | |
Jams, I am guessing you have mentioned this before, but are you a photographer? I just recently bought an introductory book on photography, as I would like to learn a lot more about it. |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 1374 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 5:31 pm: | |
I vaguely remember something about "painting with light" too. Is that where you leave the shutter open in the dark while shining the light around where you want the highlights? That sounds very difficult to master. |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 4579 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 5:44 pm: | |
Yes to both. Forgot to give kudos to Yves in my past posts, very well done!! |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 4580 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 6:07 pm: | |
Looked for but couldn't find a photograph I did of a building in Northville. for a brochure using that technique with two Vivitar 283s, one in each hand. It made for a rather bizarre effect, the building photographed with the correct color temperature while the surrounding area had a green cast from the streetlights. |
Aiw Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 6129 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 7:14 pm: | |
If you like light painting check out Larrie Thompson's website: http://www.nightphotographer.c om/ He works in western Canada, and through the western US. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3561 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 7:38 pm: | |
Jams, when I hear the term 'painting with light' I think of leaving the shutter open while one takes a flash light and moves the light 'painting' the darkened surfaces. A local photographer, Clyde Springer, has done some excellent examples fo this. My understanding is that in Yves' case they are using large static lights positioned through out the environment vs. kinetic or moveable light -- a similar but different approach. Jeff Sturges' lighting of the Ford HQ building in HP is a dramatic static lighting example. |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 888 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 8:40 pm: | |
When I hear the term "painting with light", unfortunately I think of this guy: http://www.thomaskinkade.com/m agi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.ho me.web.tk.HomeServlet |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 1378 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 9:10 pm: | |
Far out! Lite-Brite. Try it now: Lite-Brite. |
Walkerpub Member Username: Walkerpub
Post Number: 114 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:40 pm: | |
Lowell: Glad to hear you gave them permission- hate to see your great deeds go unpunished! The work is pretty trippy but I didn't want to give them props until it was cleared by the home office. |
Cman710 Member Username: Cman710
Post Number: 224 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:47 pm: | |
Aiw, thanks for that link. When I have time, I am going to spend a lot of time there. That technique is really very cool. |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 4581 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 3:34 pm: | |
quote:My understanding is that in Yves' case they are using large static lights positioned through out the environment vs. kinetic or moveable light -- a similar but different approach. Even more impressive, especially without access to electricity to light those large spaces and still appear to be all natural. |