The photos in this post are not examples of photo journalism. They are arranged.
The first photo is a macro taken through a vase of cut flowers. What you are seeing are the leaves and stems in the water. The orange background was created by placing a freshly picked pumpkin directly behind the vase…and waiting for the sun.
The second photo is based on a photo taken along 101 near the Sonoma-Marin County Line. In this instance, I ran the photo through post processing reducing the colors to two. It dramatically changed the impression created by the image–from a dead tree on the horizon to a possible movie poster for a B movie horror film. Perhaps something like The Creature From the Hills?
- © Frank Simpson, Petaluma, California
101 (Sonoma-Marin County Line)
© Frank Simpson, Petaluma, California
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Mary Dene Etter
January 1, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Please continue photographing…your black and white is eerie — is’t that “photojournalism”? The first one I call “stems, leaves, and ‘Petal’ luma”!
Frank Simpson
January 1, 2012 at 4:29 pm
RE the B & W–technically, no. It is not photojournalism given the alteration I made in the lilghting and colors in post production. I suppose it might be called photo illustration