Hyporeality learning

Hyporeality 87, Manila, March 2010

As I take more pictures for this series I'm learning some useful things about my photography:

• This is turning out to be some of my favourite work.
• It is making me think clearly about the relationship between forms and colours in a way sharp photos don't.
• It makes me more reactive to the things around me. Better results seem to come from a looser shooting style.
• I expect this work to continue for quite some time - it is a method and style easily translated to other places and subjects.
• It's fun to do, which keeps me wanting to do it.

Hyporeality continues

Hyporeality 77, Manila, March 2010

Hyporeality 78, Manila, March 2010

I went out at the weekend and took some more of my Hyporeality shots. I'm enjoying taking these, they're quite a challenge to look at and are helping me figure out a whole bunch about my photography along the way.

Expect more here, so much so that I've given them their own label.

Hyporeality: skies

Hyporeality 10, Manila, January 2010

Hyproreality 56, Manila, January 2010

Hyppreality 65, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality: buildings

Hyporeality 6, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality 43, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality 59, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality: signs

Hyporeality 13, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality 22, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality 71, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality: trees

Hyporeality 3, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality 11, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality 35, Manila, January 2010

Hyporeality

Hyporeality 1, Manila, January 2010

I've been catching up on my blog reading and came across the Landscapist talking of hyper-reality - the over sharpened world of digital photography.

That gave me an idea for a something of an exercise in the opposite direction. At the weekend I went out to take photos that aren't sharp, in fact decidedly out of focus. I set up the camera to approximate the angle of view and focus point that I have with my glasses off. Something of an experiment in presenting the unassisted view. Just what could I see without the remarkable technology that are spectacles? As a side benefit, it helps me understand exactly how much detail I really do normally see and perhaps take for granted.

I'll be posting a few of the results over the next few days both here and on my photo of the day.