Vågspollen & Uttakleiv, Lofoten
I’m just getting a chance to sit down and go over all the new images I’ve shot since December. For those of you who haven’t been following me, I spent a while in Lofoten, Norway this December shooting, followed by a trip to Iceland. I’ve got around 70 rolls of film to go through.
Here are som of the first I’ve looked at, and thought it would be nice to share a scene with you :-)
I think these are only preliminary edits. I don’t think I’ve found my ‘flow’ yet. I sometimes find when it comes to getting back to editing work, it takes me a while to reach a space in my head where I’m at ease with what I’m doing, and I feel I’m building something that fits my mood of how I felt at the time I was on location. Sometimes the edits drive me, and other times I drive the editing. I’m sure it will all settle down in a day or so.
I’ve spent quite a while in the cold this past few months, and there are still a few more trips to come that will require me hanging around in the white, minus stuff for a while too. Vågspollen is a beautiful place and I had to climb down from the road to the waters edge to get this shot.
I’ve seen quite a few images mangled by using the Hasselblad – the film backs do not perform in the cold and tend to slip. I’ve learned the hard way that I need to check the film has wound on fully (it will still take the image, as it’s like a clutch that is slipping), and simply give the winder a little help by moving on the film a little bit manually until it reaches the next counter position.
One has to ask – why does each piece of equipment have a ‘gotcha’ feature or in the case of the Hasselblad system ‘gotcha feature set’ built in? Only by using the stuff for long enough can you get familiar and overcome the quirks of a system.
I’ll be back to show you some more images over the next few weeks I’m sure, as I continue to work my way through the backlog :-)
Can’t wait to see what else you come out with Bruce, I’m really liking the softness of the last one. Must have taken you a while trotting around in the cold to find a group of attractive rocks with good separation!
I understand what you mean about tackling such a mountain of editing. I used to leave my photos for weeks or even months before I’d touch them after a long photo trip, but I had started to lose interest in anything I had shot! Recently I’ve decided to try and edit whatever I shoot in the same week or the following week and I’m rather enjoying it more. Keep them coming Bruce.
Comment by ColinCroke — 23 January, 2012 @ 10:51 am
Hi Colin,
Thanks for the nice comments.
One of the things I’ve discussed a lot in the past, is the rush to edit so soon. I prefer to spend weeks away from images, because that way, I can be more objective about them. I can see things in them, that I wouldn’t be able to, if I still had a fixed idea of what the images should *be* rather than what they *are*.
So my reticent is nothing to do with being too removed from the images, but I think more to do with getting into the mood to work on images. I’m on my 3rd day now, and feel I’m really getting into the flow.
:-)
Comment by Bruce Percy — 23 January, 2012 @ 12:21 pm
The more i both read your blog Bruce, and i keep on working on my photos, the more i realize that photo editing is like a good wine. It needs time, and if you botch on first try, you’ll never get back the taste. So, i guess i will patiently wait for their “second development” :)
Comment by RaIn — 23 January, 2012 @ 4:32 pm