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Title: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 19, 2024, 23:50:59
I am in a new phase:
Less production, more revision
Kinda self exploration: Who am I as a photographer? What did I do where do I want to go?

[This picture is from 14 April 2010, edited today to current taste]
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 20, 2024, 00:21:32
Seelenberg ("mountain of souls") is a place in Hessen, Germany



[picture taken on 15 December 2009 on the way back from a commercial shooting. Edited today to current taste]
[added detail in bw]
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Akira on May 20, 2024, 10:09:55
Your introspective mind seems to be working nicely, Frank.  I like the color rendition of the second image that looks to me like a print from a color negative film.
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 20, 2024, 12:24:58
Your introspective mind seems to be working nicely, Frank.  I like the color rendition of the second image that looks to me like a print from a color negative film.


Thank you, Akira




Currently I am culling experimental studio shots from the year 2010, the year I got my Sinar monorail cameras I use for table top work with Nikon DSLR as Digibacks
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 20, 2024, 12:59:11
Why experimentation? Because I want to deliver the best for my customers and I do have to learn and practice.





In one case study I took a huge series of old and rare apple varieties like this "Geheimrat Oldenburg".
Yet the experiment was about how to make the apples appear as 3D-popout as possible tuning the positions of the front and read standart on the monorail as well as light diffusion and direction [Apples: 15. October 2010 with Apo Macro ED Large Format Nikkor 5.6/120mm ,,, Artichokes 27 September 2010, same setup,,, Brokkolli landscape 24. September 2010]:
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Bruno Schroder on May 20, 2024, 13:53:42
It worked very well for the apples and tulips.
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: John Geerts on May 21, 2024, 13:55:53
Seelenberg ("mountain of souls") is a place in Hessen, Germany



[picture taken on 15 December 2009 on the way back from a commercial shooting. Edited today to current taste]
[added detail in bw]
I like these Frank especially the B&W and crop which gives a sinister atmosphere.
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 21, 2024, 15:54:55
I like these Frank especially the B&W and crop which gives a sinister atmosphere.




Sorry to say that but in that area a lot of creepy mood spills from the roadsides
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: ColinM on May 21, 2024, 16:03:46
I like the ethos of this thread, plus a renewed vitality I'm detecting from you Frank
(the result of your "daily sports & veggies"?!)

.....2010, the year I got my Sinar monorail cameras I use for table top work with Nikon DSLR as Digibacks

Was this tulip image was from the Simar/Nikon combination ?
It looks luscious :)
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2024, 19:42:41
I just found a series that I immediately sorted under athe "ART"-Denominiation in my "NEW ORDER"

It is that I visited my younger brother on May 17th 2008 and at that time called the series "definition", even started to write a text about "how to define a place and time through a photo series". A tad over the top I guess.
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2024, 20:17:17
And when a psychodelic streak seems to have hit me on 9 June 2008:
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2024, 20:18:15
I like the ethos of this thread, plus a renewed vitality I'm detecting from you Frank
(the result of your "daily sports & veggies"?!)

Was this tulip image was from the Simar/Nikon combination ?
It looks luscious :)
It was quite a long shift on the back standart
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2024, 20:21:43
On 6 January 2007 I really seem to have been lost in the Matrix (or what can happen if you intentionally throw wrong parameters to a panorama set and let the software get really far out of her comfort zone):


Second picture: ALT-EDIT of same set
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2024, 20:38:10
On 1st My 2008 my Alma Mater seems to have been eaten up by biology
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2024, 20:55:13
the picture was

all soft and lovely
yet I needed to add
some aggressive edit to it
to make it appeal
to my bleeding heart
So eat or vomit

Taken 6 July 2008, edited to taste on 26 May 2024
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 26, 2024, 21:02:47
There is one thing that always made me shoooot: the vague. here are some examples

EXPLAINER. I am perfectly fit to take any high definition shot. Yet I find that often intentionally underdefined shots appeal to me stronger on the emotional level.
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Fons Baerken on May 26, 2024, 22:08:18
Interesting series Frank, well done!
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 27, 2024, 22:46:47
Interesting series Frank, well done!




Thank you Fons. There is still a lot to discover
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 28, 2024, 20:58:02
The more I dig, the more interesting it gets.It seems to me that some wonderful, sensitive, crazy, creative work is lost to my production mania. Meaning: As soon as I made something happen as I previsualized it, I seem to have marked it as "done", lost interest and further irgnored it. I did quite often not look at, review, edit or publish the results...Look at this one shot of an inspiring series taken on 10 July 2008:
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: pluton on May 29, 2024, 07:20:35
Fascinating work Frank.
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Bruno Schroder on May 29, 2024, 13:23:46
+1.  You’re a very different photographer in this thread, Frank.
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 30, 2024, 08:20:28
Fascinating work Frank.
Appreciated.

Rain hit the flea market on 19 April 2008
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 30, 2024, 08:24:36
+1.  You’re a very different photographer in this thread, Frank.
Thank you Bruno & a shape echo from the fleamarket rain series ...
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 30, 2024, 08:33:14
A lot of the work is "Family" in the broadest sense, meaning: Kids & friends & holidays


On Easter 2008 we & friends booked a house on the Dutch coast to experience snow on the beach



Why do I call it work? Because I try to keep the shots as valid in a general sense as possible
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 30, 2024, 08:59:54
And sometime it just hit me. I helped an elderly person to write his books on a computer instead of a typewriter. When he invited me into his "collector" home full of ... hmmm ... stuff ... some really valuable items, some just scurrilous
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on May 30, 2024, 11:43:05
Interesting series Frank, well done!

Portraits are one of my favourite sujets
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2025, 16:41:00
Abtei Marienstatt 2018
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2025, 16:41:36
Abtei Marienstatt 2018
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2025, 16:42:23
Abtei Marienstatt 2018
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2025, 16:42:55
Abtei Marienstatt 2018
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2025, 16:43:37
Abtei Marienstatt 2018
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 31, 2025, 16:44:09
Abtei Marienstatt 2018
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: KarlMera on February 06, 2025, 19:44:08
Is the abbey a destination for your photography?
Title: Re: [Culling / Revision] Who am I (2004 till 2014)
Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 06, 2025, 22:16:42

Is the abbey a destination for your photography?
No,  it was an escape from mental overload at that time. Once. I could well use some time there again today.