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Introductions => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: ourmaninkorea on September 03, 2015, 03:31:24
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My name is Willem. Still not sure if I am an architect, an illustrator, a cinematographer or a photographer. Let's call it Architectonic Camera Based Art.
The photo-works I build up from countless individual shots. This means "time" enters the picture; hours, days, months or years.
I am Dutch but live in Seoul. For the commercial projects in The Netherlands/Europe I work together with a team of colleagues that assist me with the photography.
From their hundreds of shots, in Korea, I paint the big pictures.
Hope to meet inspiration and friendship on NikonGear!
My fine-art portfolio: http://www.willemvandenhoed.com
My blog: http://www.willemvandenhoed.nl
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Welcome Willem
What are you showing us on the window? multiple stages of a construction ?
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Hi Armando,
Yes, some 20 stages over a period of 2,5 years. Each time-layer consists of some 30 stitched images giving the result an enormous sharpness: https://metabotnik.com/projects/140/
From every time-layer I selected part of the image to have more opacity. I focussed on the construction workers and their tools. This work is an ode to these workmen. The print will be 175x220cm.
Thanks!
Willem
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Hi Willem. Wonderful to have you aboard.
Look at Michael Earlwine's work esp. He says he is "painting focus" in his enourmous macro stacks.
His macros have something so special immediately recognizable.
Do you currently have a exhibition somewhere?
well come
Frank
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Hi Willem. Welcome here.
I saw the documentary about your work. Impressive.
Do you only do photography on project-base?
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Thanks Frank for introducing me! Where can I see Michaeil Erlewine's photography?
Thanks for watching the documentary, John! Mostly I work as an artist without a client. Commissioned work is good though it pays and it encourages new techniques. Kind of R&D for me.
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http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?action=profile;u=58
this is michaels profile.
He has posted a lot if great work here and on his websites. Really fascinating meditations on the small world
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Welcome, happy to see people with such great talent join this site!
Your long-term architecture projects look very interesting. They have a surreal feel. I'm sure the wall-sized prints are even more impressive.
Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to see and learn more about it!
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Welcome aboard, Willem!
Your stills, videos and drawings do show the coherency of your style. Your posted multiple stitch (both spacially and temporally) is amazing piece of perseverant work. Looking forward to see more of your posts!
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Another link to Michael Earlwine for you: http://spiritgrooves.net/Photography.aspx
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Thank you Akira, you did some research ;-)
Frank, no exhibitions at the moment. First possible presentation could be at Art Tokyo in May (fingers crossed).
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Frank, no exhibitions at the moment. First possible presentation could be at Art Tokyo in May (fingers crossed).
All the best of luck, Willem!
Will you consider to join us in Scotland? I tend to do it as a pano-macro-trip, scanning all places that are not wide open...
http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=878.0
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Thank you Akira, you did some research ;-)
Frank, no exhibitions at the moment. First possible presentation could be at Art Tokyo in May (fingers crossed).
I'd like to visit the exhibition!
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Scotland is 10000 kilometers from here, Frank... That will not work, I am afraid.
Tokyo is much closer!
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May 2016 isa while. Many things can happen. Money can come
flooding in and more reasons to visit good old Europe.
10.000 Klilometer is a lot. True. All the best.
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Hi Armando,
Yes, some 20 stages over a period of 2,5 years. Each time-layer consists of some 30 stitched images giving the result an enormous sharpness: https://metabotnik.com/projects/140/
From every time-layer I selected part of the image to have more opacity. I focussed on the construction workers and their tools. This work is an ode to these workmen. The print will be 175x220cm.
Thanks!
Willem
Hello Willem and welcome
The Stitching part made me look deeper and if my understanding is correct, you are in fact merging/focus stacking/stitching...... images with varying opacity probably via mask or some application?
The other interesting development is the Zoomable images.....Metabotnik....I assume this is dependant on the original image resolution and acute stopping down?
I remember having come across such app some time ago. I will look for it. It is not unique to you, is it?
What I also found very interesting is that you are using a dormant lens namely the Micro-Nikkor 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6D ED.
What is a bit puzzling with the published pic are the exposure parameters are: 1/40 sec, f/5, ISO 200.
I assume with such heavy camera/lens, you were using a tripod but I am still perplexed as to why f5. Granted that as it is a photomerge, the Exif will show the base image Exif....but still f5??
With all these stills available to you, surely making a Time Lapse video requires a simple mouse click....so to speak! Or probably you do that already?
And who is Pieter Kers who got his name as owner of the image?
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Hi Almass!
Thanks for your careful observations!
It is like some twenty layers with precise cutouts of the workers and tools that get additional opacity. I do this in Photoshop.
Metabotnik was developed by friends and I use their system. It is free to use! I have uploaded the original file in jpg-format.
Yes, I love the old 70-180mm. I also shoot interiors and this is a great sense to catch the details close-up.
But now with the large sensors I am also using the lighter 60mm Micro-Nikkor.
I guess the photoshop file starts with a single image, one of the thousands that I might use to construct to complete image. The exif data is based on this first image.
And this image might have been taken by my colleague Pieter who did part of the photography for me.
INDEED: For this project I also made a timelapse: https://vimeo.com/77037441
Thanks a lot for your questions. I am not so good at answering, that is clear...
Willem
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Welcome Willem. Very impressive work. I hope you'll like it here and share more.
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Welcome to the forum. I am looking forward seeing your images.
Gary