A couple of days ago, my friend Ethan Oelman, also a Switzerland-based photographer, has posted his new series simply entitled “Emotions”. As with any great project, this one really has got me thinking – about our ability to read and project emotions and also on my own approach to emotion in visual artwork, especially, emotion…
A little more than a year ago, I replaced my Hasselblad H4D-31 with the then brand new Pentax 645z. The reviews of this camera were (and are still) raving. “The perfect camera for wedding photographers” Gavin Cato calls it, “the best stills camera I’ve ever used” Jaron Schneider. It has won numerous awards and continues to do…
Die Komplexität realistischer Schlagschatten In diesem kurzen Tutorial möchte ich einen Weg beschreiben, realistische Schatten in Photoshop künstlich zu erzeugen. Schatten, insbesondere Schlagschatten, sind eines der grössten technischen Hürden in der Fotomanipulation/Foto Compositing. Schauen wir uns als erstes mal an, warum das eigentlich so ist. Zonen, die im Schatten liegen sind nicht nur dunkler, sondern…
Floating A collaborative conceptual project by John Flury and Ethan Oelman I’ve been friends with Ethan for a while now. He is a full-time professional photographer working in Zurich and we’ve had several exchanges in the past and complement each other really well. The concept for this project came to him while relaxing in Zurich’s…
Last saturday, we held our first ever BUNO FONDUE night at my place. And because a BUNO night without at least a couple of photo projects is like a (traditional Swiss) fondue without cheese, we spent most of our time fooling around in my next door studio. Here is the result from my project .”FischGUGEGL” (translation:…
concept/photography: John Flury model: Christoph Dill shot at the Obsoquasi studio, Zurich, Switzerland Oct. 23 2014 Concept: The man in “It’s Always Raining” is certainly a dreadful figure, a victim of his unwillingness to let go of his own misery. Who is he? What’s the source of his dread? Has he loved and lost someone?…
A big thank you to Davide di Prossimo for the opportunity to be featured on Writeca, one of the most constructive art news online source. If you don’t know it yet, be sure to add it to your links or follow Writeca on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/writeca). Link to my feature article: http://www.writeca.com/2014/10/21/photography-john-flury/
Yes, this short post will show you how you can open and tweek your Pentax 645z DNG files in Capture One (involving some tampering with the EXIF data). But don’t get your hopes up too much. At least with me, Capture One often crashed with with the DNGs from the 645z. And the color looks…
Introduction to Correcting Focus and Recompose Chances are, you know what the “focus and recompose” technique is. But are you aware of its dangers as well? In a perfect world, the camera sensor, like our eye, would be curved, leading to a curved focal plane. Here, the focus and recompose technique WOULD work perfectly. However,…
July/August 2014, Zurich Switzerland “When I stand right here and look upon the murky waters, imagining that I see the distant lights of his returning boat, I can still feel the warmth of his parting embrace… so many moons ago.” (Partially inspired by the song “My bonnie is over the ocean”) Model: Sabrina Epifani…