The Adventures of Michael Vincent

Posts tagged with colour

My Photographic Identity
2024-03-26 22:31:57 UTC
Last Sunday, I was invited to a friends house for dinner. She lives in Greenwich. I took advantage of this day out to photograph the train station at Canary Wharf and Greenwich - it was a visual delight. I took two cameras with me: My X-T2 paired with the XF16mm…

The Best of The Best
2023-08-09 18:28:25 UTC
The best Camera is the one you have with you. A statement that comes up regularly on my research. I agree up to a point; we must learn what our Camera can do and learn to maximise its potential. I position myself on the side of a Camera that supports…

C,S & M
2023-05-05 21:02:02 UTC
Colour Science has my attention right now because I am back to using my X-Pro 1 & Nikon D700 again. I found a small 1T Hard Drive I have been using with my Laptop and it works fine. Also, I am running an older version of Lightroom which opens the…

Colour Science & Magic
2023-05-02 20:53:49 UTC
It’s all about Colour for me. I do have Black & White Moments; it depends on the Project, like my Coffee Shop Moments Series. Converting these Colour Images to Black & White is about focusing on the stillness of individuals in Coffee Shops. My passion for Colour wins every time.…

Night Shift
2023-03-12 22:25:50 UTC
The world looks and feels different at night. Everything changes. The Mood. The Ambience. The colour of Light transforms completely. Life takes on a different quality of expression. Warmth. Humanity. Safety & Connection. Even the dawns early Light has power and meaning - well just before sun rise. Creating images…

A Fresh Vision of Light
2023-01-28 22:26:07 UTC
Light is the source of everything. Without it, where would we be? How would we function? This month, January, the Light is flat, boring, dull and a cold expression of Life. It is still Light; I personally don’t like it, nevertheless, images can still be created and strong images too. …

FV | Moody January
2023-01-08 23:49:28 UTC
January is moody month for me; the death of my mother has only added to my melancholy. Living in London means this time of year will be cold, overcast, flat Light, snow and rain. All of this has an impact on how my Camera renders the colour in my images. …

Its All White
2022-10-27 07:54:29 UTC
This is how it began. I didn’t set out with this theme in mind; the lady above in white caught my attention. And then… My visual radar switched on and it became treat of seeing the colour white expressed in full fashion glory. Once I connected with it, I decided…

Expressive Colour
2022-07-12 19:05:35 UTC
The expression of Colour is a glorification of The Light. Light is the reason Colour has life to us. Today was glorious because Colour really spoke to me. Colour is difficult to ignore. Having eyes doesn’t mean you really see it. Colour must be felt. The full spectrum of Colour…

The Study of Colour | Expression
2022-06-08 20:30:25 UTC
It’s everywhere, you can take it for granted, assuming you are not blind. The one thing you cannot do is ignore it. You would feel its absence if we lived in a world full of different shades of great. The impact of Colour in our world and our ability to…

The Magic of Colour
2022-05-28 22:33:01 UTC
I am dedicating the next few weeks to the study of Colour. After my academic interest in shades of grey, I was left feeling dark and sombre. I know why. My Mother. I am very happy that I documented my mother’s life with my Camera. As I look back on…

MW | Colour Conversion
2022-05-23 16:39:57 UTC
Welcome to a Week of Monochrome Studies. My documentation will be led by my eye and feelings about how Black & White/ Shades of Grey / Monochrome / Greyscale speaks to me. I felt it important to create a few images in Colour to study the Light and how it…

Pure Magic | Colour, Light, Gesture
2022-04-18 13:51:57 UTC
The Last few days have been very nice. The light presented a warm texture to my neighbourhood. These are the days I enjoy being out with my Camera. I am striving to achieve a deeper expression of colour and texture in my images. I am also ensuring that my colours…

Colour, Light & Expression
2022-03-21 21:04:50 UTC
My last few days of shooting have been a wonderful meditation. The Light has been very pleasing. This prompted me to revisit the thinking of Jay Maisel. Jay Maisel is a legend. His Photography is a celebration of life and all that it entails. He is one of my inspirations…

SFS: If in Doubt, Shoot.
2021-12-24 15:01:18 UTC
Some moments can make for an interesting image but have zero emotional content. I was more attracted to the Primary Colour, the pattern of repeated chairs and the message in the middle. Yellow Chairs. An invitation for Coffee and yummies. It all adds up to any opportunity to sit, relax…

SFS: The Light of Hogwarts
2021-12-21 15:08:00 UTC
Single Frame Stories. This celebration of Light caught my eye. It instantly reminded me of Hogwarts Castle. I was in Winchester last weekend meeting up with friends of mine. Before being traveling home I walked around the town centre and came across this spectacle of Light. The Colour of Light…

X-Pro 1| A Marvel of Technology
2021-11-08 15:17:24 UTC
The image above was created last night during the Blue Hour. My exposure was crap because I didn’t appreciate a simple truth about my X-Pro 1. For exposures longer than 2 Seconds, with this camera, I needed to be in Bulb Mode. My other cameras automatically adjust my exposure time…

The Light At Night
2021-10-28 21:03:50 UTC
I have taken on a project of creating images at night. Low Light High ISO - 1600 upwards. Shooting at 1.4 with my XF23mm. Once the clocks go back one hour, it means it will be dark by 16:00pm. That’s early afternoon here and the days not over….yet. This means…

Playing With The Light
2021-09-13 20:11:13 UTC
Photography is truly a magical process. Painting with Light is the accepted definition of the craft. I have been actively engaged in studying all that this entails since 2013. It is only now making sense. It’s all about seeing, reading and feeling the Light. You read that right; FEELING. As…

Joy of Seeing | Light, Colour & Gesture
2021-04-02 22:20:16 UTC
This contemplation is about being receptive and keeping my heart open to something truly profound. Three things keep me focused: Colour The Light The Energy in the Expression - The Gesture. The Gesture is the glue that binds the moment into a compelling narrative. This Energy can be a Skateboarder…

2020 Vision | Life, In Colour
2020-10-01 06:55:13 UTC
The fact I can see all the colours of the rainbow 🌈 means that my images will reflect the colour I see. I am attracted to colour. It’s the first thing catches my senses. Shape, Line, Form and Texture all follow immediately after. The two remaining qualities are the Light…

2020 Vision | Layers
2020-09-24 12:45:54 UTC
My primary attraction is Colour. It’s what I respond to immediately it catches my eye. This moment is a classic on the colour spectrum. RGB. I saw it, it felt right in the moment, only now as I type this do I understand why I had to create this image.…

2020 Vision | A Question Of Colour
2020-06-20 20:01:55 UTC
I am a Black Man. I am mixed Race. The Coffee Latte Colour of my skin shouldn’t matter……but it does. Being Brown Skin in this world is the curse of my life. I am speaking straight, if you don’t like it, stop reading and never follow me again. You see,…

2020 Vision | Understanding Gesture
2020-05-19 12:00:23 UTC
The Photographer Jay Maisel is one of my great inspirations. I once heard him say that every image has a “GESTURE”. This confused me because understood what the word meant; Gesture. I just didn’t understand what he meant in the context of Photography. It took many years before it made…

2020 Vision | Colourless Expression
2020-05-09 11:53:28 UTC
There was a time when we did not question the absence of Colour. Many of the great timeless expressions of life were captured in Black and White. Master Image Creators like Henri Cartier Bresson, Brassai and Ansel Adams showed us our world stripped of Colour and yet full of evocative…

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