tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229419913867221432024-03-13T09:11:40.061-06:00LIGHT+SPACE+STRUCTUREKirk Gittings (<a href="http://www.gittingsphoto.com/content.html?page=3">Website</a>) and friends commenting on the contemporary practice of architectural photographyKirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-90003407189094281072014-05-17T14:13:00.002-06:002014-05-17T14:13:44.362-06:00"Passing Angel"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Revisiting an old classic that is bound for a gallery in Toronto.<br />
"Passing Angel" 1988 from the Santa Cruz de la Canada church outside Espanola.</div>
Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-13638272910993336192014-01-23T19:39:00.000-07:002014-01-23T19:45:04.016-07:00Spring Santa Fe University Class Info<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is a video on the controls for the Canon Rebel 3i:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EPr9B97XeJA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EPr9B97XeJA</a><br />
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And the manual for the Rebel T3i:<br />
<a href="http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0/0300004720/02/eosrt3i-eos600d-im2-c-en.pdf">http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0/0300004720/02/eosrt3i-eos600d-im2-c-en.pdf</a><br />
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Here is the link for the Exposure video I showed in class on the 23rd:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc</a><br />
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And another good video on basic exposure principles:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzn6yKTVcfs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzn6yKTVcfs</a><br />
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and yet another on Aperture Setting and how they affect Depth of Field (depth of focus):<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=34jkJoN8qOI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=34jkJoN8qOI</a><br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-33602168861076303522013-10-01T13:20:00.001-06:002013-10-01T13:22:15.325-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="userContent">My contribution to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/axlecontemporary?directed_target_id=0">Axle Contemporary</a>, "Autophotography" show that opens this Friday in Santa Fe. My self portrait is very personal (as I suppose all self portraiture is) entitled "Castenada's Curse". For some insight into this piece see time 9:30 in the Insight NM Kirk Gittings's </span>interview:<a href="http://newmexicomercury.com/blog/comments/insight_new_mexico_kirk_gittings">http://newmexicomercury.com/blog/comments/insight_new_mexico_kirk_gittings</a> <br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-62828466237189610882013-09-23T11:56:00.002-06:002013-09-23T11:57:54.503-06:00A revealing new interview of me.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
See: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PckYhh7hjs">Insight New Mexico with VB Price</a><br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-19233529547174592602013-09-12T20:27:00.002-06:002013-09-12T20:27:54.665-06:00Important LR Resource for the Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
These are important resources from Julieanne Kost for those who are trying to learn Lightroom. Skip down to the ones for Lightroom 3 and 4. The ones for Lightroom 5 will only deal with new tools NOT available on the schools LR4.<br />
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<a href="http://jkost.com/lightroom.html">http://jkost.com/lightroom.html</a><br /></div>
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Lumix Z235 Manual:<br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-48274597094810956222013-07-07T18:10:00.003-06:002013-07-11T13:34:00.749-06:00SFUAD Landscape Photography Class Notes and References<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My Email:<br />
<a href="http://www.gittingsphoto.com/mailer.html">http://www.gittingsphoto.com/mailer.html</a><br />
My Website:<br />
<a href="http://www.gittingsphoto.com/">http://www.gittingsphoto.com/</a><br />
My Blog:<br />
<a href="http://kirkgittingsphotography.blogspot.com/">http://kirkgittingsphotography.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Class Description:<br />
<a href="http://artfestsf.com/artfest/workshops/">http://artfestsf.com/artfest/workshops/</a><br />
Nikon FM 10:<br />
<a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Film-Cameras/1689/FM10.html">http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Film-Cameras/1689/FM10.html</a><br />
FM10 Manual:<br />
<a href="http://cdn-4.nikon-cdn.com/en_INC/IMG/Assets/Film-Camera/2010/1689-FM-10/PDF/FM10_manual.pdf">http://cdn-4.nikon-cdn.com/en_INC/IMG/Assets/Film-Camera/2010/1689-FM-10/PDF/FM10_manual.pdf</a><br />
On Composition:<br />
<a href="http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/04/12/10-rules-of-photo-composition-and-why-they-work/">http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/04/12/10-rules-of-photo-composition-and-why-they-work/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules">http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules</a><br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-20517730709285228112013-04-25T17:06:00.001-06:002013-04-25T17:09:12.349-06:00BLM poster from my artist residency at Canyon of the Ancients<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><br />Poster by the BLM from my artist-in-residency at Canyon of the Ancients last year. Now if I could only find a live body somewhere in the system to get a copy :).<br /><br /><br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-20472383633911548092013-04-18T14:21:00.004-06:002013-04-18T14:21:59.218-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Got my copy of New Mexico Magazine in the mail today so it is official. I have two covers on the stands at the same time-been a few years since that happened last.<br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-80466405252790890212013-04-11T20:18:00.003-06:002013-04-11T20:19:55.632-06:00My Cover of NMM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My new cover of New Mexico Magazine-from an article on Chaco Outliers with a superb article by Charles Poling.<br />
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-39152215564186900892013-04-08T09:50:00.001-06:002013-04-08T09:50:39.620-06:00Su Casa Northern New Mexico Magazine Spring 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Check out my cover and spread in the new issue of Su Casa magazine. Article by the master, Charles Poling. Terrific layout and great selection of my images. </div>
Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-22584673170883241752013-03-08T13:24:00.001-07:002013-04-08T09:51:07.812-06:00A Photographic Workshop Facility for Photostock and More! by Bill Schwab » Instructor Prints - Kirk Gittings Silver Print! - New Reward! — Kickstarter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is my latest effort to support Bill's project. You will never see that print in silver gelatin anywhere near that price. So support Bill and consider adding that print to your collection!<br />
<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1146178845/a-photographic-workshop-facility-for-photostock-an/posts/.UTpBzAmRDL8.facebook#.UTpI2bUmVnk.blogger">A Photographic Workshop Facility for Photostock and More! by Bill Schwab » Instructor Prints - Kirk Gittings Silver Print! - New Reward! — Kickstarter</a></div>
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-71754047442576584402012-12-29T17:25:00.002-07:002012-12-29T17:26:07.236-07:00Correct Way to Fix Perspective in PS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.rodenstock-photo.com/mediabase/original/Entzerren_am_Computer_A4_e_Druck_7860.pdf">Rodenstock PC How to.</a></div>
Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-69798569166590875552012-11-14T08:33:00.003-07:002012-11-14T08:34:03.789-07:00Iwan Baan wins the first Julian Schulman Prize<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-5421509729383949592012-11-09T11:18:00.002-07:002012-11-09T11:19:19.958-07:00Wow!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wow! 6 prints sold so far this year at The Albuquerque Museums Miniatures Show! Great year so far. The sale continues through Dec. 2nd. <a href="http://ow.ly/faed2">http://ow.ly/faed2</a></div>
Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-27140662020884826912012-08-07T10:22:00.001-06:002012-08-07T10:47:46.959-06:00Rainbow and thunderhead over Sandia Pueblo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Couldn't resist yesterday evening-out with the dogs north of Rio Rancho and the heavens put on a show......<br />
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Sunsets-my equivalent of McCartney's "silly little love songs"......<br />
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FWIW, camera is Canon 5DMII with the 45 Tilt Shift......hand held flat stitch.<br />
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I know David (publisher of Fractions Magazine)-he knows his stuff: <a href="http://www.roundtablereview.net/workshopsantafe">http://www.roundtablereview.net/workshopsantafe</a></div>Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-81015273573345784232012-07-30T11:17:00.000-06:002012-07-30T11:17:32.208-06:00New Projects-Rust Medical Center<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Presbyterian Rust Medical Center on the westside of Albuquerque, Dekker Perich Sabatini Architects.</div>Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-9912265242487961112012-06-24T17:01:00.000-06:002012-06-24T17:11:32.826-06:00AP class with Richard Wasserman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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At the current venue for his <a href="http://richardwasserman.net/Portfolio.cfm?nK=9797">Chicago River Project</a> at the Sears Tower lobby in Chicago. Great presentation! Thanks Richard.</div>Kirk Gittingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16773143616266557555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422941991386722143.post-27592250052895473032012-06-24T16:50:00.000-06:002012-06-24T17:12:37.954-06:00My class at Hedrich-Blessing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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View down Michigan Ave. from my Suite. Sweet.</div>
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<b><i>NEW</i></b> Good Down-to-earth Theoretical Tutorials on Tilt Shift Lenses (you have to register-but worth it).<br />
<a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-shift-lenses2.htm">Tilt</a> <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-shift-lenses1.htm">Shift</a><br />
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<a href="http://kirkgittingsphotography.blogspot.com/2010/06/ap-photo-class-30d-manual-exposure.html">Canon30 /40 D Manual</a> Manual<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UOJFIs8hWM&feature=relmfu">Why Raw Images</a><br />
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<a href="http://kirkgittingsphotography.blogspot.com/2010/06/ap-photo-class-examples-from-first.html">2010 First Assignment</a><br />
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<a href="http://kirkgittingsphotography.blogspot.com/2010/07/student-show.html">2010 Student Show</a><br />
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I am a big believer in using Tilt Shift lenses to correct perspective with DSLRs, but newbie's may not have the resources for these expensive lenses. As I have said, ad-nauseum, to do professional level AP work with a DSLR you have to carefully structure your work flow to maximize file quality at every step. Doing perspective correction in Photoshop eats quite a few pixels and introduces a fair amount of computer interpolation in the stretched areas. These kinds of practices lead to image degradation, but for end products like websites, this quality may be acceptable.<br />
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Unless you compose for it, choosing an interesting foreground.<br />
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Whereas correcting perspective with a Tilt/Shift lens preserves the proportions and the edge framing.Canon 24 T/S on full frame 5DMII.<br />
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There are many ways to correct perspective. Even with T/S lenses you may not have enough rise and still need to point the camera up slightly. I prefer the one below because the correction is rarely symmetrical (instead of the more common method <a href="http://www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/PSPerspectiveCorrection/PhotoshopPerspectiveCorrection.html">see this Simple Method</a> which is worthless unless you had truly leveled the camera before pointing it up and had symmetrical perspective problems. With this next method you correct each side separately. <a href="http://www.lonestardigital.com/perspective_correction.htm">Prefered Method of PC</a>. Remember sometimes a very slight convergence looks more natural than a fully corrected perspective on very tall buildings.<br />
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But sometimes....sometimes the best thing to do is just make the composition work with a ton of convergence. Example-My recent image on the cover of Antoine Predock's new Rizzoli monograph (number 5) =The University of New Mexico School of Architecture.<br />
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Some preliminary images from my stint at Canyon of the Ancients National Monument (as the first ever BLM artist-in-residence) are being posted on their website: <a href="http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nm/canm/artist_in_residence.html">CANM</a><br />
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