Street Photos

I try to make images during my way to work, as in Yellow post, or after work…that is to say after 2:00 p.m.

I don’t know why but it takes a lot of will to go photographing after 2:00 p.m unless I have to go somewhere: to photograph someone for PentruEa magazine , meet someone or other stuff.

These were taken during my way to work.

1. Scene from trolleybus. PANCOM intersection.

Yellow

Yellow trees during autumn were my main subject few years ago when I just started with photography. But they were alone…forests, parks, gardens… Every photographer knows that with time comes the need for human figure or for what human builds. I hadn’t take any images the day before I took these images. In the morning on my way to work I felt an enormous desire to photograph…

Just a small essay on yellow.

1. A worker behind the trees.

July 21

I’m being lazy or busy. Busy because I study Swedish and lazy because it’s been too hot these days…I guess. Anyway, here are some photos from today. I don’t have a lot of time for stories or long term projects, so I’m mainly shooting street. I love it. Don’t know why. It’s great to put pieces of a moment together, I believe.

Check out my friends blog. He is a French photographer doing his stories in Moldova.

http://moldaviemoldova.over-blog.com/

1. Academy of Economical Studies yard.

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2. Lady with red rose bag.

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3. Man cutting the grass in front of a supermarket.

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These images are not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.

Street Moment

Street Moment

I haven’t updated my blog for a long time. That’s bad.

I’ll do my best to show one image everyday. That will keep my working and will stimulate working with photography.

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One of my images had been published in a German Economic Magazine

The end of PerfectRaw project ?

Hello everyone.

Haven’t posted anything related to PerfectRaw for a long time. Well, apparently the team working on it is leaving it behind, moving forward by launching new websites, Manuel Llorens site, and working on other projects.

I’m moved by this decision guys made, but on the other hand I can understand their situation. Without financial support and having families is pretty hard to work on a project just “for fun”. But, we are all very thankful to them…well, at least I am. I’m still using PR 0.65 and I love it.

And there’s also a hope. Manuel made the PerfectRaw 0.65 code public, so that anyone interested in the continuation of the project can participate.

I’ll keep following the PR project and if there are some major changes in it’s way to nr. 1 RAW developer… I’ll post it here. Until then I think I’ll fill this blog with my photography and share it with you.

Actually I don’t know why haven’t done this so far..

You can start by checking out my photojournalist skills by visiting my profile at Demotix.

Have a great light…

The Band “Yoj” / “ЕЖ”

The band “Yoj” at Club Z Chisinau

These photos had been waiting on my hard drive for several months though a lot of my friends had been asking for me to process and post them online. Today I finished work earlier and decided to please everyone…

I’ve known this band and their music for years but until not long ago I met them in person. All of them are cool guys with music background. The bassist played in one of the most famous alternative band from Moldova, Alternosfera.

“Yoj” or Russian “ЕЖ” means hedgehog, so for people speaking English it may sound like “The Hedgehog” which I guess is not a very bad name for a band…

Found 2 videos on youtube. Check out their music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84oQILTYDiU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOVGPt_4fu8

In general, Chisinau has a lot of rock bands, from alternative to hard metal. They also have enough clubs to play their music at. Club Z is one of them. At this club on 14th of November 2009 the band Yoj had one of their concerts. Enjoy.

All the images were shot with Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II LD Aspherical IF. It’s an amazing lens for this kind of situation. The wide aperture gives the opportunity to get sharp images and zoom range might be enough for capturing great moments.

 

Sale Exhibition

Tomorrow, on the 14th of October a sale exhibition will take place in the center of Chisinau, capital of Moldova. The occasion is the Day of Chisinau.

The exhibition will be held in front of Opera and Ballet Theatre and all the money from sale will go to an orphanage. Works of many photographers will be displayed, including 3 of my works.

The works to be displayed and available for purchasing with a signature on them:

Faith

PerfectRAW update

As time moves faster (at least for me) and the necessities grow bigger and waiting for PerfectRAW version 1.0 becomes unbearable (at least for me), there some updates available.

I check the Ojodigital forum everyday, even twice a day, and always find useful information.

Today I found some information about the interface of PerfectRAW:

perfectRAW 0.70 Alpha – First perfectRAW Interface

It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been busy with finding a job (still looking) and had a small trip to Serbia.

What I do every day is checking how perfectRAW is developing. There are no major improvements so far, at least for me as a advanced user of PerfectRAW. For people who are getting used to it I would tell that the team is working on a great new interpolation algorithm named Amazed and Egon, who’s working on the interface has done some great job bringing PerfectRAW on a new level.

perfectRAW 0.70 Alpha is ready to be downloaded in tested.

Chisinau Central Market

Chisinau Central Market is the most vivid place in Chisinau. Each day there thousands of people attending it.

In the beginnig of the XX century, the famous “eating place” was formerly situated from the side of Armyanskaya Street, from where the market starts today. You can always find fresh vegetables and all kind of fruits during summer here. Peasants are coming with their own products from villages with hope of selling it at the central market.

Eating Place: http://kishinev.info/center_photos_en/111114

All the photos were done with the camera from the hip. It is a new technique for me, but I started to love it. It gives a moment of reality and honesty. People become interesting and real, the way the are.

So, here are some tips I found useful during this session:

1. Front focus. A lot of photographers are using back focus (using AE-lock button for focusing). I would do that for hip shooting, it’s not confortable.

2. Using a wide lens. I was using Tamron 17-55mm, 2.8. It worked.

3.Use of perspective. One should his/her camera very well. To know the field of view, how much and what the camera is able to cover. This is important because all the situations appear suddenly and chose the point of view is essential.

4. Be lucky…or prepared.

Images are also available as slideshow HERE

Images are available for sale from RedBubble. I’m in the process of adding them. If someone’s interested in buying the digital file, please contact me.

Enjoy:

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Photo Exhibition

The first thing I’d like to “say” after long time of pause in posting is: I’m sorry…I hadn’t updated my blog regularly. I’ve been a bit busy with personal problems, but also had a trip of 2 weeks in Turkey. The photos will come pretty soon.

This post is about the Mondi Paralleli Exhibition that will take place in Italy. It’s a presentation of different photographs of different photographers and artists from Moldova, including me…

Here’s the information about the exhibition:

MallDova Experience

Chisinau has several big malls: Megapolis, Jumbo, SunCity…

And there is another one, MallDova. It situated near a bridge that connects the center of Chisinau with Botanica region. It is an amazing, modern architectural construction and it provides a wide range of services: from beauty salons to fast food, restaurants and leisure.

Grigore Vieru – “One of the major…”

Grigore Vieru – “One of the major writers in contemporary Romanian literature”

It’s too bad that all I could do in relation to this great man was reading few of his books while I was a kid and taking some photos at his funeral.

“His poetry is characterized by vivid natural scenery, patriotism, as well as a venerated image of the sacred mother”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigore_Vieru

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxgf46Gjck0

http://www.azi.md/en/story/983

When the news about his death was announced, the country fell into a deep sorrow and compasion. Everyone know him, big and small, young and old. Hid poems were full of love, all kind of love, and for everyone…love for mother, country, home, traditions, roots, place you were born…

Current Status of the Project

Here is the post with the highest rating of reading and other posts related to PerfectRAW:

PerfectRAW – My Favourite RAW Converter:

http://johnroshka.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/perfectraw-my-favourite-raw-converter/

PerfectRAW and some noise reduction examples:

http://johnroshka.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/perfectraw-06-and-some-noise-reduction-examples/

PerfectRAW – Solution to high ISO:

http://johnroshka.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/perfectraw-solution-to-high-iso/

PerfectRAW 0.65 is here:

http://johnroshka.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/perfectraw-065-is-here/

PerfectRAW 0.65 Workflow:

http://johnroshka.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/perfectraw-065-workflow/

Here’s a small update to the upgoing PerfectRAW project.

I copied it from PerfectRAW Forum

PerfectRAW 0.65 Workflow

Very soon a new version of PerfectRAW will be available with a more easy to use interface. But, until then I’m about to show you my workflow with PefectRAW 0.65.

I chose an image with contrast problems and a lot of branches. In the field I chose a high aperture number (small aperture ring) to eliminate chromatic aberrations.

This is the original RAW file.

Feel free to download it and try it yourself with your RAW converter and compare the results. I tried it with RawTherapee and ACR and it didn’t work for me. I’m not going to post the examples because I’m not a professional at these softwares, but if someone gets a better results using ACR or other software please feel free to send me some links with your comparison.

PerfectRAW 0.65 is here

Hello everyone!

I noticed that most of the visits to my blog are related to PerfectRAW, that’s why I decided to write more about this great open source software.

First of all, I want to announce that an update version of PerfectRAW is available.

PerfectRAW – Solution to High ISO

 

I’ve been following the PerfectRAW almost since the beginning and I must say they are very serious about it. A lot of time they spend working on noise reducton features that the software would provide. Combining interpolation algorythms with different techniques of denoising is what will make PerfectRAW a really good solution to problems that high ISO images encounter – noise. The AFD method of interpolaton already provides a really good possibility of solving the noise problem without affecting the texture. But combined further with other applications it may result in a noise free image and good preservness of texture.

Here’s how:

Orheiul Vechi – River Raut

This is a view from the Monastery altitude from Orheiul Vechi complex. It was taken with Canon EOS D60, Canon EF 50 mm, 1.4. I liked the curvy river, the cows far away and some people fishing. Yeah, it’s pretty hard to find them… Enjoy.

What’s Immensity?

I found the answer to this question by looking at this image for couple of minutes. I liked the immensity of what people believe and the immensity of the power with which they are holding their believes. I took this several years ago on Kodak ProFoto 100 with a Pentax SFXn camera.

I just like it.

Enjoy.

The Priest

This was taken at the same Archeological Complex, Orheiul Vechi. It is in the carved monastery inside the wall rock.