Outstanding Photographers

Meet outstanding photographer Hartmut Bardtke! For Hartmut photography is an art and a photograph is a means of communicating that art!

Posted by Arnaud | Filed under HDR, Landscape, Photographers, Portrait, Travel, Urban

Meet our 153rd featured artist, Hartmut Bardtke from Kassel Deutschland and currently based in Costa Blanca, Spain! For Hartmut photography is an art and a photograph is a means of communicating that art. Be it composition, color or texture Hartmut uses various photography techniques to makes his images speak and I am sure you will all agree his post-processing skill is undeniable! Here below are but a small sampling of Hartmut’s dramatic sceneries many taken on his exotic travels worldwide!!

German:

Seit Anfang der 70er habe ich meine Liebe zur Fotografie entdeckt. Angefangen hat es mit einigen Fotoapparaten, mit denen ich nicht sonderlich zufrieden war, weil mir meine Traumkamera in diesen jungen Jahren einfach zu teuer war.

Aber nach ein paar Jahren erwarb ich endlich eine Nikon F 3 mit einigen Objektiven. Auf unseren Campingreisen durch Europa begleitete sie mich und meine Familie über viele Jahre, bis die Aera der Digitalfotografie die Anfänge nahm. Zuerst noch skeptisch, habe ich mich nach einiger Zeit von dieser Technologie überzeugen lassen, da die meisten auch klein und handlich waren. Keine schweren Objektive mehr usw. Meine Nikon Coolpix 885 hatte ich dennoch nicht allzu lange. Meinen Vorstellungen vom Fotografieren und Schnelligkeit hatte sie nicht entsprochen. Ich entschied mich zum Kauf meiner dritten Nikon, einer D 300, zumal ich noch über mehrere passende Nikon-Objektive verfügte.

Durch Zufall bin ich auf “Flickr” gestossen, und habe festgestellt, welch begnadeten Fotografen und Fotoamateure dort ihre Fotos veröffentlichen. Zu dieser Zeit war ich bereits nicht mehr berufstätig und hatte Zeit, die Fotobearbeitung als mein neues Hobby auszuprobieren. Die angebotenen Techniken boten mir ein breites Spektrum, und -je nach Motiv- stelle ich mittlerweile fest, dass mit die Arbeit mit “Texturen” am meisten zusagt. Die Stimmung meiner Arbeiten mag nicht jedermann gefallen, hoffe aber dennoch, einige Personen damit zu begeistern.

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English:

I was born in a village near Kassel/Germany in 1950 and have grown up there. Since the early 70s I discovered my love for photography. It started with some cameras with which I was not particularly happy because my dream camera at that young age was just too expensive.

But after a few years ago I finally bought a Nikon F3 with some lenses. For many years onwards this camera accompanied me and my family on our camping tours throughout Europe, up to the era of digital photography. At first I was skeptical, it took a while to convince myself of this technology, but most of the digital cameras then were small and handy, no more heavy lenses, etc. and it wasn’t long before I had my Nikon Coolpix 885. My ideas about photography and speed though did not comply with this model. I then decided to buy my third Nikon, a D300, since I still had more than one matching Nikon lenses.

Also by chance I came across “Flickr”, where I found so many gifted and amateur photographers and their extraordinary photos there. At that time I was no longer working and had time to edit my photos and to dedicate more time to my new hobby. The many techniques I found there gave me a broad spectrum and my use depends on the style and effect I want to achieve. Personally I find work with “textures” most appealing. I am aware that not everybody may like my particular photography techniques, but my hope is to inspire some people with it.

Irrawaddy – Myanmar

Harbour City – Ocean Terminal – Hong Kong

Löwenburg 14 – Kassel Deutschland

Angkor Wat 5 – Cambodia

Shwezigon Pagode Bagan – Myanmar

Ulun Danu Beratan Temple – Bali Indonesien

Shwedagon Pagode Yangun, Myanmar

Mekong Vietnam

Madrid 2009

Cuenca Spanien

Mekong

Grebenstein – Deutschland

Rach Gia – Vietnam

Indonesischer Schoner

Löwenburg Kassel Wilhelmshöhe

Mallorca Valldemossa 2

Ko Samui – Thailand

Fischer am Nam Khan – Laos

You can contact Hartmut at:

Use of these images on websites, blogs or any other media without the explicit permission of the artists is absolutely prohibited. © All rights reserved. It is prohibited to download, copy or use a photo in any other way without the express permission of the photographer.

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Tags: Costa Blanca, Germany, Hartmut Bardtke, HDR, Kassel Deutschland, landscape, portrait, Spain, textures, travel, urban

Read more | Comments off | July 27th, 2011

Photographer Antonio Ramos Puertas: “In all my pictures I only capture what I admire or fills me with emotion”!

Posted by Arnaud | Filed under HDR, Landscape, Nature, Photographers, Portrait, Urban

Our 37th featured photographer is a well known artist on flickr distinguished not only for his sensibility in the field and his passion for photography but also for his love of the natural and a flexibility all his own. Antonio Ramos Puertas (aka Anrapu) is also much appreciated among his flickr friends as “a quiet, family man dedicated to his profession and constant in his art” as well as for his professionalism!

Antonio with friend Juan Dieguez ” kobalto”.

“Trabajo como médico dentista , de 53 años de edad y soy aficionado a la fotografía desde los 18 años. Siempre he utilizado fotograía analógica, hasta que fue necesario utiliar las camaras digitales para mi profesión.

Utilizo la fotografia para distraerme , aunque tengo un buen archivo , asi que frecuentemente me piden algunas fotos para libros o publicaciones.

En mis fotos solo quiero mostrar las cosas que admiro o me llenan de emoción”

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“I am a 53 year old dentist and an amateur photographer. I began my love for photography since the age of 18. I used to use analog photography until it became necessary to use the digital camera for my profession.

I use photography to distract me, but since I also have a pretty good portfolio I am often asked to use my pictures in books or publications.

In all my pictures I only capture what I admire or fills me with emotion! If you like some of my pictures, it makes me happy too!

Antonio”

Some of Antonio’s creative work!

Photowalk XF Sevilla 2008

Os deseo buena luz para el 2011

Tower Bridge

Aprovechando los ultimos rayos del sol

Feria de Abril de Sevilla

Con aroma a libertad

Buscando tiempo para la reflexión

Rapaz texturizada

La domadora de aves (texturizada)

A ver si me decido

Hazme un sitio

Piedra y arena

Mírala……ahi está

Caballista a la espera…..

Es tiempo de esperanza

Dehesa andaluza ( texturizada )

Luces de atardecer

Sunsent in London

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Read more | Comments off | June 3rd, 2011

Jorge’s photos are masterpieces, spectacular, creative… everything you wished you could think up on your own!

Posted by Arnaud | Filed under HDR, Landscape, Nature, Photomanipulation, Portrait, Urban

Our 7th featured photographer is the delightful and versatile Jorge Torre (jorgetorre2) from Castellon Spain.

Jorge’s photos are spectacular, creative… everything you wished you could think up on your own…he displays a dedication to his art until the desired quality is obtained and does not limit himself to one particular area. Here is a selection of some of Jorge’s masterpieces!

Magic place

leopardo

Montanejos

cebras

oceanografico

Montepulciano

Riomaggiore

Puerto deportivo

Untitled by jorgetorre2

cloticos

Plaza de la Virgen

Castello de la Plana

Toño in Action

Fort la Latte

Puente Dinan

Arco Romano

Duomo Siena

Los cloticos

You can contact Jorge at: Fotografia Creativa

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Read more | Comments off | May 28th, 2011

Photographer Alonso Diaz, a magician with lighting and color where creativity and art both come together!

Posted by Arnaud | Filed under Conceptual, Landscape, Night, Portrait, Urban

Presenting from Sevilla, Spain, our 11th featured photographer, one of the most highly acclaimed photographers on the net! Alonso Diaz (aka alonsodr) has been called… “a modern day master of reflection and light, photographer par excellence… a magician with lighting and colors”!

“La mayor satisfacción más importante no es sacar algo impactante, sino obtener el resultado que pretendes “

La fotografía, fundamentalmente, tiene dos puntos de vista, uno meramente informativo, en el que términos como la composición pierden importancia, y otro más profundo, más artístico. Personalmente, es éste último el que me interesa, un enfoque en el que la creatividad y el arte tienen cabida, siempre sin perder de vista la disciplina, es decir, sin montajes, ni cambios de la realidad mediante procesado. No es que me merezca menos respeto, pero creo que es algo más relacionado con el diseño que con la fotografía.

Hoy en día tengo la suerte de ser embajador de SONY UK, he sido fotógrafo patrocinado para Cokin y he viajado en múltiples ocasiones a Europa para dar conferencias sobre productos Sony y mi estilo fotográfico.

Trabajo con una Sony A-900 y ópticas Carl-Zeiss y me siento muy atraído por la creatividad que permiten los filtros, tratando de obtener la imagen buscada en un sólo disparo. Mi mayor experiencia se basa en paisajes y especialmente me gusta jugar con la exposición, buscando imágenes que se escapan a nuestra capacidad de captar. Además, estoy intentando hacer algo diferente con modelos en exteriores y equipos básicos de iluminación.

Alguna de mis favoritas:

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“The greatest satisfaction is most importantly not to get something shocking, but to get the result you intend”

Photography basically consists of two points of view, a merely informative one, in which terms like composition become less important, and a deeper, more profound and artistic one. Personally, it is the latter that interests me, an approach in which creativity and art have a place together, but without ever losing sight of the discipline, that is, without editing or changes in reality through processing. Not that the post-process deserves less respect, but I think it is more related to design than photography.

Today I have the good fortune of being an ambassador of Sony UK, have been sponsored for Cokin photographer and have traveled many times to Europe to give lectures on Sony products and my shooting style. Working with a Sony A-900 and Carl-Zeiss optics I am very attracted by the creativity that filters allow, trying to get the desired image in a single shot. My greatest expertise is in landscape photography and I especially enjoy playing with exposure, looking for images that are beyond our ability to grasp. I am now also trying to do something different with external models and lighting kits.

Here are some of my favorite shots:

Colours storm

Door of Clouds (279 sec)

Like a frozen world

The power of sunset

With the sun on its back

Shapes in the shore

Via Lactea (1321 sec)

Following the moonlight reflections (30 sec)

Stone chaos

Absolutely lost

Closed day

The Lord of the Foam (Selfportrait)

Where clouds come from (282 sec)

The war ghost ship (458 sec)

El Patriarca de los Pirineos

Back to future

Ready

Killer barbie

You can contact Alonso at: ALONSO DÍAZ PHOTOGRAPHY

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Tags: Alonso Díaz, alonsodr, conceptual, landscape, night, portrait, Spain, urban

Read more | Comments off | May 19th, 2011

David Frutos Egea (DavidFrutos), an artist who makes landscape photography look easy!

Posted by Arnaud | Filed under Landscape

Ever see the amazing landscape photography that is out there and wished that you could take such astounding pictures too? Our 119th featured photographer is David Frutos Egea (DavidFrutos), an artist who makes landscape photography look easy! Well we all know that it takes talent, skill and experience to snap that picture perfect shot and David has all three elements in his bag! His gorgeous seascapes and dreamy black-and-white shots are definitely worth a visit – great work from a fabulous photographer!

Spanish:

“Para mi la imagen más dificil es la que aún no has hecho”.

Ya lo dijo Ansel Adams: “La fotografía del paisaje es la prueba suprema del fotógrafo… y a menudo la suprema desilusión”. Es aquí donde me encuentro más cómodo con mi fotografía, tratando de extraer la esencia del paisaje creando sensaciones de lugar, movimiento, frio… Es mediante el uso de filtros y técnicas de largas exposiciones es como lo consigo.

Algunas de mis favoritas:

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English:

“In my opinion the most difficult capture is the next capture”.

Ansel Adams said: “The photography of the landscape is the supreme test of the photographer… and often supreme disappointment “.

Here is where I’m more comfortable with my photography, trying here to extract the essence of the landscape being created place sensations, movement, cold… using the filters and long exposures in my creations.

Here are some of my favorite shots:

Baladrar

Like a Dream (Landscape Version)

Like a Dream

Resistance

The David’s Star

The Cathedral of my Blood

The Lonely Tree

Danger, Storm!!!

Four in the Field (180 Seconds)

The Pole (360 Seconds)

Song of Sirens (Classic Frame)

Two Minutes in a Dangerous Position (120 Seconds)

Star in the Sea & Star in the sky (450 Seconds)

I I I I I I I X I I I I (300 Seconds)

The Lonely Rock (310 Seconds)

An Almond Tree Under the Storm

You can contact David at: http://www.davidfrutos.net

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Read more | Comments off | April 15th, 2011

From HDR to textures, to portrait and urban, there is always something new in Zu’s photostream to thrill you!

Posted by Arnaud | Filed under HDR, Landscape, Nature, Portrait, Urban

Jesus Sanchez from Olivares, Spain is our 89th featured photographer! Known on flickr simply as “zu”, this delightful photographer describes himself as being “in love with art of every kind”! And zu means every word of it! From HDR to textures, to portrait and urban, there is always something new in Zu’s photostream to thrill you!

Hi everybody! My name is Jesus Sanchez, a pharmacist who lives in Olivares (Seville, Spain). Always in love with Art in every kind of expression. Two years ago, my beloved wife gave a great present to me: Canon Eos 1000D and now I cant leave it at home…. My photostream has a little bit of many tendences but most are made under the HDR technique and filters in PS CS3. I´m honoured to be here with you, my friends!

Father´s love

Mystic path.

Baños de Maria Padilla. Reales Alcázares de Sevilla

Plaza de España. Sevilla

night

old

Spring is on!

Golden Friendship

Fisherman

Baelo Claudia. Bolonia. Cádiz.

Lines

Plaza de America. Sevilla

vintage

MetroLisboaRemake

Seville Sunset by Pareeerica

Mercado Barroco Olivares

good morning!

You can contact Jesus at: Zu´s world in HDR

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Tags: architecture, HDR, Jesus Sanchez, landscape, nature, portrait, Spain, urban

Read more | Comments off | February 26th, 2011

Immersed in photography since childhood, Javier Alvarez is a true artist in every sense of the word!

Posted by Arnaud | Filed under HDR, Landscape, Nature, Photographers, Portrait, Urban

Our 77th featured artist is Javier Alvarez (javirunner), an innovative photographer with many sides to his work. Javier’s creative talent has been immersed in photography since childhood and he uses this medium as another art form where he can truly express himself fully! A true artist in every sense of the word, Javier’s images are both striking and appealing. Visit his photostream and you will be pleasantly treated to a visual feast of color and emotion!

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Decía mi madre que no servia para las matemáticas, aun asi creía que que debía estudiar ciencias, ser medico o algo asi. La verdad es que desde pequeño me atraían las artes plásticas, los increíbles cuadros de Murillo y los dibujos de Alex Raymond. Termine haciéndome dibujante de Comics, aunque duro poco ese trabajo, la competencia era feroz. Mi padre me regalo mi primera cámara a los 16 años, una Contina con objetivo Carl Zeiss, una maravilla, los mejores momentos de mi vida han transcurrido en un cuarto oscuro, experimentando con los reveladores de blanco y negro.
Después de la triste muerte de mi hermano, retome la afición por la fotografía con su Canon EOS20D. La fotografía es una manera como otra de ver la realidad y transformarla, el cine lo hace, la pintura y la escultura te muestran la forma con la que el artista se expresa. Para mi es algo mas que un Hobbie, es la forma en la que me expreso.

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My mother used to say that, though not inclined for math she thought that I should study science, be a doctor or something similar. The truth is that since childhood I was attracted to the arts, the amazing paintings of Murillo and the drawings of Alex Raymond. I eventually became a comics illustrator though this work lasted a short while; the compeition in that field was fierce. My father gave me my first camera at age 16, a Contina with a Carl Zeiss lens, a marvel, the best moments of my life were spent in a dark room, experimenting with black and white developing. After the sad death of my brother I gradually regained the love of photography with the Canon EOS 20D.

Photography is another way of seeing reality and transforming it. Film, painting and sculpture all show you the way in which the artist expresses himself. For me photography is more than a hobby, it’s the way I express myself.

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18 pics, the best?… i dont know…:)

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