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Jeremy Green “Sway” 8/19/22

AI photography is amazing to me. Currently some photography can be achieved on my iPhone 12 Pro Max that cannot be done with my latest Nikon. This image is an example. It was a dark night, and there was a steady breeze moving the trees somewhat. I first tried this shot with the Nikon Z72 camera mounted on a tripod, but regardless of the settings I tried I could not capture what I was seeing. Out of frustration, I hand held my iPhone up and snapped. The iPhone automatically went into “night mode” and bingo! How ‘bout that. It’s even a raw file that I can send to anywhere in the world immediately. My consideration of the ubiquitous iPhone as a “real” camera has gradually come about in the last couple of versions I have owned. I have come to trust it in certain circumstances when or where a more substantial digital camera is not well suited or available. The real proof came when I was able to make a good quality 17×22 print from a late model iPhone file. Amazing

Jeremy Green “House of the Rising Stars” 8/9/22

“The stars at night//Are big and bright//Deep in the heart of Texas.” During my trip last week to Big Bend Texas, by chance I met and befriended an older gentleman “photo enthusiast” who was mostly interested in shooting bolts of lightning and the Milky Way. He wanted me to go out to an old movie set with him and shoot there at night. I got my gear and accompanied him, mostly to make sure he got back in one piece. I didn’t have much interest in what we were there to do, but I found a place to make a photograph. While we were out there, he taught me a thing or two about how to create and render hundreds of frames into one snazzy-jazzy looking night sky “star trails” landscape image. I liked the resultant composite image OK for its novelty; but I decided that rather than include all 100+ frames, I’d edit my image to include only the frames in which some unique or significant element was apparent, like when a car went by on the road in the distant background, and the single frame where my friend’s red flashlight spilled into my shot from where he was shooting. The final result was a serendipitous mixture of points of starlight, streaked stars, and other things. I’m remaining teachable and experimental.

Jeremy Green “Ocotillo Zebra” 7/30/22

Necessity is the mother of invention, but it can also be the seed of genius. In the Big Bend area of southwest Texas, providing shade is an art form. This is my spot all this week. This kind of broken shade, made by laying readily available ocotillo across overhead beams, is perfect in that it blends hard sun with coal black shade. It’s visually stimulating, yet it’s also soothing. It’s loud and quiet at the same time. Even a gringo can sit outside for long spells enjoyably.

Jeremy Green “White Hot” 7/20/22

The stars have aligned for me to take a trip to the heart of the sun. This image depicts the stark contrast of Big Bend mid-day in the summer, and I am going out there next week. When the tendency is to seek refuge from the heat, I’m parachuting into the volcano. I always come back with pictures and memorable experiences. Gotta have good gear though. I couldn’t do it without exceptional sunglasses, sturdy boots, and a serviceable straw hat. I don’t remember exactly where this shot was taken, but based on the preceding images I’m guessing it was in Presidio, TX, which is a place that parches my mind when I think about it…

Jeremy Green “Head Shot” 6/20/22

My turn came up rather quickly and somehow unexpectedly for the game this evening. Intuition led me in this direction, and I just went with it.  

Jeremy Green “L.A. Outback” 5/21/22

This was the scene from the kitchen window of my AirBnB on a recent trip to L.A. As the woman in the hot tub and her companion were hanging out in their backyard, I hesitated to invade their privacy by pointing my camera through the window at them, but I regretted it. Alas! The next day, they were there again. This time I called out to them and explained myself. I asked them if they would mind if I had them in my picture of LA backyard life, and they granted me permission. It probably doesn’t read very well small, but I shot fully stopped down to pull the window screen in focus.

Jeremy Green “Was A Sunny Day” 5/11/22

The second cup of coffee kicked in. The air was cool and the sun wa so pleasantly bright. South California had me. Another perfect day in LA.

Jeremy Green “Storming the Beach” 1/21/22

One minute there was a dramatic sunrise beaming through fast moving clouds on the horizon, and the next this maelstrom filled the sky. There are times that I search for a photograph to create – other times I am compelled to make one. 

Jeremy Green “Meanderings” 11/12/21

Something trippy happened while editing a recent image I shot on assignment for the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places. The art is a humongous aluminum sculpture entitled “Meanderwing” by Marc Fornes/TheVeryMany, and it’s been recently installed at Austin Bergstrom Int’l Airport. I was contracted to shoot beautiful images of beautiful artwork. I love that. While applying a mask to sharpening in LR as usual by Option/clicking the mask…boom…whoa. Oh I think I like this. The piece’s serpentine meanderings came into stark relief. I made a screen shot for reference and then recreated the look in Photoshop, adding back in some of the original tonality.

Jeremy Green “Remembrance” 7/5/21

Fifty years ago today a close friend lost his life by the hand of a stranger. I was the last friend to see him alive. It was a trauma. Every year on this date I think of him in remembrance. Today I let this photograph represent the light that was shuttered and the space that remains.