jeremy green photography

Jeremy Green “Face the Wall” 1/31/24

Maybe her name is Patina. I spent a week solo in Central Havana. I wanted to know the place as intimately as I could, shooting anything and everything intuitively. There never was a plan. The camera was new, tiny, and expensive – and we had a marvelous time together.

Jeremy Green “Deconstruction” 1/11/24

There is a reason for every trip of the shutter. I do a process of elimination as much as possible in camera, but there is only so far one can go with what’s in front of the lens. In this situation there were some nice elements, but there were also many things in the original photograph that I did not like; so I did not take it any further until now. As editing software develops, new possibilities arise with images that I had previously set aside as failures. For example, the Remove Tool in PS is a nice addition. In removing anything in the frame that was off topic the picture gradually distilled down to the basics of what tempted me to press the shutter in the first place. This process of elimination took on a life of its own as it went along, and other tools and functions came into play. The post process in this case was mostly a deconstruction.

Jeremy Green “Door #4” 8/14/23

At a recent stay at an AirBnB there was this peculiar and curious arrangement of doors. If I sat at the foot of my bed, closed one eye, and lined my head up just right I saw wall to wall doors. Door #1 went from the hall to my bathroom, door #2 went from my bedroom to my bathroom, door #3 went from my bedroom to the hall, and I don’t know about door #4 across the hall. It may have been a portal to the cosmos or maybe a closet. This was an odd enough situation that I couldn’t resist making this disorienting photograph.

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…