New Fine Art Nude Series

I have started working on some new fine art nude concepts. I am trying to experiment with digital so I can implement them later on the medium format film.

The Beauty of B/W HDR

by Jim Austin
Oscar Rejlander’s (1813 -1875) studio was unusual; shaped like a cone, the camera would be in the narrow part, the sitters at the opposite end. The camera was in shadow so that the sitters were less aware of it. He estimated his exposure by bringing his cat into the studio; if the cat’s [...]

Long Exposure Photography (Black and White)

After looking at David Burdeny’s photos, I became fascinated with long exposure photography. Some people just have creative ideas and the can implement it. Those are the ones that take the art of photography to the next level. David is for sure a talented photographer and a famous artist. But there are many who are [...]

Yoga meets Fight Club

I received an email from a photographer friend, Martin Prihoda, about new series he started called “Yoga meets Fight Club”. I was amazed and blown away by his new work. I met him about six or seventh months ago over a coffee. We discussed how he uses light and how he works with models. [...]

Motion in Nude Potography

After writing an entry called “Nude Photography” in this blog, which describes the basic rules of nude photography, I decided to challenge myself with available light, texture and an inexperienced model. And I wanted to do that all in of course black and white. This time I wanted to get away from a regular studio, [...]

Portriat Photography

Mood, lighting, and implementation of unique ideas are the essentials of a good portrait shot. You want to create something that is different if not unique to captivate your viewers. Let’s start with mood.
If you noticed, in recent years, actors and actresses are used for majority of commercial photo shoots instead of professional models. One [...]

Nude photography

There is no argument that nude photography is one of the most interesting and the same complex type of photography. Every details in such projects count. Most obviously there is fine but a narrow line between a fine art nude photo and just a posing naked model in a photo. I have experienced nude photography [...]

Welcome to Seventh Medium Blog

Learning photography is a challenge. There are lots of resources such as books, videos, and internet contents available. I created this blog to document the process of my learning. My hope is to speed up someone’s learning experience.  I will add text, photos and in some instances videos of my experiments here.My goal is not [...]