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 ...is not trying
to document reality (“Look Joe, this is how it was!”) but is trying to
show something more. Show emotions, feelings, moods, … The photographer
in fact wants to share the place with you.
When you look at pictures from your own vacation all the memories come
straight back to you (“Hey, look, this is the place...!”). Whereas when
you go through somebody else's holiday pictures you usually see nothing
more than just another beach, lake, or historic city, etc. Simply
because you don't have your emotions linked to that place. And that's
also the reason why you mostly find those pictures ordinary. Good
photography can pass the feelings on to you even from places you have
never been to. And that's what a creative photography is about!
Standing in a forest, seeing the nature all around you, feeling the
breeze, rustling woods, the scent of pine needles and the sun is shining
upon your face....All this is missing on the photos. A picture is a
small segment and only in 2 dimensions (the third dimension of space –
perspective is missing). And that's why we find it so hard and yet
attempting to take nice pictures so beautiful.
 I've been taking
pictures for quite a long time – since I was about 14. And like almost
everyone else I started off shooting black and white photographs
developing them at home. Then came the era of color photography and
minilabs and I found that boring. Half of the creative process was
replaced by “the industry”. My big return is linked to the advent of
digital cameras, where I again have the full process under my control.
My first digital camera was Sony DCS P-50 but I soon learned that for a
creative photography it's not enough. So I invested in a digital camera
DCS SLR Sony F-707 and then into the true DSLR Canon EOS 10D camera that
meets the ambitions for a creative photography. Today I shoot with Canon
EOS 5D camera (12.7 Mpix) that already meets the professional level.
Even though digital photography allows significant
modifications (Photoshop is really a powerful tool), personally, I'm not
a fan of too many changes unless we're not talking about graphic design
or collages. Otherwise, I believe editing should be limited to basic
adjustments such as: cropping, tonal and color adjustments, or necessary
changes in the picture's resolution, sharpening, and so on. Black and
white photographs have its own rules. Like suppressing the color, adding
extra noise or grain texture.
On my pages you will find images that follow my
principles and none of them (if not stated otherwise) are modified more
than the editing framework given above.
I wish you a wonderful experience with my photos and
also with you own creative shooting!
Opinions, feedback and ideas are most
welcome!
Roman Pihan
pihan@2n.cz
Prague, Czech
republic, Europe
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