By andre_, on August 15th, 2011
There’re quite a lot of Jazz concerts and events here in Århus, and more or less every week there’s at least a jam session in town.
On top of that, once at year there’s a whole week dedicated to Jazz: the Århus Jazz Festival. This year was the 23th edition.
During that week (actually ten days) there’re at least two stages mounted in different city squares, where the concerts will follow each other, from the afternoon to the night.
And there’re other different places where the bands play more or less all the time (some pubs as well as the Musikhuset, for the most “organized” events).
I went some times with friends, and with my camera, and with some fast prime lenses.
I think I achieved some good shoots. For sure, we listened to good music.
Unfortunately the weather didn’t help to enjoy some of the concerts (one of the big stages had no roof for the audience…).
Hereafter other photos, all taken during the first weekend.
And then the links to the official pages of the bands (if I foud them), where you can find a background music watching the photos…
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By andre_, on August 7th, 2011
Some times we move around, in a city, supposing to be alone.
Often it’s true, but eventually there’re always traces of somebody else.
A shadow, a forgotten thing, maybe only a human shape… Or some more concrete, reflected.
NIKON D2Xat ISO 800- Focal length 35 mm at f/2.8, 1/13 s
© 2007 andre_
NIKON D2Xat ISO 800- Focal length 19 mm at f/4, 1/15 s
© 2007 andre_
By andre_, on June 5th, 2011
During our trip in India, we visited mainly muslim sites, despite the high majority of induist who live in the country. Few mosques, actually, (there called masjid, in hindu) more some tombs and mausoleums.
But the mosques are interesting, from the photographer’s point of view, because are aggregation centers, more than mere places of worship.
The “building” itself is small, and the court is reserved for prayer, and for the routinely ablutions (or, simply for washing).
Great places for stealing some images:
Outside, on the steps (the mosques we’ve seen are all high on the city), men, women, children and whole families do…. nothing, apparently.
And back inside, groups of men chat or pray (the women are not allowed in the building, only in the far side of the court).
Here below other photos, mainly taken in the Jama Masjid in Delhi, and one (the first of the post) in the main mosque in Agra (the Jami Masjid).
Enjoy the gallery:
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By andre_, on May 30th, 2011
Agra.
Probably the most famous indian city, but really few people recognize the name.
In Agra lays the Taj Mahal… on the banks of the Yamuna river.
And precisely the river is the subject, here.
Half empty, the flow is near still for several months a year, polluted (Agra is downstream from Delhi….), the Yamuna river is always populated.
Single men, in the early morning, and many more later, washing the laundry (with what success, I don’t know).
All the important buildings in Agra lay on the banks of the river. Taj Mahal, Baby Taj and the Fort.
Here below the Agra Fort, photographed from the Taj in the morning’s fog. And two men on a boat… hope not fishermen.
And again, the river from the Fort (and the Taj), nearby and from the Baby Taj.
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By andre_, on May 20th, 2011
Indians cities are noisy.
Unlike the mediterranean people, indians never yell, nor talk at high volume. They don’t even make noise in other ways (apart from honking, of course), if it isn’t indispensable (working, with hammer or other utensiles, for example).
But they’re a lot. And a lot of people necessarly produce a lot of noise. Even just breathing, perhaps.
With this assumption, we were really surprised when we entered in a street market, in a sort of yard a little distant from the main, crowded street.
It was silent, in comparison with the rest of the cities.
Nobody scream to catch your attention, nobody even describe its products, like every street market I’ve seen in Europe.
And there were women, also.
In that street market, for the second time during the trip (after Delhi’s streets) I noted what is almost missed in the indians streets. Women.
Here in Europe, the genders are well represented on the streets, and often you feel to be surrounded by more women around than men.
In India it never happened. It seems that the majority of the woman are somwhere else.
…And the Jaipur panorama from above gives the answer, with its prying sight into the dwellings.
Coming back to the topic, Jaipur streets and that market, I tried to catch the people. Offhand istants, always trying to not bother.
The light was bright, making strong contrasts, deep shadows and (more important) strong highlights.
In order to isolate the subject, my main way to describe a daily moment, I needed to shoot at large apertures, an impossible mission without cut part of the light enter the lens. I used a gray filter ahead my 50mm, to cut three EV (ND8) and keeping the possibility to shoot at f2 under the bright sun.
And below, some few more photos, taken outside the market, in the scenic streets of Jaipur.
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By andre_, on May 15th, 2011
An old panorama, taken five years ago.
Orvieto, a beautiful small city in center Italy.
Two photos stitched together, taken with an orange filter ahead the lens.
NIKON D2Xat ISO 100- Focal length 105 mm at f/5.6, 1/200 s
© 2006 andre_
 Zoomable panorama - Click to enlarge Now, I don’t own any more neither the Nikkor AF 105mm f2 DC nor the D2x, but I’ve enjoyed them…
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