Chris Athanasiadis

Color in Photos

If the only thing interesting is the color, is it an interesting photo? Probably looks good on the wall but has little emotional value for me, at least. I see a lot of good color photos but seems like there is a tendency to match colors in the frame. The photo becomes more about theContinue reading “Color in Photos”

Ricoh GRiii Street Photography Settings

I’ll start with shooting settings. 99% I’m using snap focus. I use snap distance priority so I can easily change distance using the front wheel. I start at 2m and change accordingly. You’ll have grainy files using my ISO settings. Adjust the lower ISO setting if you want cleaner photos. Here are the JPEG settings.

3200 ISO

Looks fine to me, even in bad light.

3.8 Earthquake

One of these woke us up two nights ago. I think it’s the fifth one since I’ve lived here. They seem to always happen around 2am. Feeling of hopelessness. It wasn’t strong, but I could only imagine the fear from a bad one.

Unintentional Characters

My favorite to photograph. Ya know the normal people that just don’t have it all together. The characters begging for attention are boring to me. Unless you’re completely ridiculous, then I just have to take the photo. But there’s a lot of that where I live. People starved for attention.

Weird Photos

Maybe the most timeless? Photos that make you think for a bit or examine further. Evoke a reaction. Harder to duplicate. Not easily repeatable. Should be the goal?

The more I know…

the less I understand.

Originality

Seems like every photo has been done. How to be original? Probably not possible in 2023. Better to just focus on having fun with it.

Into the Abyss

Took this earlier at the Mt. Wilson Observatory in the Angeles National Forest. Simple composition, easy to make but I really like it. Point and shoot using a high contrast JPEG and it turned out.