{"id":15302,"date":"2016-05-20T05:55:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T09:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15302"},"modified":"2016-05-18T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:02:08","slug":"illustration-in-bordeaux-four-new-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/illustration-in-bordeaux-four-new-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustration in Bordeaux-Four New Images."},"content":{"rendered":"

Illustration versus documentation: Often I set out to document a scene. My process and techniques are focused toward making images that preserve the way a scene or equipment appear. Often, but not today.<\/p>\n

Creation of an illustration may not be intended as documentation. An illustration is created\u00a0to convey a message; perhaps that needed for\u00a0advertising, art, or publicity.<\/p>\n

While photographing in Bordeaux, I found that the juxtaposition of the modern trams against both modern and historic architectural backdrops looked remarkably like artist\u2019s\/architect\u2019s impressional drawings.<\/p>\n

So, as an exercise in illustration, I\u2019ve intentionally manipulated the camera RAW files to make them appear more like the artist\u2019s impressional drawings, such as those often displayed as visions of the future.<\/p>\n

\"Bordeaux_tram_DSCF6360\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tram_Bordeaux_DSCF6543\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Specifically, I altered the contrast and de-saturated the color palate to mimic a water-color tinted image. I did not destroy the original files, and so I have the benefit of documentation and illustration with the same photos.<\/p>\n

\"Bordeaux_tram_DSCF6444\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bordeaux_tram_DSCF6463\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Questions:<\/p>\n

Have I done anything fundamentally different here than with images created (augmented) by the manipulation of digital files to produce super-saturated colors, plus intensely contrast adjusted effects that result in dream-like sky-scapes?<\/p>\n

Is a posed railway publicity photo that was heavily re-touched by air-brushing or similar alteration to be considered documentation?<\/p>\n

In a later post, I\u2019ll explore Bordeaux\u2019s tram network in fully saturated color.<\/p>\n

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Illustration versus documentation: Often I set out to document a scene. My process and techniques are focused toward making images that preserve the way a scene or equipment appear. Often, but not today. Creation of an illustration may not be intended as documentation. An illustration is created\u00a0to convey a message; perhaps that needed for\u00a0advertising, art, … Continue reading Illustration in Bordeaux-Four New Images.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,48],"tags":[3786,3539,2333,7535,3538,3540,1121],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bordeaux_tram_DSCF6463.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3YO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15303,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15302\/revisions\/15303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}