2012年10月29日

俯瞰阿尔卑斯

摄影趣谈

如果你错过了最新一期的节目,这里送上一些有趣片段,也许你会感兴趣:
- 关于Facebook的一些抱怨和思考,以及一些热门帖子 (Alex 做了个试验,花了他40刀)
- 新作分享(Alex:俄罗斯地下化装派对; Thomas:Decompression; Karen:旅行归来; 我:上周新西兰自驾之旅)
- 意外反馈
- 全新 Google Nexus电话以及“拍照模式”
- 不同镜头下的众生相

每日一瞥——俯瞰阿尔卑斯

Scott Kublin和我从采尔马特乘火车穿越阿尔卑斯来到圣莫里茨。一到站,我们便马不停蹄地跑到最近的一座山顶吃饭拍照。这个地方正合适!

想做火车的话,这趟绝对值得推荐!感谢各位博友的推荐!这条线叫做“冰川特快”( Glacier Express)。记得带上相机哦! :)

The Alps from Above

Filed under the categories: Nikon D800, St. Moritz, Switzerland, Zermatt

2012年08月09日

马特洪峰:傲视村庄

 

新视频周五登场

我花了300多个小时编辑一个新视频。全片长约6分钟,分辨率达4K。真是等不及呈献给大家了。准备好你的绝佳音响全屏享受吧!话说我这就收尾啦!!!

同时,我还准备了制作特辑,不过花的功夫比预期长点……不过总会昨晚哒!

每日一瞥——马特洪峰:傲视村庄

乘火车到附近采尔马特的一座山。旅途中,霎时间这幅山下村庄的美丽景便出现在眼前。

我由衷地喜欢这个地方。印象中,小时候和父亲一起策马马特洪。在一个孩子眼中,山峰的真面目还未成形……

Filed under the categories: Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt

2012年03月13日

阿尔卑斯浪漫夜

 

另有好山城?

采尔马特的确是我所去过的最棒山城之一。也许你们还知道别处——有推荐吗?我猜,德国肯定有很多宝地,可能我连听都没听说过……

每日一瞥——阿尔卑斯浪漫夜

(个人认为)一日中的黄金时刻 。

来到一个新地方,太多东西要看,太多事情想做。太多地方找美食、找奇遇。太多的街巷要游览、要拍照。这是好事,想到这些,心中就无限欣喜。这种时候,选择无所谓对错好坏。只管追随夜晚……纵情迷失,邂逅精致。

Romantic Evening in the AlpsThe best time of day.  (To me.)When you are in a new place and there are too many things to see and do.  There are too many places to eat and explore.  There are too many streets and alleys to visit and photograph.  This is a good thing.  It is a nice feeling of being overwhelmed by it all.  So, in these times, there are no bad decisions.  Just go whichever way the night takes you... get lost and find pretty little things.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this entry at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt

2012年03月01日

偷图,偷印?请便!

什么意图?

每次我谈到版权问题或者是CC非商业协议,所收到最常见的“抱怨”(注意,都是那些“摄影师”在那里抱怨——普通人才不会!)就是这种。  每天我都上传一张最大分辨率的照片,今天也一样。然后就有人开始哼哼唧唧:“哎呀,你就不怕别人下载你的照片自己拿去印?”不,我不怕。总体来说我也不是怕事之人。如果真有人打这种主意,那也没什么大不了的。也许对方只是喜欢,但是兜里银子不多,所以想自己印出来欣赏。虽然明知这不是最佳效果,也不是限量版的正版图,不过至少还有艺术可以欣赏。我反而觉得这是好事。

我相信世界上还是好人居多,他们会给予艺术家应有的尊重,也看得到购买正版印刷品的短、长期益处。

购买的益处(顺便说一句,每天我们都会推出一款新品,照片下方有在线购买的链接).

  • 每购买一张限量版图片,它就变得更加稀有,每一张都是独一无二的收藏佳品。
  • 这是对于艺术家最为直接的支持,每张图片都凝聚着艺术家大量的时间、精力和财力。
  • 印刷的品质也能得以大幅提升:可以印在画布上、优质纤维纸张上,甚至是金属。

所以,对我来说,正是这些原因促使我们为其投资。我相信善良的人是多数,所以为大家提供质优价廉的选择,让大家可以把美搬回家。

每日一瞥——阿尔卑斯冰川

初次来到瑞士,一个微凉清新的下午。此时来到众山之顶可谓恰逢时宜。我知道,高处的风景肯定非常壮美,可我真的没料到这一泻而下的流冰。这是冰川所带来的惊喜——仿佛是流动中的静止!

from the blog www.stuckincustoms.com

 

更多宝藏任君“偷”

哈哈……下面各款也有限量版奉上。

The Bay at Portofino - Trey RatcliffThis isn’t really Portofino, but it sure does look like it, eh? We might even make the case that it is more pretty than the real Portofino! This is a beautiful resort in Orlando, over at Universal Studios.  All the colors in the sky and the buildings seemed to melt together, so I stopped for a quick photo.

波多菲诺的海湾——订购限量版

The Secret Passageway to the Treasure - Trey RatcliffAfter the crowds of Angkor Wat, it was nice to go find a remote temple in the jungle and be alone. This temple laid under the jungle, completely undiscovered for centuries.  The hallway and mysterious chambers seemed to go on forever.

宝藏密道—— 订购限量版

孤影古长城—— 订购限量版

The Long Road to New ZealandThis is one of countless beautiful roads that crisscross New Zealand.  I'm afraid I've forgotten exactly where I was when I took this photo!   I know that is very lame, but I bet people around here can help me pinpoint the area.As far as the camera settings, this is the kind of shot you can get with something called "compression," a method where you use a zoom lens and zoom in quite far.  It takes images in the distance and makes them larger than life.- Trey RatcliffRead more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

新西兰路漫漫—— 订购限量版

 

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt

2012年02月29日

采尔马特的夜晚

 

期待

有时我在想期待的本质是什么。期待是好的。有时甚至想,期待是不是和期待对象本身一样美好。话题有点诡异……先忍我一会儿。比如,花一整天期待新出炉的巧克力饼干跟真正吃到时一样幸福。明白我的意思吗?也许读者都被我搞懵了。期待之时,人也会兴奋起来。如果让这些小小的兴奋叠加起来,就会和达到目的本身一样兴奋。

我这是怎么回事,怎么想起说这个?

每日一瞥——采尔马特的夜晚

这是我旅行记忆中最中意的夜晚之一。一日过后,蓝色的薄暮降临。我又饿又累,晚饭之前还是想利用最后这一点自然光线。

这里是采尔马特镇,阿尔卑斯环抱下的一个温馨小镇。它有着无尽的魅力,可以充分满足你对于山中小镇的一切期待。

Zermatt in the EveningThis is one of my favorite times of night while traveling.  It's that blue dusk after a long day.  I'm hungry and tired and just trying to capture a little bit more light before finding some food for the night.This is the town of Zermatt, a cozy little mountain village nestled up in the Alps.  It's charming and filled with all the sorts of things you would hope would fill a little mountain town.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this entry at the Stuck in Customs blog.

 

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt

2012年02月27日

在线照片分享:就在今晚!

在线照片分享:就在今晚!

我计划今晚制作一场在线节目,与大家分享昨晚洛杉矶摄影行的一些图片。到时来加入吧!

订阅免费播客稍后再看?来看看我们的播客页面吧

每日一瞥——不可思议之桥

我把镜头伸出车窗外照了这张——就是你们在照片里看到的那列车!它就是“冰川特快”——穿越阿尔卑斯的超赞列车,连通采马尔特与圣莫里茨。这还多亏博客上众多热心网友在此推荐,我再次推荐! :)

 

from the blog www.stuckincustoms.com

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, St. Moritz, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt, Zurich

2011年11月11日

马特洪峰

全新 Silver Efex Pro

我依然很喜欢新版的Silver Efex Pro ,然而相关的Silver Efex Pro 评论还未来得及更新截图,主要因为界面其实没变化。

每日一瞥——马特洪峰

一直以来,我只知道迪士尼乐园里的那个马特洪峰。当然,我知道有一座真正的山存在,也看过相关的照片和信息,但在阿尔卑斯见到其真身则完全是另一种感觉——太-酷-啦!!!

在瑞士的采尔马特时我非常走运。我知道通常峰顶都是云雾缭绕,而那天我的确很走运!

采尔马特是个很不错的小镇,有机会一定故地重游!

Daily Photo - The MatterhornFor most of my life, I've generally only known the Matterhorn for the ride in Disneyland!  I mean, I always knew it was a real mountain... and I've seen photos of it and stuff... but seeing it there in the middle of the Alps was really cool.  I think I was lucky while here in Zermatt, Switzerland.  I understand that it is often occluded by clouds, so this was a lucky day indeed!  Zermatt was a really great little town -- I'd love to go back and spend some more time there!from the blog www.stuckincustoms.com

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt

2011年11月03日

午后的阿尔卑斯+为什么我不用水印

为什么我不用水印(修订版)

这个话题在Google+上引发了激烈的讨论,快去看看吧!

我最近更新了这张原因清单,可能大家会对这个新版本感兴趣,其中解释了一个常被问到的问题。

我的观点可能与很多摄影师不太一样,求同存异嘛。

大家也知道,我的事业宗旨是创意、共享、非盈利。就是说,只要大家在使用时注明出自http://www.StuckInCustoms.com,就可以将我的图片用到他们的博客、桌面或者其它需要的地方,只要不用做商业用途,就可以随意使用。每天我都上传一张6000像素以上的高清大图,但从来没担心过。相信我,不怕网上会被“偷”,生活其实很轻松。

很多人都会联系我们的团队,申请经常性使用本站照片。每天都会收到很多类似许可申请。

那么为什么我坚持不用水印呢?现将本人理念作如下阐释–

1) 太丑。一看带水印的照片,感觉整张图上就只剩水印了,这实在是转移视线。要么可能就是我个人的问题。

2) 正经公司不会偷来用作商业用途。所以依此逻辑我也就不用担心。

3) 很多像Tineye (还有 Google)这样的引擎都可以轻易帮我们找到这些坏蛋。

4) 我们的图片也注册了版权,一旦有人未经授权将图片用作商业用途,就会遭到起诉。

5)这样就不用费劲保存两个版本——有水印和无水印的。

6) 不使用水印,同时多进行创意共享可以方便更多人从中体验乐趣,这样可以增进沟通,还能建立一种“互联信任”(个人发明,谢谢,谢谢)。

7) 图片搜索和识别技术日趋完善,所以使用水印也越来越没有必要。再过一两年,只要对着图片点击右键,就可以利用Google+查询原图作者,会有很多原作上传的踪迹可循。

8) 当然,害群之马是有的。我把这视作网上经营的必然代价。这些都是前车之鉴。要保持百分之百的数字原创性几乎不可能,在互联网,“完美”只是浮云。

每日一瞥——午后的阿尔卑斯

越是层峦起伏的山脉,低入射角的光线照出来的效果越好。当然,中午的效果也不错,但由于这些山顶的起伏是立体的,当太阳的位置较低时,也许能找到不同的对比视角。

这种方法让我想起头脑中固有的那套关于山脉形态的错误象征。当初学画画时接触了很多。后来改画人像时,这种植根于童年记忆的理念便难以摆脱——比如:眼睛画起来有点像足球,不靠谱儿。画山脉也有类似的情况。我头脑里依然将它们视作凹凸的平面形态。这样的形态成千上万,千变万化。但我往往只能看到其中一种。但是像这样的下午,便有机会见识到更多。

The Alps in the AfternoonThe more rugged the mountains, the better they look with a low angle of incidence of the light.  Of course, they also look great in the middle of the day, but since the rugged peaks are in three dimensions, you get many extra angles of contrast when the sun is low.These kind of shots help me remember the fake symbology built up in my head of the shape-of-mountains.  I got a bit of this when I was learning to draw...  when drawing a human face, it takes a long time to get rid of that thing that is drilled into you as a kid -- that the eye is sort of the shape of a football.  If you try to do that with a good drawing, it never works.  And, it's sort of the same way with mountains.  In my head, I still have to stop thinking of them as a rugged 2D line.  It's thousands of 2D lines, crawling this way and that, but I can usually only see one of them.  But, on late afternoons like this, you can start to see hundreds of more lines.- Trey RatcliffRead more, including a post about why I don't watermark, here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, Photography Tips, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt

2011年09月25日

取景马特洪峰 (Matterhorn)

花钱买博文

想从我这儿买博文,那就打错算盘了……打这种主意的公司和个人一看就不了解我。经常会有人找上门来,腾龙(Tamron)最近就碰了一鼻子灰。博文及讨论可以使用Google+在此浏览。

我上照片啦!

嘿嘿,一般这种照片我不会贴出来。但我的朋友Scott Kublin这张抓得很漂亮。也许我可以多贴几张出镜照上来,但身后的世界更精彩!

每日一瞥—取景马特洪峰(Matterhorn)

Scott和我之前刚去过法国,能置身群山我们都很兴奋。那天天气很好,云的形状也很奇特,所以我们都趁机尽量多拍一些。这张甚至都未经高清渲染,但奇云已能尽收眼底!这次所拍的照片还没来得及处理……但我非常期待。

Shooting the MatterhornScott and I had just come from France together, and we were excited to be up in the mountains. The conditions were pretty good, so we were trying to get as many shots as possible while the skies were interesting. This isn't even an HDR shot, and you can see how strange the clouds were! I have not yet processed my own shots from this event... but I look forward to it very much.- Trey RatcliffRead more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt

2011年08月24日

采尔马特的街道

冰川特快

再次感谢各位对瑞士之行的建议。虽然无法全部做到,但“冰川特快”绝对是个绝妙的点子。七个小时穿行于阿尔卑斯山脉,简直太奇妙了。还把我带到了这儿……

每日一瞥——采尔马特的街道

晚饭过后,我独自带着iPod出去晃街。微微飘着小雨,不但不碍事,反而增加了些许情调。温暖的木屋,清冷的天空,湿润的街道,匆匆的行人……我尽力将所有这些都收录到相片中。

The Streets of ZermattAfter dinner one evening, I went out with my iPod to explore the streets alone.  There was a light cool rain, but it didn't bother me a bit.  It added to the mood and everything felt great.  The warm cabins, the cool sky, the wet streets, people hurrying to and fro to get warm food and drinks...  I do my best to capture this feeling all in one image.- Trey RatcliffSee the rest of this blog entry here at stuckincustoms.com.

Filed under the categories: Nikon D3X, Switzerland, Travel, Zermatt