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Read MoreBuilding an image gallery for the Samsung Frame TV
I have been selling print and canvas products to people for a good number of years, mostly landscape photography images of Dunedin. When I saw the Samsung Frame TV I nearly fell over. I was totally blown away, a TV that looks just like a picture frame hanging on your wall. My head spins at its genius and potential. I love the matte screen, how there is an app for users to be able to download and display some of the worlds great art on the screen, but I love even more the opportunity to showcase my own work. So I have started saving images in the required 16:9 aspect ratio and file size specifications and from there the plan is to use them on my yet to be purchased frame TV and the ones I love will become a downloadable purchase option on my website shop. I’ll start a gallery below of images I’m taking for the project.
One aspect I am excited about is taking more sunrise/sunset images for digital display. Often I find paper prints of sunrise and sunset images can look dark and murky if there is a significant amount of shadows and blacks in the scene, or even look too colourful. But, with a digital display you can generally get a much better result. As I take more images for the Samsung Frame TV display, I will pop them up here in this blog.
Moeraki Boulders, Moeraki, North Otago, New Zealand.
Moeraki Boulders, Moeraki, North Otago, New Zealand.
Waldronville Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Saddle Hill Rd, Dunedin.
Saddle Hill Rd, Dunedin.
Saddle Hill Rd. Dunedin.
Taieri Plains, Mosgiel.
Taieri Plains and Mosgiel
Hay Bales on Henley-Berwick Rd
New Zealand is in summer now and last night I visited the Henley Cheese factory. The conditions weren’t great and the image, okay, but nothing special. However, on the way there, I did enjoy a welcome distraction. I love hay bales, straw ones, not the kind shrink-wrapped in plastic, I hate those with a passion.
However, yesterday evening, as the sun was going down, I couldn’t help but turn my camera to the hay bales wrapped in ghastly green plastic on Henley Berwick road. The way the light was catching on the plastic, well, it was lovely, almost mesmerising.
A tractor in the field, resting after a productive days work. GFX50sii, 35-70mm @70mm, 65:24 crop.
I couldn’t find an amazing composition, but it didn’t matter, I was just enjoying the display of hay bales dotted over multiple paddocks. Definitely worth a snap or 2.
Henley-Berwick Road. Fujifilm GFX50sii 35-70mm @70mm
When I finally arrived at the Henley Cheese Factory, I’d already had my reward, not in pictures, because I couldn’t do the scene justice, but just by being there to see lovely fields of green plastic hay bales. Not something I thought I’d ever acknowledge. However, that’s the beauty of landscape photography, you never know what is going to look great under the gaze of an evening sun. Here below is a cheese factory pic from last night.
Henley Cheese Factory, GFX50sii, 110mm f/2 @F8
I’m not sure if I’m getting a bit soft in my old age or perhaps just a little more grateful for the small things, but I did enjoy that hay bale surprise, and I look forward to the next one.
The Henley Cheese factory though Autumn and Winter
I have been taking images of the Henley Cheese Factory for a good few months now. Every time I visit there is something new to appreciate. It’s like saying hello to an old friend and enjoying a new and engaging story about their life. In this update I want to highlight 3 images.
This is an image I took around 5am in the morning when it was still dark. The night sky was clear and the moon was beaming bright over the landscape. Apart from the background light trails of cars on State Highway 1, the image has the appearence of a bright sunny day.
Henley Cheese Factory by moonlight.
In this next image a thick shroud of fog envelopes the factory. The calmness of this scene with its glass like reflection was very relaxing. When you take the time to slow down and connect with an environment like this it can be really rewarding.
Henley Cheese factory in fog.
The image below was taken during a morning sunrise. The grass is covered in a rather biting frost. On chilly days like this I look forward to grabbing a coffee afterwards.
A frosty morning at the Henley Cheese Factory
Infrared Black and White.
When I started this ‘study’ of the Henley Cheese Factory I wasn’t sure how the journey would evolve. Currently I am consistently photographing the building from about the same perspective. I could change it up, but I find there is comfort in familiarity of form and composition, so for now, I’ll just keep on keeping on. Thanks for stopping by and reading this small blog.