Nik Nikopol

2011-11-12T22:52:00.000-08:00

" Three portraits of the girl during five minutes of conversation on quay "

2011-07-10T18:46:00.000-07:00

When I studied to photograph,the photographer with which I worked as the assistant,always spoke: "archive of photos always an additional source for creation " new " images".When I began to photograph independently began to understand,that creation of good "archive" is demands a lot of time. Not every day (and even not every week or month) for you is an opportunity to make a good photo.I have made this photo at an exhibition of photographic equipment.Photographed by the digital exhibition camera on my CompactFlash-card to look then "a colour rendition and quality of the image".And now I have made of that photo the new image,stylized in "a film".(In hands of the photographer a camera - Nikon FM3a)

2011-01-15T18:53:00.000-08:00

Stylization (this photo of my period of training and of which I have made these two images).

2011-01-15T18:33:00.000-08:00

Photographing of women - the only thing that has defined my choice to work as the photographer...This only thing that is really interesting...Architecture, landscape, still-lifes, etc. - only degrees of training...But in creation of a photo I feel a true only, when I photograph the woman...Each model, as the own separate world...

2010-07-16T14:52:00.000-07:00

Still-life on " a modern theme ".

2010-07-15T21:06:00.000-07:00

I have recollected one history in one design firm. Some photographer has come to this firm and began to suggest to make photos at the price of in some times below average.Director of this firm who then also has told to me this history, has asked this "photographer": Why at it such low prices?That "photographer" has answered, that it is its way of a competition.Then director of that firm has asked this person - how many years he was trained and got experience in a photo? That "photographer" has told,that more than ten years. And then director has asked its following: " you more than ten years have spent for training in a photo now to come and work for small money? In it there was your purpose to become the photographer? "And director of that firm has asked to not come any more this person to its firm.During our conversation when this director to me told this history,he has told to me (though we with it often argued because of the price for photos - he wished to buy more cheaply, I wished to sell more expensively): "the Person who does not appreciate the work is any more not the person, it animal"...
Training of the photographer - demands a lot of time ... The good equipment costs decent money... I studied photobanks, as one of ways of additional extraction of profit from so-called "doubles" - photos which, as a rule are not used. Basically the similar structure also should be based on this " raw material ". Roughly - has placed what to remove it is not a pity. By this principle I placed photos. This real applicability of photobanks...

2010-07-15T14:16:00.000-07:00

My studying of photobanks has enough promoted. In particular I have received indirect acknowledgement of that on what read on the Internet - that banks do artificial by create a situation of a favorable mode for those who works with them as with exclusive bank and do artificial limiting those who does not sign for bank "exclusive." Remains actual and a theme of that experts on studying images in photobanks actively take part in contributions and use the position in reduction of a competition. Differently photobanks are not development of the photomarket as propagandize photobanks. These are systems of capture of the photomarket and through quantity and the low price - dictatorship of conditions... Usual monopolization between several players... The difference only in that, in difference from technological monopolies, that on production inevitably conducts a low price level to decrease in a level of idea and execution - it means decrease in the general level of a photo, design, etc. Such " technology of China " for a photo and design. Basically it was interesting to me to study it. And the conclusion is simple - photobanks can be used for " dump of raw material " which practically is not necessary and to develop independently sale of the creative works, photos... The reality is those, that full monopolization of the photomarket is not possible... Always quality () will cost normal () money, and " the cheap consumer goods " has the capacity and similarly to " the Chinese consumer goods " has demand only at for the certain period...

2010-01-29T16:57:00.000-08:00

One of these days from one photobank have suggested some photos propose sale by advice on blog which are given by their employee.With more " idiotic optimism " as in the information on it blog I still did not read."Scheme" there simple(!) - photograph more and advertise the photos and..., it separately should be noted, do not wait for the beginning of return of the money earlier than through a floor of year...On another it have name - "put the idiot the money "...In a reality - creation of some photos demands expenses from several hundred dollars up to several thousand (and even tens of thousand)...This arrangement of a place(or studios) of photographing (background), schemes of illumination, model, their clothes, experts on a make-up, requisites, etc., etc...To it it is possible to add and casting of models (not each model corresponds for this or that theme)...It is clear, that similar it is possible only at presence of the order for this or that photosession of customer,which will pay the project, and the photographer can, using conditions to create something the ...But such situations - "not on the conveyor"...Photobanks aspire to sell photos under the insignificant prices...That automatically does impossible the fast refund, and according to decrease of interest of photographers personally to invest in manufacture of the photos...The result - and it already occurs - filling of photobanks " simple images " (those which do not demand greater money for manufacture)...There was a new joke: "Photos will soon do all in China"...with such continuation: "... There there is a big free-of-charge background - the Great Chinese Wall... Also it is possible to arrange one million photographers along this wall which will photograph ten Chinese models which will go from the photographer to the photographer"... Differently: the qualitative photo is not cheap pleasure...Not less significant, than cinema... Also demands the respective attitude...And the finance...

2009-12-24T17:47:00.000-08:00

" Drawing of objective " ... it already becomes " unknown concept "..." Digital matrixes " badly transfer " drawing of objective "...though differences can be noticed, but they there is more to " spectral differences"...The film is more, than (old)"technology" of transfer of the image... This drawing of Light on the sensitive layer,which catching everything, that brings Light... "Alchemy", in which properties of glass in an objective (optical properties and structure of glass) in many respects define result... The matrix is symply "machine"... Simply transforming the information...not capable to catch " distinction of structure of glass "...Whether " the matrix of the future " can catch and transfer of such differences - remains a question...

2009-12-22T14:57:00.000-08:00

I guessed, that the digital photo " will generate photographers of the display ", but the reality is more sad...Probably sceptics are right - " time of photos comes to an end, on change comes a time of simply images "...

2009-11-26T15:01:00.000-08:00

"The girl under a rain"

Ideas in sketches, schemes of illumination, are embodied in those or other themes later...

2009-11-25T14:16:00.001-08:00

(A sketch of a colour score for one theme)

"Not any having camera and photographing daily - is the photographer... Not everyone working a hours with the editor of images - is the designer... It is possible - only if it is initially incorporated in a soul of the person..."These words to me told by one photographer which works have impressed me and I asked him - why he does not accept participation in exhibitions...Later I have understood,that he wished to tell to me by it...But that I have borrowed from this person - that many works should be studied in details in set of sketches... that " the internal space of a photo " by complexity does not concede to theatrical performance...

2009-11-21T16:11:00.001-08:00

"Phototraining" - photographing without special preparation everything...
As a rule it not the basic camera (but comprehensible quality) which serves the photographer "note book" for casual photos...
"Phototraining" - supports the photographer in "form"...
Often "phototraining" allows to test " the future themes " in so-called " the facilitated variant "... For example - illumination... Or even expediency of realization of the idea, through tests of this or that part of idea...

2009-11-21T15:33:00.001-08:00

Only my familiar photographers began to speak about that transition of firms only on digital cameras will destroy a basis of formation of the photographer () as company "Nikon" has created "six"... Also remained still FM10... But later"ten" has disappeared from an official site...
In a reality - few people understand, how there is "formation" of the photographer... That the basis of its formation is made by that the photographer, photographing, cannot see result...The film needs to be "display" still...Absence of an opportunity to see result, forces the person to think to photographing (if something not so the result will not be more closely...) in difference from digital where " to think it is possible after" (and majority and do that)- simply looking through pictures...
Familiar photographers even during photographing on the digital camera essentially did not use viewing... But all is equal consciousness could not so to be adjusted, as at photographing on a film... As soon as the person understood, that somewhere the image has not turned out, it started to photograph additional images and from a so-called spirit " place of idea in 36 opportunities " remains nothing...
And here one of these days, on a site of company Nikon again has appeared FM10 (!)... It now offer by complete with an objective 35-70мм...I do not know, how long company Nikon will let out this camera (FM10) and whether this camera in all countries will be on sale... But for those who really would like to learn to photograph there was an opportunity it to do with "help" of simple film camera FM10...

2008-10-22T13:53:00.000-07:00

There was a heat in the street, I have come into the Japanese small restaurant to drink beer... and then photographed the empty glass... And now has made of this photo a sketch to idea...

2008-06-15T13:37:00.000-07:00

One of "problems" of photographing is " small movements of an objective " which do the image slightly shifted. Such photos are difficult for using directly. But they are quite suitable for creative experiments. Using, for example, various textures from them can be made quite comprehensible commercial variant.

2008-03-31T14:31:00.000-07:00

Street photoshooting - one of kinds of practice of "quick-ness of photographing ". Sometimes on "judgement" of a subject and formation of a composition there are some seconds. A theme of " street portraits " the most interesting to creative development.