ROBERT SLATER PHOTOGRAPHY

Tag: leica

  • Weight of Air

    Weight of Air

    Oh look it hit Flickr Explore… Grassland bleached white, no edits, no erasures. Just a Summicron’s honest frame:40 degree heat, and a tree built to outlast us. Close to the solstice on the 21st of December.

    This image featured on Flickr Explore but was never intended as anything but a print. This is a 24×36″ Giclée limited edition signed print.

    Social media rewards bright, sparkly, and highly saturated images but they are hard to live with. This would look good in a room where you want some calm.

    This 24x36" Giclée print on smooth peal photo paper. Single Gumtree on a hot day.

    Link to original image on Flickr.

    The Weight of Air
  • Old Black Dog. His experience shows.

    Old Black Dog. His experience shows.

    His eyes may not me as bright, he may not be putting on a show for the human but this black and white image shot late in the day on a Leica APO 60mm . Selected for Flickr Explore

    black and white image of an old black dog. A moment to himself, interrupted. The eyes show experience and are a little cloudy, his whiskers are grey . He looks mean because he is a pit bull but his gentle nature shines thorough.

    Original image – selected for Flickr Explore

    Old Black Dog [Explored]

    Leica Camera AG Leica CL

    APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-TL 1:2.8/60 ASPH.
    F/2.8
    Focal Length:60.0 mm
    Speed 1/60,
    ISO 100

  • View of Melbourne from Altona

    View of Melbourne from Altona

    I was passing though Altona (as you do) and it was low tide allowing me to see around the corner to the city. You will notice a red sign. In the olden days ( last year) I would have edited this out, but it’s important that my photos show reality and not some AI fever dream.

    Original image on Flickr.

    Melbourne from the rocks
  • Waiting for planes

    Waiting for planes

    Launceston Airport lounge, ,waiting for planes, gorgeous light
  • A snapshot of the coast

    A snapshot of the coast

    Saltbush, pigface and others make this a vibrant photo. It’s simple and was overlooked on the first cut. It’s one of those photos that needs to be printed.

  • Insane light before sunset

    Insane light before sunset

  • Jodrell Bank . Cheshire. UK

    Jodrell Bank . Cheshire. UK

  • Evening walks with my camera

    Evening walks with my camera

    My job as a photographer is to make you look good, to document your event, make your product or food look amazing. This blog is not commercial, it’s not about trying to sell you something. This was taken on the tiny Leica Dlux7 . It constantly amazes me. The quality of the images it produces are really a class above anything I would expect from a compact camera.

  • First evening Photo of the Port

    First evening Photo of the Port

    This location makes me think that with a bit of lighting this could be a great place for a photoshoot.

  • PowerHouse Geelong

    The sun was setting behind the building

  • Photographing Art

    Photographing Art

    A slice of time

    Often a photograph will have amazing resolution and perfect focus but will still fails to accurately represent the art in the artists mind. This is because art is viewed over time, from different angles and seen in different light and different times of the day . Photography is about capturing a very specific moment and freezing it. We can only ever hope to document one moment, one light and at one time. That is the limitation ( and challenge) of photography.

    This is a 150mm drawing and shot on a modern Leica camera and lens. The resolution of this macro lens is 1:1 which allows incredible detail for small work.

    Sometimes you get lucky…

    Kandinsky shot in ACMI in Melbourne during an exhibition.

    Shot with galley lighting, hand held camera and from one sneaky shot.

    I ended up with a 3000px image after I had corrected it for distortion and straightness.

  • Tuesday Night In Footscray

    Tuesday Night In Footscray

    Tuesday Night in Footscray. Shot on a Leica CL , 50mm F1.2