The latest fad in media seems to be 3d technology. 3d displays, 3d cameras, 3d movies; complete with 3d glasses and lazy-eye. Yawn. Who needs all that when it is entirely possible to produce 2d media with a sense of depth?
Lac Léman (or Genfersee as we say it in German) in the afternoon, as seen from Montreux this last Sunday. Feel the depth of the image? Near-middle-far relationships is a compositioning technique I’m working on right now, and they are a great way to pull the viewer into the frame. Mother and daughter, steamer ship, mountains. I guess such techniques would fall into oblivion if 3d photography ever got mainstream…
Oh, and there is an ongoing event these weeks in Montreux, one of the most famous of its kind in Europe. I’ll write more about that event shortly…