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Prahran Exhibition Opens 14th January 2008
A Prahran based exhibition of Matthew Stevenson's inspiring landscape photography will open on the 14th January, 2008.
10 pieces of Matthew's photography will be on display in hardwood recycled frames at "Daguerres". They are located at 322 Chapel Street, Prahran VIC and can be contacted on (03) 9510 3355. |
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Landscape Photographer Matthew Stevenson Masters New Digital Techniques
Fine art photography has always been a techniqually advanced artistic pursuit. Expensive cameras, film processing and scanning cost in the past have put it out of reach of many aspiring photographers. Surf coast professional photographer Matthew Stevenson has used film for most of his working life. “When using film I was often frustrated at not been able to capture the full beauty of what lie around me. I was only recording portions of a larger event.” “This radically changed after I bought my first digital camera.”
The coming together of digital cameras and the processing power of modern computers has revolutionist the way he now records his landscape in the arena of fine art photography. The digital photography has allowed Matthew to reduce the financial restraint of film. Taking multiple shots and stitching the photos together on the computer, Matthew has managed to build up the file size that increases the print quality and print size. The result is beautiful, large panoramic photographs with incredible high resolution detail. Many of the prints Matthew produces consist of anything up to 100 photographs.
He employs a sophisticated layering system which manager’s extreme lighting contrast, when complete, produces an image of startling detail that closely mimics the human eye.
“This process enable me to produce panoramic photographs, panning 180 degrees or greater, which allows the viewer to see far more than is humanly possible by the naked eye, in a flat two dimension format.
Matthew technique of multiple exposure levels creates beautifully balanced exposures, while maintaining high detail in the shadows and highlights with perfect contrast throughout the print.
Whilst Matthew still recognizes the excellent detail that film provides, this new digital technology presents the photographer with new opportunities to explore. |
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