January | 2018 | Petri Damstén

I found this interesting IWLTBAP LUT generator. It allows you to make LUT files from eg. lightroom edits or basically from any editor. As the website says “Important note: A Look-Up Table (LUT) can only affect colors, contrast, brightness, gamma, etc. So you can’t add grain, noise reduction, vignetting, sharpen or any other dynamic effects.” By converting the...

I went to see the Runo kuvaa 2 exhibition in Helsinki yesterday. It was a nice little exhibition in an atmospheric cellar space. Works in the exhibition show wide variety of photographic and writing styles which I think works really well. If you want to see it it’s open until 2.2 2018 in Helsingin Kellariteatteri, Helsinki,...

Made a modification to the adage “Pen is mightier than the sword” and did some still life for a change. I used just one light to get really tight spot for the setup and then spent some time to get pleasing arrangement. Small changes can affect a lot here.

Art is mightier than the sword

After a longer photo project wanted to do something different. I have wanted some kind of charging station to clear up the wire mess but my wall space is kind of limited. I have used tool cart for photo use and I thought I could hang it there. With this project I thought I also...

DIY Charging Station

Imperfect is part of the Runokuvaa 2 (Poet pictures) project (https://www.facebook.com/events/1318340921604037/). There are eight image series/video and poet pairs in the exhibition in Helsingin Kellariteatteri, Helsinki, Finland 27.1 – 2.2 2018.

52 week photography inspiration challenge fb group challenged to make an intro video about yourself. I got inspired from Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues music video and did it in horror style. Like Mythbusters said “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.”…

You wake up. Rules of vanity are immediately conquering your mind. Your inside is already burning with a small flame in the breakfast table. You go on but imperfection is the only thing you see in the mirror. Nightmares of the night haunt you during the day and you just want to take a nap...