This is a continuation of the story about my visit to the Geisai, a school festival of Tokyo University of the Arts, to try out the G9PROII.
As I came out last time, I thought I was well prepared for my first outing, but I made a mistake in setting the camera to RAW+JPG mode, which I use regularly, and ended up taking pictures in “forced JPG mode”. I’m not going to lose.
Although I am an art novice, I have seen many works by top student artists in the art department, and there were two characteristics of the works that struck a chord with me, even though I am not very sensitive to art. The following is, of course, my own interpretation as an amateur art student…
One is “feeling light”. For example, this portrait.
Also, for example, this landscape painting.
I felt like I was watching the people, the landscape, but not so much the light that formed them.
This is also watching beautiful carp, but I actually see the light, I feel.
Another pressure point is the “suite photo” message from the exhibit.
The artist must have put a lot of thought and care into the arrangement of these small sculptures.
The title of this piece, “Staring. I was numb to the conceptual nature of the work.
I’m not sure what’s a test shot of the G9PROII so far in this article, since all the photos are taken by just quietly facing the exhibited works at a distance of about 2 meters (although some of them are not facing each other lol).
And as I always think when I visit museums, it is really impossible to reproduce the colors of works of art in photographs, I thought again.
Anyway, I’ll end with two building photos, just to confirm the sharpness of this camera.
A corner of the music department. Modern building.
Also in the School of Music, this is the old school building with a sense of prestige and tradition.
The G9PROII is a great camera.
I was told that the regulations of the festival site were such that if you put a shadow in the photo, you would get in trouble for various reasons, so this article has a quieter impression than the actual situation where there were huge crowds.
In terms of testing the G9PROII to the fullest, I’ll have to shoot RAW next time. I also need to try video. So it was a first outing that left me with a lot of issues.
