BIOGRAPHY
2012-11-18 12:25:16
I was born and live in
"Xiao" in Chinese means
"Little." I wanted to include this prefix to my French Given Name by
love Chinese People which I learned to love after to work during 3 years in
Little at the age of
12 years to 1963, I had my first camera, a gift from my Grandfather. It was a
machine with a bellows using format movies 6cm * 9cm. Why had I been so happy
and so proud? Because I think I remember that it was for the pleasure of owning
an important tool, capable of fixing moments of life and to show them, as my
parents did some Sunday afternoon we commenting on each photo with joy and
emotion ,
In
fact I made the picture much later, around 18 years by enrolling in a photography
club to develop my Black and White
always captured with my old camera. At the same time, my parents began travelling
at the age of retirement, however my father wanted a new machine to bring back
memories and perhaps make me happy. I took advantage of the opportunity to
direct it towards the purchase of equipment not too expensive, in 24 * 36, SLR,
but with a manual and a good cell integrated optics, 50mm, the famous Russian
camera ZENIT E . It was for me the
beginning of photography because obviously I monopolized often the ZENIT!
A
few years later, during my graduate studies, I could offer my first SLR: Asahi Pentax Spotmatic F. one which
was automatic, and easier to handle. It was followed by an Olympus OM101, then a MINOLTA
600SI my last silver regarding goals for MINOLTA hand, I had only supplied
with a 50mm case. This was a constraint but also a good school, may be
technically easier but forcing them to choose their frames. Obviously portraits
and landscapes were the main subjects treated with the Minolta I gained my
first Zoom: TAMRON 80 200mm one that
allowed me to see the value of a portrait with a longer focal length but its
optical quality was much lower than my 50mm .
In
the darkroom with my enlarger DURST M301, what a pleasure to see the
development of the black and white image! To play with the hardness of the paper,
and their grain to use masks to
highlight the skies or parties whose exposure deserved editing, change the
sensitivity of the film. In fact, almost everything later, I could do with Photoshop!
In
parallel with the Black and White j
used it more often with the KODACHROME Slide 25 and 64 ASA with their warm colours and their extraordinary sharpness. The Sunday afternoon
sessions often became slideshows.
One
day, I made colour prints, slides after the outcome with treatment CIBA was perfect but the pleasure of
the darkroom was no longer there, he had to follow a procedure strictly and
especially without see .... The orange lamp is not to set flush.
Then
came the digital MINOLTA Dimage F300
with a compact but quickly replaced by a reflex MINOLTA Dinax 5 D. I took some time to know all aspects of digital
and its chain optimization. In 2006, just one year before being retired, I
became a user with Camera SONY and MINOLTA Lenses. I will describe in more
detail some hardware equipment that
I currently use.
In
the past, before the internet, I read a lot of magazines and books to learn
photography in all its technical and artistic aspects. I continue because the
paper is something tangible, more sensitive,.
But
the most interesting to learn is to dissect the photos, images, tables,
captivate us.
Cartier Bresson,
for the brilliance of his stories, David Hamilton for its atmosphere, Helmut Newton for his handling of
femininity, Vincent Munier for
poetry in his vision of nature, the Impressionist
Painters for their treatment of the landscapes and lightings ...
Many
areas of the photo I am interested in me even though they are not all
accessible. Photo of Nature,
however, is one that brings the most m probably because I live in the Vosges in France in the middle of it
and I feel good.
Since
my retirement in 2007, I invested a lot in photography therein more fun in my
youth. Now everything is almost possible thanks to advances in technology, the
immense knowledge sharing,
This
practice, a way to express to capture moments of life, the beauty that
surrounds us, emotion, colours, moods and communicate more. I now try a new
level by sharing my experiences through this site and communicate with other
enthusiasts .
